Abstract: An OSS animated display system for an interventional device (40) including an integration of one or more optical shape sensors and one or more interventional tools. The OSS animated display system employs a monitor (121) and a display controller (110) for controlling a real-time display on the monitor (121) of an animation of a spatial positional relationship between the OSS interventional device (40) and an object (50). The display controller (110) derives the animation of the spatial positional relationship between the OSS interventional device (40) and the object (50) from a shape of the optical shape sensor(s).

Abstract: A system for medical device deployment includes an optical shape sensing (OSS) system (104) associated with a deployable medical device (102) or a deployment instrument (107). The OSS system is configured to measure shape, position or orientation of the deployable medical device and/or deployment instrument. A registration module (128) is configured to register OSS data with imaging data to permit placement of the deployable medical device. An image processing module (142) is configured to create a visual representation (102?) of the deployable medical device and to jointly display the deployable medical device with the imaging data.

Abstract: A hub for an optical shape sensing reference includes a hub body (606) configured to receive an elongated flexible instrument (622) with a shape sensing system coupled to the flexible instrument within a path formed in the hub body. A profile (630) is formed in the hub body in the path to impart a hub template configured to distinguish a portion of the elongated flexible instrument within the hub in shape sensing data. An attachment mechanism (616) is formed on the hub body to detachably connect the hub body to a deployable instrument such that a change in a position of the hub body indicates a corresponding change in the deployable device.

Abstract: A torque detection vascular therapy system employing a vascular therapy device (101) and a torque detection controller (130). The vascular therapy device (101) is operable to be transitioned from a pre-deployed state to a post-deployed state, and includes a matrix of imageable markers representative of a geometry of the vascular therapy device (101).

Abstract: A medical device deployment system includes a main body (101) and a guidewire (103) capable of being passed through the main body and including a lumen. An optical shape sensing (OSS) system (104) is configured to pass through the lumen in the guidewire. The OSS system is configured to measure shape, position or orientation of an endograft (102) relative to a blood vessel for placement of the endograft.

Abstract: A medical device deployment system includes a main body and a guidewire capable of being passed through the main body and including a lumen. An optical shape sensing (OSS) system is configured to pass through the lumen in the guidewire. The OSS system is configured to measure shape, position or orientation of an endograft relative to a blood vessel for placement of the endograft.

Abstract: The invention relates to a navigation system for navigating an interventional device (11) like a catheter and an interventional system comprising the navigation system. A position and shape determining unit (13) determines and stores a first position and shape of the interventional device within a living being (9) during a first interventional procedure like a first chemoembolization session and determines a second position and shape of an interventional device within the living being during a subsequent second interventional procedure like a second chemoembolization session. During the second interventional procedure the interventional device is navigated based on the stored first position and shape and based on the second position and shape. This allows considering during the second interventional procedure the path of the interventional device used during the first interventional procedure.

Abstract: An endograft (102) includes a stent structure. An optical shape sensing (OSS) system (104) is associated with the endograft and is configured to measure shape, position and/or orientation of the stent structure. The OSS system (104) is connected to the stent structure and removable in a plurality of ways. Methods for deployment and removal of the OSS system are also provided.

Abstract: An electromagnetic navigation device for guiding and tracking an interventional tool (40) within an anatomical region. The electromagnetic navigation device employs a guidewire (20) insertable into the anatomical region, and a hub (30) translatable and/or rotatable in conjunction with the interventional tool (40) relative to the guidewire (20). In operation, the guidewire (20) includes one or more guidance electromagnetic sensors generating guidance data informative of an electromagnetic sensing of a position and/or an orientation of the guidewire (20) relative to the anatomical region, and the hub (30) includes a tracking electromagnetic sensor (31) generating tracking data informative of an electromagnetic sensing of a position and/or an orientation of the hub (30) relative to the guidewire (20). Responsive to the electromagnetic sensing data, a navigation controller (76) controls a determination of a position and/or an orientation of the interventional tool (40) relative to the guidewire (20).

Abstract: An electromagnetic navigation device for guiding and tracking an interventional tool (40) within an anatomical region. The electromagnetic navigation device employs a guidewire (20) insertable into the anatomical region, and a hub (30) translatable and/or rotatable in conjunction with the interventional tool (40) relative to the guidewire (20). In operation, the guidewire (20) includes one or more guidance electromagnetic sensors generating guidance data informative of an electromagnetic sensing of a position and/or an orientation of the guidewire (20) relative to the anatomical region, and the hub (30) includes a tracking electromagnetic sensor (31) generating tracking data informative of an electromagnetic sensing of a position and/or an orientation of the hub (30) relative to the guidewire (20). Responsive to the electromagnetic sensing data, a navigation controller (76) controls a determination of a position and/or an orientation of the interventional tool (40) relative to the guidewire (20).

Abstract: An apparatus and method that uses shape sensing and imaging to record, display and enable return to an imaging probe location or to predetermined imaging parameters. The apparatus includes an ultrasound probe (104, 304, 404, 750); a shape-sensing-device (SSD) (102, 302, 602, 740) associated with the ultrasound probe; and a controller (122, 710). The controller may be configured to: determine at least one of location and orientation of the ultrasound probe based upon position sensor information (PSI) received from the SSD; select a view of a plurality of views of a workflow that are stored in the memory; obtain view setting information (VSI) including parameters and a position and/or orientation of the ultrasound probe for each of the views; determine guidance information; and render the determined guidance information on the rendering device and set ultrasound probe parameters based on the parameters of the VSI for the selected view.

