US 12,251,175 B2
Medical instrument driving
Chauncey F. Graetzel, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Polly Charlene Ma, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Auris Health, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Auris Health, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/353,381.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/042,441, filed on Jun. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0393338 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/25 (2016.02) [A61B 5/0036 (2018.08); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 34/70 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61B 2034/302 (2016.02)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control system comprising:
a communication interface configured to receive image data from a first instrument that is configured to access an anatomical site via a first access path, the image data representative of the anatomical site and a second instrument that is configured to access the anatomical site via a second access path; and
control circuitry communicatively coupled to the communication interface and configured to:
cause a visual representation of the image data to be displayed in a user interface;
receive a first directional input signal from an input device;
determine an orientation of the first instrument relative to the second instrument; and
control movement of the second instrument based at least in part on the first directional input signal and the orientation of the first instrument relative to the second instrument.