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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2022
Lightlab Imaging, Inc., Westford, MA (US);
Shimin Li, Acton, MA (US);
Ajay Gopinath, Bedford, MA (US);
LightLab Imaging, Inc., Westford, MA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for automatically aligning intravascular data taken during a plurality of pullbacks in a target blood vessel. Extraluminal images may be taken to determine the location of the guide catheter in the target vessel. Two or more pullbacks may then be performed in the target vessel. The start and end point of each pullback may be determined. A distance between the end point of each pullback and the proximal tip, or junction point, of the guide catheter may be determined. A difference between the end point of each pullback and the junction point may be determined. The difference between the distances from the end of the pullback and the junction point may correspond to the distance to offset one of the representations of the pullbacks in order to automatically align the representation of the pullbacks.