US 12,402,953 B2
Insertion device positioning guidance system and method
Doron Besser, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to ENVUE MEDICAL HOLDINGS, CORP., Dover, DE (US)
Filed by ENVUE MEDICAL HOLDINGS, CORP., Arlington Heights, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/844,010.
Application 17/844,010 is a continuation of application No. 17/561,620, filed on Dec. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,382,701.
Application 17/561,620 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/328,642, filed on May 24, 2021, granted, now 11,779,403.
Application 17/328,642 is a continuation of application No. 16/561,320, filed on Sep. 5, 2019, granted, now 11,045,260, issued on Jun. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/746,854, filed on Oct. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0313367 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61J 15/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 1/273 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 34/20 (2016.02) [A61B 5/062 (2013.01); A61B 5/743 (2013.01); A61J 15/0015 (2013.01); A61J 15/0088 (2015.05); A61M 25/0127 (2013.01); A61M 25/0158 (2013.01); A61B 1/273 (2013.01); A61B 5/0033 (2013.01); A61B 5/066 (2013.01); A61B 5/4233 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2072 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2074 (2016.02); A61J 15/0003 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A processing circuitry configured to:
load and display an X-ray, CT, ultrasound or MRI image of a subject's chest on the display;
receive from a registration sensor a location of a first and a second anatomic landmark on a subject's torso using a registration sensor,
identify the location of the first and the second anatomic landmarks on the loaded X-ray, CT, ultrasound or MRI image of the subject's chest; and
align the subject coordinate system with the loaded X-ray, CT, ultrasound or MRI image by aligning the registered first and second anatomic landmarks with the location of the first and second anatomic landmarks in the X-ray, CT, ultrasound or MRI image.