Systems and methods for routing a vessel line such as a catheter within a vessel
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1. An apparatus for determining a course through blood vessels to reach a destination point utilizing modeled physical properties of one or more blood vessel lines, the apparatus comprising:
- a scan data reader configured to model the course of a blood vessel within a body of a patient based on scan data images of the blood vessel;
memory configured to store the physical properties of one or more blood vessel lines as a blood vessel line model, the blood vessel lines being endovascular blood vessel lines;
a processor configured to;
create a three-dimensional vasculature model from the scan data images simultaneously with post processing of the scan data images being conducted for diagnostic analysis;
determine a blood vessel course to reach a destination point within the three-dimensional vasculature model using a blood vessel line model; and
determine whether it is possible to reach the destination point for one or more of the stored vessel lines based on the physical properties of the one or more blood vessel lines, wherein blood vessel junctions are modeled by entrance and exit areas through which the blood vessel line must pass in order to enter a particular blood vessel portion from the junction.
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Abstract
The invention relates to systems and methods enabling a personalized solution for allowing more efficient access to the carotid artery (or vertebral arteries) in patients needing endovascular/neurointervention procedures using catheter systems.
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1. An apparatus for determining a course through blood vessels to reach a destination point utilizing modeled physical properties of one or more blood vessel lines, the apparatus comprising:
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a scan data reader configured to model the course of a blood vessel within a body of a patient based on scan data images of the blood vessel; memory configured to store the physical properties of one or more blood vessel lines as a blood vessel line model, the blood vessel lines being endovascular blood vessel lines; a processor configured to; create a three-dimensional vasculature model from the scan data images simultaneously with post processing of the scan data images being conducted for diagnostic analysis; determine a blood vessel course to reach a destination point within the three-dimensional vasculature model using a blood vessel line model; and determine whether it is possible to reach the destination point for one or more of the stored vessel lines based on the physical properties of the one or more blood vessel lines, wherein blood vessel junctions are modeled by entrance and exit areas through which the blood vessel line must pass in order to enter a particular blood vessel portion from the junction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for improving the efficiency of surgical procedures conducted using catheter systems, where the surgical procedure includes navigating a catheter system through a patient'"'"'s vasculature from an entry point to a destination, the system comprising:
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an imaging scanner operable to obtain patient specific image data of the patient'"'"'s vasculature; a non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with instructions to perform the following steps; construct a 3-dimensional model of the patient'"'"'s vasculature from the patient specific image data simultaneously with post processing of the patient specific image data being conducted for diagnostic analysis; enable a user to mark the destination within the 3-dimensional model of the patient'"'"'s vasculature; determine an access route from one or more entry points to the destination and analyze access route parameters; and
,access a database storing data relating to physical properties of at least one catheter system and analyze the access route parameters against the physical properties of the at least one catheter system to determine a ranking of catheter systems suitable for navigating from an entry point to a destination, wherein blood vessel junctions are modeled by entrance and exit areas through which the blood vessel line must pass in order to enter a particular blood vessel portion from the junction. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for determining a course through blood vessels to reach a destination point utilizing modeled physical properties of one or more blood vessel lines, the apparatus comprising:
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a scan data reader configured to model the course of a blood vessel within a body of a patient based on scan data images of the blood vessel; memory configured to store the physical properties of one or more blood vessel lines as a blood vessel line model, the blood vessel lines being endovascular blood vessel lines, the memory being further configured to store data corresponding to previous surgical procedures using one or more catheter systems; a processor configured to; create a three-dimensional vasculature model from the scan data images simultaneously with post processing of the scan data images being conducted for diagnostic analysis; determine a blood vessel course to reach a destination point within the three-dimensional vasculature model using a blood vessel line model; and determine whether it is possible to reach the destination point for one or more of the stored vessel lines based on the physical properties of the one or more blood vessel lines, wherein blood vessel junctions are modeled by entrance and exit areas through which the blood vessel line must pass in order to enter a particular blood vessel portion from the junction. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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