Anatomical visualization and measurement system
AssigneeM2S, Inc.
InventorsDavid Chen, Jeff Dwyer, Hongliang (Victor) Yu
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Abstract
A method for deploying a device in a tortuous vessel, comprising: placing a virtual generalized-cylinder within a virtual representation of the tortuous vessel; measuring length along the perimeter of the virtual generalized-cylinder at a set numbers of longitudes; determining the maximum measured length; selecting a device based upon the maximum measured length; and deploying the device in the tortuous vessel.
Claims9
A method for deploying a device in a tortuous vessel, comprising:
- storing a virtual representation of the tortuous vessel in a storage medium;
- accessing, by a processor, the virtual representation of the tortuous vessel;
- placing, by the processor, a virtual generalized-cylinder within the virtual representation of the tortuous vessel;
- measuring, by the processor, length along the perimeter of the virtual generalized-cylinder at a set numbers of longitudes;
- determining, by the processor, the maximum measured length;
- selecting, by a physician, a device based upon the maximum measured length;
- and
- deploying, by the physician, the device in the tortuous vessel.
A method for measuring a length along a tortuous vessel, comprising:
- storing a virtual representation of the tortuous vessel in a storage medium;
- accessing, by a processor, the virtual representation of the tortuous vessel;
- placing, by the processor, a virtual generalized-cylinder within a virtual representation of the tortuous vessel;
- measuring, by the processor, length along the perimeter of the virtual generalized-cylinder at a set numbers of longitudes;
- and
- determining, by the processor, at least one of the maximum measured length and the minimum measured length.
Apparatus for use in measuring a length along a tortuous vessel, comprising:
- a storage medium storing a virtual representation of the tortuous vessel;
- and
- a processor accessing the virtual representation of the tortuous vessel in the storage medium and executing software components for:
- (1) placing a virtual generalized-cylinder within a virtual representation of the tortuous vessel;
- (2) measuring length along the perimeter of the virtual device at a set numbers of longitudes;
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- (3) determining at least one of the maximum measured length and the minimum measured length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.