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

Claim 19:
20. A surgical system configured to alter a data model of an anatomical region, the system comprising a computer configured to perform a method comprising:
determine a real shape of a first portion of a shapeable instrument;
correlating the real shape of a first portion of the shapeable instrument against a desired shape of the first portion by performing acts comprising assessing a force on at least one positioning element comprised by the shapeable instrument to determine a data model of an anatomic feature affecting the real shape of at least the first portion of the shapeable instrument;
based on correlating the real shape of the first portion of the shapeable instrument against the desired shape of the first portion, determining the data model of the anatomic feature affecting the real shape of at least the first portion of the shapeable instrument; and
updating the data model with the data model of the anatomic feature.