Patent Document ID: 9770216
Application ID: 14753288
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for navigating to a target through a patient's bronchial tree, the system comprising: a bronchoscope configured for insertion into the patient's bronchial tree, the bronchoscope defining a working channel; a probe insertable into the working channel of the bronchoscope and including a location sensor, the probe configured to navigate through the patient's bronchial tree; and a workstation in operative communication with the probe and the bronchoscope, the workstation including a memory and at least one processor, the memory storing a navigation plan and a program that, when executed by the processor, presents a user interface that guides a user through the navigation plan, the user interface configured to present: a central navigation view configuration including an array of views configured for assisting the user in navigating the bronchoscope through central airways of the patient's bronchial tree toward the target; a peripheral navigation view configuration including an array of views configured for assisting the user in navigating the probe through peripheral airways of the patient's bronchial tree to the target; and a target alignment view configuration including an array of views configured for assisting the user in aligning a distal tip of the probe with the target, wherein the user may toggle among the central navigation view configuration, the peripheral navigation view configuration, and the target alignment view configuration, and wherein at least one of the central navigation view configuration, the peripheral navigation view configuration, and the target alignment view configuration includes a three-dimensional view which includes a plane indicative of an orientation of the probe and an indicator indicating an elevation of the target relative to the plane indicative of an orientation of the probe.