Patent ID: 11871898
Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A method of planning an interventional procedure by a control system, the method comprising:
receiving a model of an anatomic structure, the anatomic structure including a plurality of passageways;
identifying a target structure in the model;
receiving information about a maximum extension length an interventional tool can be extended relative to a distal tip of a catheter;
based upon the received information about the maximum extension length, identifying a planned deployment location for positioning the distal tip of the catheter to perform the interventional procedure on the target structure;
determining a navigational path for the catheter to the target structure; and
navigating the catheter to the identified planned deployment location via computer-control or based on user input.