Patent ID: 11871913
Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 18:
19. A method for enhanced surgical navigation comprising:
receiving a data set of CT images of a branched luminal network;
generating a three-dimensional model of the branched luminal network from the data set of CT images;
generating a navigation path through the branched luminal network based on the three-dimensional model, the navigation path defining a route through the branched luminal network to a target;
displaying the route through a representation of the branched luminal network for navigation of a medical tool to the target;
registering fluoroscopic data of tissue proximate the target to the data set of CT images based on a position and orientation of the medical tool within the fluoroscopic data; and
creating a two-dimensional (2D) composite fluoroscopic image including:
the live fluoroscopic data;
a 2D representation of an object derived from the data set of CT images;
the representation of the branched luminal network;
the medical tool; and
the route defined by the navigation path.