Patent ID: 7742803
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a remote navigation system that remotely orients the distal end of the medical device in order to navigate a medical device through a body lumen or catheter, the method comprising: introducing a medical device within a body lumen; displaying on a display device an image of a body lumen or cavity divided into a plurality of segments in which the centerline direction of each segment does not vary by more than a predetermined angular amount; displaying on the display device a label for at least one of the segments; receiving oral commands using a system adapted to receive and process oral commands, and recognizing an oral identification of a particular segment label that is being displayed on the display device as an identified segment; and transforming the identified segment by causing the remote navigation system to orient the distal end of the medical device that is within the body lumen in a predetermined direction corresponding to the identified segment associated with the recognized segment label.