US 12,268,377 B2
Two-pronged approach for bronchoscopy
Eli Shapira, Kefar Sava (IL); Nir Shvalb, Bahan (IL); Oded Medina, Ariel (IL); Tsahi Itshak Grimberg, Kefar Sava (IL); and Ron Kappel, Petah Tikva (IL)
Assigned to W ENDOLUMINAL ROBOTICS LTD, Ariel (IL)
Appl. No. 18/681,980
Filed by W ENDOLUMINAL ROBOTICS LTD, Ariel (IL)
PCT Filed Aug. 11, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IB2022/057505
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 7, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/017460, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 16, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/231,895, filed on Aug. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0366202 A1, Nov. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/3205 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/00234 (2013.01) [A61B 17/3205 (2013.01); A61B 18/00 (2013.01); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 2017/003 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0034 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00809 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00982 (2013.01); A61B 2090/373 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3784 (2016.02)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for use with a lung of a subject, the method comprising:
advancing a first tube through a trachea of the subject;
guided by a first camera disposed at an end of the first tube, advancing the end of the first tube along a first airway route to an imaging site within the lung;
advancing a second tube through the trachea independently of advancing the first tube through the trachea;
guided by a second camera disposed at an end of the second tube, and while the end of the first tube remains at the imaging site, advancing the end of the second tube along a second airway route to a tool site within the lung;
subsequently, withdrawing the first camera from the first tube and the second camera from the second tube;
subsequently, advancing:
an imaging device through the first tube to the end of the first tube, and
a tool through the second tube to the end of the second tube; and
subsequently, performing a procedure on a target within the lung using the tool while guiding the procedure by using the imaging device to observe positioning of the tool with respect to the target.