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

Claim 0:
1. A method for enhanced surgical navigation, comprising:
generating a first navigation path based on a first data set of computed tomography (CT) images of a branched luminal network, the first navigation path defining a route through the branched luminal network to a target;
displaying the route of the first navigation path for navigation to the target;
receiving a second data set of CT images of the branched luminal network, the second data set of CT images including a marker proximate the target;
generating a three-dimensional model of the branched luminal network based on the second data set of CT images;
generating a second navigation path to the target based on the three-dimensional model, the second navigation path defining a second route through the branched luminal network to the target;
displaying the second route to the target;
registering fluoroscopic data of tissue proximate the marker to at least one of the first data set of CT images or the second data set of CT images; and
creating a composite fluoroscopic image including:
the fluoroscopic data;
an object derived from the second data set of CT images; and
a representation of the branched luminal network derived from the second data set of CT images.