Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sensor guided catheter navigation system
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Application No.: US13167400Application Date: 2011-06-23
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Publication No.: US08480588B2Publication Date: 2013-07-09
- Inventor: Takeo Kanade , David Schwartzman , Hua Zhong
- Applicant: Takeo Kanade , David Schwartzman , Hua Zhong
- Applicant Address: US PA Pittsburgh US PA Pittsburgh
- Assignee: Carnegie Mellon University,University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
- Current Assignee: Carnegie Mellon University,University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Pittsburgh US PA Pittsburgh
- Agency: Dykema Gossett PLLC
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00 ; A61B5/05 ; G06K9/00

Abstract:
A method and a system for producing images of a subject, such as the heart of a human being. The method may comprise acquiring ultrasound images of the subject with a catheter comprising a position sensor. The method may also comprise capturing a plurality of 4D surface registration points in the acquired ultrasound images corresponding to points on the subject. The method may also comprise registering, in space and time, a high-resolution 4D model of the subject with the plurality of 4D surface registration points. The method may also comprise displaying high resolution, real-time images of the subject during a medical procedure based on the registration of the high resolution 4D model to the 4D surface registration points. Embodiments of the present invention are especially useful in left atrium ablation procedures.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110257525A1 SENSOR GUIDED CATHETER NAVIGATION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2011-10-20
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