Integration of multiple data sources for localization and navigation

This invention describes a system for guiding medical tools inside a patient's body, particularly within lung airways. It creates a 3D map of the patient's internal structures and a planned path to a target location using pre-operative scans. During a procedure, it tracks the real-time position of a tool, specifically using an electromagnetic sensor, and displays its location on the 3D map, which can be updated with new scans during the procedure for improved accuracy.

Why it matters: Since 2023, advancements in AI-driven medical image processing and real-time 3D reconstruction, especially for CBCT data, could significantly enhance the accuracy and speed of intra-procedural model updates. This makes the system's core functionality more robust and practical.

Status: Not in forceListed as no longer active. The specific reason is not in the record we hold.
How hard to build: SpecializedSoftware logic, EM tracking, medical imaging hardware.

3 AI reinvention directions for this patent

See all three

AI gives you a few directions you could take this. Pick one, and we check whether your version is different enough to patent, then write the filing.

Reinvent this with AI

Where this one came from

Every morning we go through millions of abandoned patents and pick out 15 worth your time. This was one of today’s.

This one

+10