System and method for medical instrument navigation and targeting

• Main Authors: JEEVAN, Prasanth, RAFII-TARI, Hedyeh, TERAN, Melissa A, ROBERT, Nicolas E, ZELDIS, Andrew Esbenshade, SHEEHY, Alexander James, BOYD, Douglas T, DRAHOS, Miroslav, HOWARD, Jeffery D, MAMBEMBE, René Ango
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.05.2020
• Subjects: DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; SURGERY

Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for medical instrument navigation and targeting. In one aspect, a system includes a medical instrument having an elongate body and at least one sensor, a display, a processor, and a memory storing a model of a mapped portion of a luminal network and a position of a target with respect to the model. The processor may be configured to: determine, based on data from the at least one sensor, a position and orientation of a distal end of the medical instrument with respect to the model, and cause, on at least a portion of the display, a rendering of the model, the position of the target, and the position and orientation of the distal end of the medical instrument. The rendering may be based on a viewpoint directed at the target and different from a viewpoint of the medical instrument