Method and apparatus to provide updated patient images during robotic surgery

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9622831
APP PUB NO 20160338797A1
SERIAL NO

14716963

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In a method and an apparatus to provide updated images during a robotically-implemented surgical procedure, 3D data are obtained of a volume of a patient, which includes anatomy involved in the procedure. The anatomy is segmented from a reconstructed image of the volume. During the procedure, the surgeon applies forces on the anatomy, causing a geometric change of the anatomy. Force sensors in the surgical robot detect these forces, which are supplied to a processor that controls display of the segmented anatomy at a display screen. From the applied forces and the physical properties of the anatomy, the processor calculates the geometric change of the anatomy that has occurred and modifies the appearance and/or position of the displayed segmented anatomy on the display screen in real time during the procedure, so as to visualize the geometric change.

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SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AGSIEMENSSTRASSE 3 FORCHHEIM 91301

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Azizian, Mahdi Santa Clara, US 96 2490
Blohm, Lutz Moehrendorf, DE 10 417
Kunze, Holger Bubenreuth, DE 37 629
Niebler, Christine Rueckersdorf, DE 6 388
Sorger, Jonathan Belmont, US 18 769

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