Patent ID: 11857156
Assignee: AURIS HEALTH, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A surgical system configured to alter a data model of an anatomical region, the system comprising:
a shapeable instrument adapted to be advanced relative to the anatomical region, the shapeable instrument comprising a tip portion and one or more intermediate portions, the shapeable instrument comprising one or more positioning elements that alter a shape of the one or more intermediate portions of the shapeable instrument; and
a computer configured to perform a method comprising:
obtaining a plurality of localization data to determine a real shape along a length of the one or more intermediate portions of the shapeable instrument;
correlating the real shape along the length of the one or more intermediate portions of the shapeable instrument against a desired shape along the length of the one or more intermediate portions to determine a data model of an anatomic feature affecting the real shape along the length of at least the one or more intermediate portions of the shapeable instrument; and
updating the data model with the data model of the anatomic feature.