US 11,937,768 B2
Stone identification methods and systems
Peter J. Pereira, Mendon, MA (US); Michael S. H. Chu, Brookline, MA (US); Elizabeth Stokley, Baltimore, MD (US); David Salto, Hopedale, MA (US); and Candace Rhodes, Walpole, MA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/574,598.
Application 17/574,598 is a continuation of application No. 16/842,091, filed on Apr. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,253,220.
Application 16/842,091 is a continuation of application No. 16/445,678, filed on Jun. 19, 2019, granted, now 10,646,187, issued on May 12, 2020.
Application 16/445,678 is a continuation of application No. 15/859,797, filed on Jan. 2, 2018, granted, now 10,368,820, issued on Aug. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/443,320, filed on Jan. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0133255 A1, May 5, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2022.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/307 (2006.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01); A61B 5/20 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/225 (2006.01); A61B 18/26 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00009 (2013.01) [A61B 1/0005 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/307 (2013.01); A61B 5/1076 (2013.01); A61B 5/20 (2013.01); A61B 6/5217 (2013.01); A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 8/085 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/4254 (2013.01); A61B 17/2256 (2013.01); A61B 18/26 (2013.01); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); A61B 1/00048 (2013.01); A61B 17/2255 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00505 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00517 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00982 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2074 (2016.02); A61B 2090/061 (2016.02); A61N 2005/061 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a processor, image data of an object inside a body cavity;
generating from the image data, with the processor, a representation of the object and the body cavity by transmitting at least a portion of the image data to an interface device;
determining from the representation, with the processor, a size of the object on a scale for the representation, wherein determining the size of the object includes establishing, with the interface device, a first reference point and a second reference point on the representation of the object;
comparing, with the processor, the size of the object with a predetermined maximum size to determine a removal status of the object by:
determining a first removal status when the size of the object is greater than the predetermined maximum size; and
determining a second removal status when the size of the object is less than the predetermined maximum size; and
augmenting, with the processor, the representation to include an indicator responsive to the removal status.