US 11,684,422 B2
System and method for optimal catheter selection for individual patient anatomy
Adrian F. Warner, Wauwatosa, WI (US); James V. Miller, Niskayuna, NY (US); Daniel R. Schneidewend, Wauwatosa, WI (US); Hao Lai, Niskayuna, NY (US); Maxime Cazalas, Buc (FR); and Hans-Peter Stoll, Waukesha, WI (US)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/517,973.
Application 16/517,973 is a division of application No. 14/858,770, filed on Sep. 18, 2015, granted, now 10,398,509.
Prior Publication US 2019/0336224 A1, Nov. 7, 2019
Int. Cl. A61B 34/10 (2016.01); G16H 50/50 (2018.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); A61B 6/12 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 34/10 (2016.02) [A61B 5/0044 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/12 (2013.01); A61B 6/5211 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 11/003 (2013.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01); G16H 50/50 (2018.01); A61B 6/4441 (2013.01); A61B 6/466 (2013.01); A61B 6/487 (2013.01); A61B 6/503 (2013.01); A61B 6/504 (2013.01); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02); A61B 2576/023 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10072 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20112 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30048 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30101 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
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1. A catheter selection system for determining a catheter having an optimized configuration for use in a medical procedure, the selection system comprising:
a scanning device capable of obtaining image data on a region of interest (ROI) within the anatomy of a patient and reconstructing a three-dimensional (3D) image of the ROI from the image data;
a display capable of illustrating the 3D ROI image and a 3D catheter model;
a central processing unit (CPU) operably connected to the scanning device and the display, the CPU operable to analyze the 3D ROI image in comparison with the 3D catheter model; and
a database of available catheter models currently in a hospital inventory operably connected to the CPU.