US 11,937,883 B2
Guided anatomical visualization for endoscopic procedures
Paul Thienphrapa, Cambridge, MA (US); Torre Michelle Bydlon, Melrose, MA (US); Prasad Vagdargi, Cambridge, MA (US); Sean Joseph Kyne, Brookline, MA (US); and Aleksandra Popovic, Boston, MA (US)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/115,850.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/947,145, filed on Dec. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0177524 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 34/20 (2016.02) [A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/00045 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02)] 18 Claims
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1. A visual endoscopic guidance device comprising:
an endoscopic viewing controller configured to control a display of an endoscopic view of an anatomical structure; and
a visual guidance controller configured to:
determine a motion direction to apply motion to expose a hidden feature of the anatomical structure, wherein the motion direction is determined based on position of the hidden feature of the anatomical structure relative to the endoscopic view of the anatomical structure,
control a display of a guided manipulation anchor within the display of the endoscopic view of the anatomical structure, the guided manipulation anchor comprising a visual indicator configured to guide manipulation of the anatomical structure to expose the hidden feature of the anatomical structure, wherein the visual indicator indicates the motion direction to apply motion to expose the hidden feature of the anatomical structure, and
control a display of a hidden feature anchor relative to the display of the endoscopic view of the anatomical structure, the hidden feature anchor representative of position of a guided visualization of the hidden feature of the anatomical structure.