Patent ID: 11026594

Abstract:
A medical system comprises a surgical device including a tracking system disposed along a length of an elongate flexible body of the surgical device. The system further comprises a memory storing anatomical data describing a patient anatomy and comprises a processor configured for: generating a first model, including a set of anatomical passageways including a proximal branch connected to a distal branch, from the stored anatomical data; determining a shape of the elongate body positioned within the proximal and distal branches; computing, based on the determined shape, a total set of forces acting on the set of anatomical passageways in response to the surgical device positioned within the proximal and distal branches; deforming the first model into a second model of the set of anatomical passageways by adjusting a joint between branches in the anatomical passageways in the first model based on the total set of forces, to thereby change a pose of a branch through which the surgical device extends and an additional branch through which the surgical device does not extend; and displaying a representation of the second model and a representation of the surgical device as positioned within the second model.