Method and system for providing visual guidance to an operator for steering a tip of an endoscopic device toward one or more landmarks in a patient
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1. A method for navigating a steerable instrument in a patient anatomy, the method comprising:
- receiving a first landmark establishment request;
responsive to receiving the request, recording information about a reference portion of the steerable instrument located at a first anatomic landmark in the patient anatomy;
referencing the recorded information as first landmark information;
registering the first landmark information to a model of the patient anatomy; and
providing guidance for navigating the steerable instrument along a path through a plurality of anatomic landmarks, including the first anatomic landmark, to a target location within the patient anatomy.
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Landmark directional guidance is provided to an operator of an endoscopic device by displaying graphical representations of vectors adjacent a current image captured by an image capturing device disposed at a tip of the endoscopic device and being displayed at the time on a display screen, wherein the graphical representations of the vectors point in directions that the endoscope tip is to be steered in order to move towards associated landmarks such as anatomic structures in a patient.
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1. A method for navigating a steerable instrument in a patient anatomy, the method comprising:
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receiving a first landmark establishment request; responsive to receiving the request, recording information about a reference portion of the steerable instrument located at a first anatomic landmark in the patient anatomy; referencing the recorded information as first landmark information; registering the first landmark information to a model of the patient anatomy; and providing guidance for navigating the steerable instrument along a path through a plurality of anatomic landmarks, including the first anatomic landmark, to a target location within the patient anatomy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for navigating a steerable instrument in a patient anatomy, the method comprising:
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recording first information about a reference portion of the steerable instrument located at a first anatomic landmark in the patient anatomy; referencing the recorded first information as first landmark information, the recorded first information including position information for the reference portion located at the first anatomic landmark and including an image captured by the steerable instrument while the reference portion is located at the first anatomic location; recording second information about the reference portion of the steerable instrument located at a second anatomic landmark in the patient anatomy; referencing the recorded second information as second landmark information, the recorded second information including position information for the reference portion located at the second anatomic landmark and including an image captured by the steerable instrument while the reference portion is located at the second anatomic location; and providing guidance for navigating a guided instrument along a path through the first and second anatomic landmarks. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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