Patent ID: 8112292
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: A61B,A61M,A61N,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method of determining an optimized plan for performing a procedure on a selected patient, comprising: acquiring patient specific information of the selected patient; selecting a therapy protocol from a plurality of therapy protocols based upon a determined therapy to be applied to the selected patient based at least in part on the acquired patient specific information; operating a hardware processor to execute instructions to determine optimized candidate plans based on the selected therapy protocol and the acquired patient specific information; wherein the therapy protocol is stored in a computer accessible database, wherein the therapy protocol includes optimization criteria, constraints, and search strategies for determining a trajectory for moving an instrument for delivery of a therapy that is based on information acquired from sources other than from the selected patient; wherein the patient specific information comprises image data and configurations of the instrument available for the therapy delivery; wherein the image data includes a working area; wherein the configurations of the instrument include at least one of a turning radius of the instrument, a size of the instrument, a type of the instrument, a shape of the instrument, and a number of instruments; wherein the therapy includes a delivery of a material.