Patent ID: 11931141
Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method of registering location data to images of an airway, comprising:
generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of airways of a patient from images captured by a 3D imaging system;
placing a sensor in an airway of a patient;
determining a shape of a segment of the airway based on data output from the sensor, yielding a determined shape;
determining location data of a segment of an airway in the 3D model that corresponds to the determined shape;
registering the location data of the segment to images captured by the 3D imaging system, yielding registered location data;
determining a subgroup of the images captured by the 3D imaging system based on the location data; and
updating the registered location data based on one or more images of the subgroup of the images captured by the 3D imaging system.