Patent ID: 11872086
Assignee: CLEARPOINT NEURO, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 16:
17. A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)-guided method, comprising:
providing a base adapted to be affixed to a skull of a patient, the base supporting a mount configured to hold a multi-lumen member;
electronically generating longitudinally extending parallel virtual intrabody trajectory lines that extend from a location outside the patient, aligned with respective lumens of the multi-lumen member coupled to the mount to a target intrabody site while the multi-lumen member remains external of the patient;
automatically determining a scan plane in three-dimensional (3D) MRI space with an MRI visible elongate member held in one of the lumens of the multi-lumen member;
electronically identifying a first intrabody trajectory provided by the MRI visible elongate member;
electronically comparing the first intrabody trajectory to a desired intrabody trajectory that intersects the target intrabody site;
electronically calculating positional adjustments of the mount to achieve the desired intrabody trajectory; then
automatically directing a drive system coupled to the mount to adjust a position of the mount relative to the base which moves the MM visible elongate member to extend along the desired intrabody trajectory.