Keith P. Laby;Christoph M. Pistor;Charles E. Swinehart;Robert M. Ohline;Bruce R. Woodley;Amir Belson
发明人:
Keith P. Laby,Robert M. Ohline,Christoph M. Pistor,Charles E. Swinehart,Bruce R. Woodley,Amir Belson
申请号：
US12524249
公开号：
US08784303B2
申请日:
2008.01.29
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要：
The present invention relates, generally, to controlling a steerable instrument having an elongate body. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system and method for sensing the shape of a steerable instrument and controlling the steerable instrument in response to a control signal from a user input device and a shape signal corresponding to the sensed shape of at least a portion of the steerable instrument. The present invention also relates to a system for sensing the shape of a flexible instrument with an optical shape sensor.
