ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED THERAPY DELIVERY

摘要

A method of navigating a medical device (12) through a body of a patient includes providing a topography of at least a portion ofthe body, accepting user input defining a navigation path (200), robotically navigating the medical device (12) to a starting point on the path, and robotically navigating the medical device (12) along the navigation path (200) to an endpoint Waypoints (202) defining the navigation path may be input on a graphical representation of the topography using a user interface such as a pointing device or touchscreen The navigation path (200) may also be defined by tracing a substantially continuous path on the graphical representation A therapy may be administered while robotically navigating the medical device (12) along the navigation path, either forward or in reverse, or while navigating the medical device (12) along a return path.