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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2016
Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Kwangdeok Lee, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Edward Karst, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Michael E. Benser, Valencia, CA (US);
Rohan More, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Craig Hewitt, San Diego, CA (US);
Stuart Rosenberg, Castaic, CA (US);
Fujian Qu, San Jose, CA (US);
Hoda Razavi, San Jose, CA (US);
PACESETTER, INC., Sylmar, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for characterizing a region of interest (ROI) including measuring position and orientation data within the ROI; and generating a geometric data set to include one or more of: length, bifurcation location, angle and curvature characteristics of the ROI. Also, sequentially taking an image of a tool within the ROI; comparing tool dimensions with ROI dimensions; and estimating diameter, length, take-off angle, and/or tortuosity characteristics based on the comparisons.