Instrument insertion compensation

RJ Connolly, CT Landey, CF Graetzel - US Patent 10,299,870, 2019 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are systems and techniques for compensating for insertion of an
instrument into a working channel of another instrument in a surgical system. According to …

Detecting endolumenal buckling of flexible instruments

DP Noonan, DA Tanaka - US Patent 10,244,926, 2019 - Google Patents
& Bear LLP (57) ABSTRACT A robotic system is described for determining whether a flexible
instrument has buckled. The robotic system com prises a medical instrument comprising an …

Robotic system configured for navigation path tracing

H Rafii-Tari, P Jeevan - US Patent 11,058,493, 2021 - Google Patents
Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for navigation path tracing. In one aspect,
a system displays a preoperative model of a luminal network is displayed. The system …

Robotic systems for navigation of luminal networks that compensate for physiological noise

H Rafii-Tari, R Ummalaneni, CF Graetzel - US Patent 11,490,782, 2022 - Google Patents
Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for luminal network navigation. Some
aspects relate to incorporating respiratory frequency and/or magnitude into a navigation …

Systems and methods for safe compliant insertion and hybrid force/motion telemanipulation of continuum robots

N Simaan, A Bajo, JL Netterville, CG Garrett… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
Methods and systems are described for controlling movement of a continuum robot that
includes a plurality of independently controlled segments along the length of the continuum …

System and method for displaying anatomy and devices on a movable display

D Wallace, G Stahler, A Grogan - US Patent 11,020,016, 2021 - Google Patents
An image display system is provided comprised of a virtual window system that creates a
visual coherency between the patient's anatomical images and the actual patient by aligning …

System and method for estimating instrument location

H Rafii-Tari, R Ummalaneni, SWQ Lim… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
Systems and methods for estimating instrument location are described. The methods and
systems can obtain a first motion estimate based on robotic data and a second motion …

Methods and systems for instrument tracking and navigation within luminal networks

H Rafii-Tari, P Jeevan - US Patent 11,160,615, 2021 - Google Patents
Methods and systems for instrument tracking and navigation are described. In one
embodiment, the system may be configured to receive position sensor data from at least one …

Systems and methods for registration of location sensors

S Srinivasan, DP Noonan, DB Berman… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
Provided are systems and methods for registration of loca tion sensors. In one aspect, a
system includes an instrument and a processor configured to provide a first set of com …

Systems and methods for displaying estimated location of instrument

R Ummalaneni, P Jeevan - US Patent 10,827,913, 2020 - Google Patents
Provided are systems and methods for displaying an estimated location of an instrument. In
one aspect, the method includes determining a first location of the instrument based on first …