System for deploying a resistive shape memory catheterization device and methods for use therewith

A system for deploying a shape memory catheterization device within a patient, the system comprising:

• a shape memory member having a transition temperature that is higher than a normal body temperature of the patient;
• a catheter having a delivery rod for endovascular insertion of the shape memory member;
• a heat source for heating the shape memory member above the transition temperature;
• a transformation data generator, coupled to the catheter, that includes a circuit driver for driving a circuit that includes at least one resistive element of the shape memory member and a detection circuit for generating transformation data based on a resistance of the at least one resistive element, wherein the transformation data indicates a shape transformation of the shape memory member from a catheterization shape to a transformed shape.