US 8,708,902 B2 · Catheter configuration interface and related system

Abstract

A system for implementing a procedure for the diagnosis or treatment of tissue in a body is provided. The system includes an electronic control unit configured to generate a graphical user interface on a display. The interface depicts an image of the tissue. The unit is further configured to receive one or more inputs regarding target locations on the tissue for diagnosis or treatment. The electronic control unit identifies a catheter for use in the procedure and determines configurations for a distal end of the catheter at each target location. The unit superimposes representations of the distal end of the catheter having the determined configurations on the image of the tissue at the target locations. The unit may also generate control signals to guide the distal end of the catheter to the target locations and to assume the determined configurations at each location.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A system for implementing a procedure for the diagnosis or treatment of tissue in a body, comprising:

an electronic control unit configured to:
generate a graphical user interface on a display, said graphical user interface depicting an image of said tissue;
receive a first input regarding a first target location on said tissue;
identify a catheter for use in said procedure;
determine a first configuration for a distal end of said catheter at said first target location, said first configuration chosen from among a plurality of potential configurations for said distal end of said catheter, each of said plurality of potential configurations based on a structural characteristic of said catheter;
and
superimpose a first representation of said distal end of said catheter on said image of said tissue at said first target location, wherein said first representation depicts said distal end of said catheter in said first configuration.

4 more elements

An article of manufacture, comprising:

a computer storage medium having a computer program encoded thereon for implementing a procedure for the diagnosis or treatment of tissue in a body, said computer program including code for:
generating a graphical user interface on a display, said graphical user interface depicting an image of said tissue;
receiving a first input regarding a first target location on said tissue;
identifying a catheter for use in said procedure;
determining a first configuration for a distal end of said catheter at said first target location, said first configuration chosen from among a plurality of potential configurations for said distal end of said catheter, each of said plurality of potential configurations based on a structural characteristic of said catheter;
and
superimposing a first representation of said distal end of said catheter on said image of said tissue at said first target location wherein said first representation depicts said distal end of said catheter in said first configuration.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Catheter configuration interface and related system

Life of this patent

Catheter configuration interface and related system

Life of this patent

Abstract

Claims21