Methods And Systems For Selecting Surgical Approaches
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving data indicating (a) one or more surgical target regions and (b) one or more surgical portals;
determining a plurality of surgical pathways, wherein each surgical pathway in the plurality of surgical pathways comprises (a) a respective surgical target region of the one or more surgical target regions and (b) a respective surgical portal of the one or more surgical portals;
determining a plurality of surgical approaches, wherein each surgical approach in the plurality of surgical approaches comprises at least a first determined surgical pathway;
for each surgical approach in the plurality of surgical approaches,determining at least one approach characteristic,for each determined surgical pathway in the respective surgical approach, determining at least one pathway characteristic, anddetermining a surgical-approach ranking based on the determined at least one approach characteristic and the determined at least one pathway characteristic;
selecting a subset of the plurality of surgical approaches based on the determined surgical approach rankings; and
causing an output device to provide a representation of the selected subset of the plurality of surgical approaches.
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Abstract
Described herein are methods and systems for selecting surgical approaches. One example method involves (1) receiving data indicating (a) one or more surgical target regions and (b) one or more surgical portals; (2) determining a plurality of surgical pathways; (3) determining a plurality of surgical approaches; (4) for each surgical approach in the plurality of surgical approaches, determining at least one approach characteristic, for each determined surgical pathway in the respective surgical approach, determining at least one pathway characteristic, and determining a surgical-approach ranking based on the determined at least one approach characteristic and the determined at least one pathway characteristic; (5) selecting a subset of the plurality of surgical approaches based on the determined surgical approach rankings; and (6) causing an output device to provide a representation of the selected subset of the plurality of surgical approaches.
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22 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving data indicating (a) one or more surgical target regions and (b) one or more surgical portals; determining a plurality of surgical pathways, wherein each surgical pathway in the plurality of surgical pathways comprises (a) a respective surgical target region of the one or more surgical target regions and (b) a respective surgical portal of the one or more surgical portals; determining a plurality of surgical approaches, wherein each surgical approach in the plurality of surgical approaches comprises at least a first determined surgical pathway; for each surgical approach in the plurality of surgical approaches, determining at least one approach characteristic, for each determined surgical pathway in the respective surgical approach, determining at least one pathway characteristic, and determining a surgical-approach ranking based on the determined at least one approach characteristic and the determined at least one pathway characteristic; selecting a subset of the plurality of surgical approaches based on the determined surgical approach rankings; and causing an output device to provide a representation of the selected subset of the plurality of surgical approaches. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computing system comprising:
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an output device; a physical computer readable medium; and program instructions stored on the physical computer readable medium and executable by at least one processor to; receive data indicating (a) one or more surgical target regions and (b) one or more surgical portals; determine a plurality of surgical pathways, wherein each surgical pathway in the plurality of surgical pathways comprises (a) a respective surgical target region of the one or more surgical target regions and (b) a respective surgical portal of the one or more surgical portals; determine a plurality of surgical approaches, wherein each surgical approach in the plurality of surgical approaches comprises at least a first determined surgical pathway; for each surgical approach in the plurality of surgical approaches, determine at least one approach characteristic, for each determined surgical pathway in the respective surgical approach, determine at least one pathway characteristic, and determine a surgical-approach ranking based on the determined at least one approach characteristic and the determined at least one pathway characteristic; select a subset of the plurality of surgical approaches based on the determined surgical approach rankings; and cause an output device to provide a representation of the selected subset of the plurality of surgical approaches. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A physical computer readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by a computing system to cause the computing system to perform functions comprising:
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receiving data indicating (a) one or more surgical target regions and (b) one or more surgical portals; determining a plurality of surgical pathways, wherein each surgical pathway in the plurality of surgical pathways comprises (a) a respective surgical target region of the one or more surgical target regions and (b) a respective surgical portal of the one or more surgical portals; determining a plurality of surgical approaches, wherein each surgical approach in the plurality of surgical approaches comprises at least a first determined surgical pathway; for each surgical approach in the plurality of surgical approaches, determining at least one approach characteristic, for each determined surgical pathway in the respective surgical approach, determining at least one pathway characteristic, and determining a surgical-approach ranking based on the determined at least one approach characteristic and the determined at least one pathway characteristic; selecting a subset of the plurality of surgical approaches based on the determined surgical approach rankings; and causing an output device to provide a representation of the selected subset of the plurality of surgical approaches. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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