{"number":"US12697176B2","kindCode":"B2","documentType":"grant","title":{"original":"Systems and methods for data filtering of passageway sensor data","english":"Systems and methods for data filtering of passageway sensor data"},"abstract":{"original":"A method comprises inserting, via a drive unit, a flexible elongate device into a passageway; recording, via one or more hardware processors communicatively coupled to a tracking system that is communicatively coupled to the drive unit, a first positional data point of the flexible elongate device at an insertion distance during the inserting; retracting, via the drive unit, the flexible elongate device; recording, via the one or more hardware processors, a second positional data point of the flexible elongate device at the insertion distance during the retracting; combining the first and seco…","english":"A method comprises inserting, via a drive unit, a flexible elongate device into a passageway; recording, via one or more hardware processors communicatively coupled to a tracking system that is communicatively coupled to the drive unit, a first positional data point of the flexible elongate device at an insertion distance during the inserting; retracting, via the drive unit, the flexible elongate device; recording, via the one or more hardware processors, a second positional data point of the flexible elongate device at the insertion distance during the retracting; combining the first and seco…"},"applicants":["Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc."],"inventors":["Tao Zhao","Timothy D. Soper"],"filingDate":"2023-12-13","publicationDate":"2026-08-04","grantDate":"2026-08-04","verifiedWithOffice":true,"pdfUrl":"https://downloadpatent.com/pdf/US12697176B2.pdf","pages":{"en":"https://downloadpatent.com/patent/US12697176B2","zh-Hant":"https://downloadpatent.com/zh-Hant/patent/US12697176B2","ja":"https://downloadpatent.com/ja/patent/US12697176B2"}}