Abstract: A system and method for tracking and determining characteristics of an inflatable medical instrument that is configured for interventional deployment. The system includes a guidewire that is positioned within a lumen of the inflatable medical instrument. The guidewire includes an optical fiber for a FORS system. The FORS system is configured to measure a shape of the guidewire during the interventional deployment of the inflatable medical instrument. A shape analysis module is configured to analyze the FORS data from the FORS system and determine characteristics of the inflatable medical instrument, including the diameter of the inflatable instrument, the pressurization of the instrument, whether the instrument has ruptured and the position of the inflatable instrument during an interventional procedure.

Abstract: A system for deploying a device includes an elongated flexible instrument (108) and a shape sensing system (104) coupled to the flexible instrument. A hub (106) includes a shape profile configured to receive and maintain the flexible instrument with the shape sensing system therein. The shape profile includes a shape to track a position or a rotation of the hub relative to a reference position using the shape sensing system. The hub is configured to be coupled to a deployable device (102) such that a change in the position or rotation of the hub indicates a corresponding change in the deployable device.

Abstract: A torque detection vascular therapy system employing a vascular therapy device (101) and a torque detection controller (130). The vascular therapy device (101) is operable to be transitioned from a pre-deployed state to a post-deployed state, and includes a matrix of imageable markers representative of a geometry of the vascular therapy device (101).

Abstract: A robotic system for operating a endovascular deployment device (40) including a treatment device (43) mounted to a delivery tool (42) connected to a proximal control (41), and further including an optical shape sensor (44) (e.g., an endograft endovascular deployment device incorporating an optical shape sensor). The robotic system employs a robot (50) attachable to proximal control (41) and/or delivery tool (42) for navigating the treatment device (43) within a cardiovascular system (e.g., a robot controlling an axial rotation and/or axial translation of an endograft mounted to a sheath catheter). The robotic system further employs a robot controller (74) for controlling a navigation of treatment device (43) within the cardiovascular system by the robot (50) derived from a spatial registration between a shaping sensing by the optical shape sensor (44) of a portion or entirety of endovascular deployment device (40) to a medical image of the cardiovascular system (e.g.

Abstract: An OSS animated display system for an interventional device (40) including an integration of one or more optical shape sensors and one or more interventional tools. The OSS animated display system employs a monitor (121) and a display controller (110) for controlling a real-time display on the monitor (121) of an animation of a spatial positional relationship between the OSS interventional device (40) and an object (50). The display controller (110) derives the animation of the spatial positional relationship between the OSS interventional device (40) and the object (50) from a shape of the optical shape sensor(s).

Abstract: An apparatus and method that uses shape sensing and imaging to record, display and enable return to an imaging probe location or to predetermined imaging parameters. The apparatus includes an ultrasound probe (104, 304, 404, 750); a shape-sensing-device (SSD) (102, 302, 602, 740) associated with the ultrasound probe; and a controller (122, 710). The controller may be configured to: determine at least one of location and orientation of the ultrasound probe based upon position sensor information (PSI) received from the SSD; select a view of a plurality of views of a workflow that are stored in the memory; obtain view setting information (VSI) including parameters and a position and/or orientation of the ultrasound probe for each of the views; determine guidance information; and render the determined guidance information on the rendering device and set ultrasound probe parameters based on the parameters of the VSI for the selected view.

Abstract: The invention relates to a processing system (200) that is arranged to cooperate with an optical-shape-sensing-enabled elongated interventional device (1020, 1120, 1220, 1320, 1420), such as a catheter comprising an optical fiber. A reconstructed shape data providing unit (130) provides reconstructed shape data for the interventional device (1020, 1120, 1220, 1320, 1420). A virtual marking provider unit (140) provides at least one virtual marking (1020A, 1020B, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1201, 1203, 1204, 1301, 1302, 1401) based on the reconstructed shape data, for example as overlay to a x-ray image. The present invention thus turns any OSS-enabled device into a calibrated device, suitable for all kinds of live 3D measurements.

Abstract: A FORS feeding tube system employing a feeding tube (30) for channeling a fluid flow from a proximal end and a distal end of the feeding tube (30), and further employing a FORS sensor (40) for generating sensing data informative of a shape reconstruction of a segment or an entirety of FORS sensor (40). The feeding tube (30) and the FORS sensor (40) are integrated to configure a FORS feeding tube (20), and the sensing data is further informative of a shape of a segment or an entirety of FORS feeding tube (20) derived from the integration of feeding tube (30) and FORS sensor (40). The FORS feed tube system may further employ a navigation controller to control a tracking of a positioning of a segment or an entirety of the FORS feeding tube (20) within an anatomical tract (e.g., a gastrointenstinal tract).

Abstract: A system and method for tracking and determining characteristics of an inflatable medical instrument that is configured for interventional deployment. The system includes a guidewire that is positioned within a lumen of the inflatable medical instrument. The guidewire includes an optical fiber for a FORS system. The FORS system is configured to measure a shape of the guidewire during the interventional deployment of the inflatable medical instrument. A shape analysis module is configured to analyze the FORS data from the FORS system and determine characteristics of the inflatable medical instrument, including the diameter of the inflatable instrument, the pressurization of the instrument, whether the instrument has ruptured and the position of the inflatable instrument during an interventional procedure.