Navigation system for cardiac therapies
First Claim
1. An image guided navigation system for guiding an instrument through a region of a patient, said image guided navigation system comprising:
- an anatomical gating device that senses a physiological event;
an imaging device that captures image data of the region of the patient in response to said physiological event;
a tracking device that tracks the position of the instrument in the region of the patient;
a controller in communication with said anatomical gating device, said imaging device and said tracking device to register said image data with the region of the patient in response to said physiological event, said controller further configured to register a 3-D model image to the image data and provide navigation and information of a possible path to direct the instrument through the region of the patient to an estimated optimized target site, wherein the estimated optimized target site is identified on the 3-D model image along with a real time view of an icon representing the instrument moving toward the estimated optimized target site, wherein the estimated optimized target site is based at least in part on a statistical map that suggests where instrument placement should take place depending on the pathology of the patient; and
a display that displays the image data of the region of the patient with the superimposed icon of the instrument and the superimposed icon of the estimated optimized target site, such that a user knows where the estimated optimized target site is on the 3-D model image or display and can simply navigate the instrument toward this estimated optimized target site.
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Abstract
An image guided navigation system for navigating a region of a patient includes an imaging device, a tracking device, a controller, and a display. The imaging device generates images of the region of a patient. The tracking device tracks the location of the instrument in a region of the patient. The controller superimposes an icon representative of the instrument onto the images generated from the imaging device based upon the location of the instrument. The display displays the image with the superimposed instrument. The images and a registration process may be synchronized to a physiological event. The controller may also provide and automatically identify an optimized site to navigate the instrument to.
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60 Claims
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1. An image guided navigation system for guiding an instrument through a region of a patient, said image guided navigation system comprising:
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an anatomical gating device that senses a physiological event; an imaging device that captures image data of the region of the patient in response to said physiological event; a tracking device that tracks the position of the instrument in the region of the patient; a controller in communication with said anatomical gating device, said imaging device and said tracking device to register said image data with the region of the patient in response to said physiological event, said controller further configured to register a 3-D model image to the image data and provide navigation and information of a possible path to direct the instrument through the region of the patient to an estimated optimized target site, wherein the estimated optimized target site is identified on the 3-D model image along with a real time view of an icon representing the instrument moving toward the estimated optimized target site, wherein the estimated optimized target site is based at least in part on a statistical map that suggests where instrument placement should take place depending on the pathology of the patient; and a display that displays the image data of the region of the patient with the superimposed icon of the instrument and the superimposed icon of the estimated optimized target site, such that a user knows where the estimated optimized target site is on the 3-D model image or display and can simply navigate the instrument toward this estimated optimized target site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An image guided navigation system for navigating to an optimized site in the patient using image data, said image guided navigation system comprising:
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an instrument operable to be navigated to the optimized site, wherein the optimized site is an optimized lead placement site for coupling a cardiac lead to a coronary sinus region; a tracking device attached to said instrument and operable to be used to track the position of the instrument in the patient; at least one sensor attached to said instrument and operable to sense a physiological parameter in the patient; a controller that tracks the position of the instrument with said tracking device and receives the sensed physiological parameter from said sensor, said controller further configured to estimate the optimized site based at least in part on the sensed physiological parameter and on the position of the instrument and superimpose an icon representing the location of the optimized site, an icon representing a path through the anatomy to the optimized site, and an icon representing the instrument; a display that displays superimposed on an image the icon of the estimated optimized site, the icon of the path to the optimized site, and the icon representing the instrument in the patient. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for image guiding an instrument in a region of a patient, said method comprising:
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tracking an instrument within an anatomy of the patient with a tracking system; capturing a first image data from outside the patient with an ultrasound probe; capturing a second image data from outside the patient with a second image modality different from the ultrasound probe; registering the captured first image data and the second image data to the patient; displaying a location of the instrument on at least one of the first image data or the second image data of the region of the patient by superimposing an icon of the instrument on at least one of the first or second image data; calibrating a field of view of the tracked instrument in a coordinate system of the tracking system; generating virtual viewpoint image data from at least one of the captured first image data or second image data to be from a virtual viewpoint of the tracked instrument; and displaying the generated virtual viewpoint image data from the virtual viewpoint of the tracked instrument within the anatomy with the other of the first image data or the second image data. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method for image guiding an instrument to an optimized site in a patient, said method comprising:
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navigating the instrument in the patient; detecting a location of the instrument; sensing a physiological parameter with the instrument; capturing image data of the patient in response to a physiological event; automatically determining with a controller an optimized site to navigate the instrument to; superimposing an icon of the optimized site and an icon of the location of the catheter on the image data; and delivering a cardiac lead to the optimized site. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. An image guided navigation system for guiding an instrument through a region of a patient, said image guided navigation system comprising:
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an anatomical gating device operable to sense a physiological event; an imaging device operable to capture image data of the region of the patient in response to the physiological event; a tracking device operable to track the position of the instrument in the region of the patient; a controller in communication with said anatomical gating device, said imaging device and said tracking device, wherein said controller operates to; (i) synchronize captured image data of the region of the patient in response to a physiological event, (ii) register said synchronized image data of the region of the patient in response to said physiological event, (iii) provide an estimated optimized site to navigate the instrument to, and (iv) (a) superimpose an icon representing the instrument on to the image data of the region of the patient, based upon the position tracked by said tracking device, (b) superimpose an icon of the estimated optimized site on to the image data of the region of the patient, and (c) superimpose a path for the instrument to navigate to reach the estimated optimized site onto the image data; and a display operable to display the image data of the region of the patient with the superimposed icons. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59)
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60. An image guided navigation system for guiding an instrument through a region of a patient, said image guided navigation system comprising:
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an anatomical gating device that senses a physiological event; an imaging device that captures image data of the region of the patient in response to said physiological event; a tracking device that tracks the position of the instrument in the region of the patient; a controller in communication with said anatomical gating device, said imaging device and said tracking device to register said image data with the region of the patient in response to said physiological event, said controller further superimposes an icon representing the instrument onto the image data of the region of the patient, based upon the position tracked by said tracking device, and said controller provides an estimated optimized site to navigate the instrument with the estimated optimized site represented as a separate icon superimposed onto the image data; and a display that displays the image data of the region of the patient with the superimposed icon of the instrument and the superimposed icon of the estimated optimized site; wherein the controller determines if the instrument can navigate to the estimated optimized site of the anatomy based on physical instrument information and an analysis of the image data and the display displays a notification to select a different instrument if the selected instrument cannot navigate the anatomy.
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