Contemporary imaging modalities can now provide the surgeon with high quality three-and
four-dimensional images depicting not only normal anatomy and pathology, but also …

Soft and continuum robots are transforming medical interventions thanks to their flexibility,
miniaturization, and multidirectional movement abilities. Although flexibility enables …

The invention provides a method and system for performing an image-guided endoscopic
medical procedure. The invention may include registering image-space coordinates of a …

Access to natural and artificial passages in the body for treatment or investigation for
possible treatment traditionally make use of elongated instruments that are inserted into the …

The invention provides methods and apparatus for navigating a medical instrument to a
target in the lung. In one embodiment, the invention includes inserting a bronchoscope into …

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Electromagnetically tracked K-wire device - Google Patents Electromagnetically tracked K-wire …

Multiplexer 109 information may then be compared to known baseline posi tion and
orientation information. If a difference between the experimental position and orientation …

US7751868B2 - Integrated skin-mounted multifunction device for use in image-guided surgery
- Google Patents US7751868B2 - Integrated skin-mounted multifunction device for use in …

Objective: Validation of a numerical method to compute arterial deformations under the
insertion of an “extra-siff” guidewire during Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic …

Purpose: Biplane angiography systems provide time resolved 2D fluoroscopic images from
two different angles, which can be used for the positioning of interventional devices such as …