Voice controlled user interface for remote navigation systems
First Claim
1. A method of controlling a remote navigation system that remotely orients the distal end of the medical device in order to navigate a medical device through a body lumen or catheter, the method comprising:
- introducing a medical device within a body lumen;
displaying on a display device an image of a body lumen or cavity divided into a plurality of segments in which the centerline direction of each segment does not vary by more than a predetermined angular amount;
displaying on the display device a label for at least one of the segments;
receiving oral commands using a system adapted to receive and process oral commands, and recognizing an oral identification of a particular segment label that is being displayed on the display device as an identified segment; and
transforming the identified segment by causing the remote navigation system to orient the distal end of the medical device that is within the body lumen in a predetermined direction corresponding to the identified segment associated with the recognized segment label.
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Abstract
A method of controlling a remote navigation system that remotely orients the distal end of the medical device in order to navigate a medical device through a body lumen, the method comprising: displaying an exterior image of the body lumen; superimposing an indicator of the current position of the medical device in the body lumen; displaying a plurality of segment labels; receiving oral commands and recognizing one of the spoken displayed segment labels; and causing the remote navigation system to orient the distal end of the device in a preselected direction associated with the segment corresponding to the displayed segment label.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of controlling a remote navigation system that remotely orients the distal end of the medical device in order to navigate a medical device through a body lumen or catheter, the method comprising:
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introducing a medical device within a body lumen; displaying on a display device an image of a body lumen or cavity divided into a plurality of segments in which the centerline direction of each segment does not vary by more than a predetermined angular amount; displaying on the display device a label for at least one of the segments; receiving oral commands using a system adapted to receive and process oral commands, and recognizing an oral identification of a particular segment label that is being displayed on the display device as an identified segment; and transforming the identified segment by causing the remote navigation system to orient the distal end of the medical device that is within the body lumen in a predetermined direction corresponding to the identified segment associated with the recognized segment label. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of controlling a remote navigation system that remotely orients the distal end of the medical device in order to navigate a medical device through a body lumen or catheter, the method comprising:
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introducing a medical device within a body lumen; processing imaging data of a body lumen or cavity to divide the lumen into a plurality of segments in which the centerline direction of each segment does not vary by more than a predetermined angular amount; displaying on a display device an image of a body lumen or cavity divided into a plurality of segments in which the centerline direction of each segment does not vary by more than the predetermined angular amount; displaying a label for a plurality of the segments; receiving oral commands using a system adapted to receive and process oral commands, and recognizing in the oral commands an oral identification of a particular segment label that is being displayed on the display device as an identified segment; and transforming the identified segment by causing the remote navigation system to orient the distal end of the medical device that is within the body lumen in a predetermined direction corresponding to the identified segment associated with the recognized segment label. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of controlling a remote navigation system that remotely orients the distal end of the medical device in order to navigate a medical device through a body lumen or catheter, the method comprising:
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introducing a medical device within a body lumen; processing image data of a body lumen to divide the body lumen into a plurality of segments in which the centerline direction of each segment does not vary by more than a predetermined angular amount; displaying on a display device an image of a body lumen or cavity divided into a plurality of segments in which the centerline direction of each segment does not vary by more than the predetermined angular amount; displaying a label for a plurality of the segments; giving oral commands including the label associated with a segment of the body lumen or catheter to an interface system capable of recognizing the label; receiving the oral commands using a system adapted to receive and process oral commands, and recognizing in the oral commands a particular segment label that is being displayed on the display device as an identified segment; and transforming the identified segment by operating the remote navigation system to orient the distal end of the medical device that is within the body lumen in a predetermined direction corresponding to the identified segment associated with the recognized segment label. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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