INDUCED ATELECTASIS AND PULMONARY CONSOLIDATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
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1. A system comprising:
- a memory storing one or more images of a patient and one or more software applications;
a display configured to present the one or more images of a patient;
a user interface adapted to be presented on the display in combination with the one or more images of a patient enabling the identification of one or more image locations illustrating the effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD);
an extended working channel navigable to one or more actual locations within a patient corresponding to the one or more image locations;
an electromagnetic field generator;
a first sensor associated with the extended working channel, the first sensor detecting a field produced by the electromagnetic field generator, wherein the sensed field enables determination of the location of the first sensor in the electromagnetic field;
a processor, executing one of the one or more software applications to register the one or more images of a patient with the determined location of the first sensor such that the determined location of the first sensor is presented on the user interface; and
a catheter, extendible through the extended working channel, the catheter configured to evacuate air from within a portion of a patient'"'"'s lungs including the one or more actual locations within a patient corresponding to the one or more image locations illustrating the effects of COPD to temporarily isolate the portion of the lungs including the one or more actual locations.
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Abstract
A system and method enabling the receipt of image data of a patient, identification of one or more locations within the image data illustrating the effects of COPD, planning a pathway to the one or more locations, navigating an extended working channel to one of the locations, positioning a catheter proximate the location, and temporarily evacuating air from within a portion of a patient'"'"'s lungs including the identified location illustrating the effects of COPD to temporarily isolate the portion of the lungs including the one or more actual locations.
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1. A system comprising:
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a memory storing one or more images of a patient and one or more software applications; a display configured to present the one or more images of a patient; a user interface adapted to be presented on the display in combination with the one or more images of a patient enabling the identification of one or more image locations illustrating the effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); an extended working channel navigable to one or more actual locations within a patient corresponding to the one or more image locations; an electromagnetic field generator; a first sensor associated with the extended working channel, the first sensor detecting a field produced by the electromagnetic field generator, wherein the sensed field enables determination of the location of the first sensor in the electromagnetic field; a processor, executing one of the one or more software applications to register the one or more images of a patient with the determined location of the first sensor such that the determined location of the first sensor is presented on the user interface; and a catheter, extendible through the extended working channel, the catheter configured to evacuate air from within a portion of a patient'"'"'s lungs including the one or more actual locations within a patient corresponding to the one or more image locations illustrating the effects of COPD to temporarily isolate the portion of the lungs including the one or more actual locations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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receiving image data of a patient; identifying one or more locations within the image data illustrating the effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); planning a pathway to the one or more locations within the image data; navigating an extended working channel to one of the one or more locations within the image data; extending a catheter within the extended working channel and positioning the catheter proximate one of the one or more locations within the image data; temporarily isolating a portion of a patient'"'"'s lungs including the location illustrating the effects of COPD; and temporarily evacuating air from within the isolated portion of a patient'"'"'s lungs including the location illustrating the effects of COPD. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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