Patent ID: 11937880
Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. A method for displaying an anatomy, the method comprising:
providing a graphical user interface;
receiving a first anatomical representation comprising a 3D representation of a plurality of passageways in the anatomy and a route to a target location within the plurality of passageways, the route traversing a plurality of tiers of passageways of the anatomy;
generating an elongated, linear reduced anatomical representation based on a subset of the plurality of passageways wherein the subset of the plurality of passageways comprises path passageways directly connected to the route, the elongated, linear reduced anatomical representation including a passageway width for each tier of the plurality of tiers of passageways along the route, wherein the passageway width for each tier is constant along a length of each tier; and
displaying the elongated, linear reduced anatomical representation.