User interface for remote control of medical devices
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1. An interface device for controlling a magnetic navigation system that applies a magnetic field in a selected direction to an operating region in a subject to magnetically orient a medical device in the operating region, the interface comprising:
- a display on which at least one image of the operating region is displayed;
an input device for identifying on the at least one image on the display a plurality of points along the subject'"'"'s vasculature in an image of the operating region in the subject, to establish a predetermined branched path through the subject'"'"'s vasculature, and for identifying an identified navigation point in the operating region on the at least one image on the display;
a processor for detecting the input of an identified point, where in response to detecting said input the processor responds by determining an application point in the operating region on a predetermined branched path through the subject'"'"'s vasculature that is closest to the identified point, and generates a command causing the magnetic navigation system to apply a magnetic field at the application point, in a direction tangent to the predetermined path at the application point, to thereby magnetically orient a medical device in the operating region towards the identified point.
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Abstract
An interface for remotely controlling a medical device in a patient'"'"'s body provides a two dimensional display of a three dimensional rendering of the operating region, and allows the user to select the orientation or location of the distal end of the medical device on the display and then operate a navigation system to cause the distal end of the medical device to approximately assume the selected orientation or location.
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1. An interface device for controlling a magnetic navigation system that applies a magnetic field in a selected direction to an operating region in a subject to magnetically orient a medical device in the operating region, the interface comprising:
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a display on which at least one image of the operating region is displayed; an input device for identifying on the at least one image on the display a plurality of points along the subject'"'"'s vasculature in an image of the operating region in the subject, to establish a predetermined branched path through the subject'"'"'s vasculature, and for identifying an identified navigation point in the operating region on the at least one image on the display; a processor for detecting the input of an identified point, where in response to detecting said input the processor responds by determining an application point in the operating region on a predetermined branched path through the subject'"'"'s vasculature that is closest to the identified point, and generates a command causing the magnetic navigation system to apply a magnetic field at the application point, in a direction tangent to the predetermined path at the application point, to thereby magnetically orient a medical device in the operating region towards the identified point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of making a predetermined branched path through the vasculature in an operating region in a subjects vasculature, the method comprising:
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accepting the identification of a plurality of points on the subject'"'"'s vasculature on at least one image of the operating region; and connecting each point with its nearest neighboring point to form the branched path through the vasculature; determining an application point on the branched path through the subject'"'"'s vasculature in the operating region that is closest to the selected point; and applying a magnetic field at the application point in a direction tangent to the navigable path at the application point. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A method of operating a magnetic navigation system to apply a magnetic field in a selected direction in an operating region in a subject, to magnetically orient a medical device in the operating region, the method comprising:
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identifying a plurality of points along the subject'"'"'s vasculature in an image of the operating region in the subject; connecting each point to the closest adjacent point to create a network of navigable paths through the subject'"'"'s vasculature; identifying a selected point on an image of the operating region, and identifying an application point that is on the network of navigable paths, closest to the selected point; and
applying a magnetic field at the application point in a direction tangent to the navigable path at the application point. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A method of operating a magnetic navigation system to apply a magnetic field in a selected direction in an operating region in a subject to magnetically orient a medical device in the operating region the method comprising:
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identifying a selected point on an image of the operating region; determining an application point on a predetermined navigable path through the subject'"'"'s vasculature in the operating region corresponding that is closest to the selected point; and applying a magnetic field at the application point in a direction tangent to the navigable path at the application point. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A method of controlling a magnetic navigation system to apply a magnetic field in a selected direction in an operating region in a subject to magnetically orient a medical device in the operating region the method comprising:
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accepting the identification of a selected point on an image of the operating region; determining an application point on a predetermined navigable path through the subject'"'"'s vasculature in the operating region corresponding that is closest to the selected point; and applying a magnetic field at the application point in a direction tangent to the navigable path at the application point. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A magnetic navigation system that applies a magnetic field in a selected direction to an operating region in a subject to magnetically orient a medical device in the operating region, the system comprising:
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at least one magnet; an interface for controlling the at least one magnet, including; a display on which at least one image of the operating region is displayed; an input device for identifying a point in the operating region on the at least one image on the display; a processor for determining an application point in the operating region on a predetermined branched path through the subject'"'"'s vasculature that is closest to the identified point, and causing the magnet to apply a magnetic field at the application point, in a direction tangent to the predetermined path at the application point. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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