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SYSTEM AND METHOD TO TRACK MOVEMENT OF A TOOL IN PERCUTANEOUS REPLACEMENT OF A HEART VALVE

  • US 20080234576A1
  • Filed: 03/23/2007
  • Published: 09/25/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method to track movement of a tool in percutaneous replacement of a valve of a heart of a subject, the method comprising the steps of:

  • identifying one of plurality of pathways to move the tool through a patient in percutaneous replacement of the heart valve;

    identifying a sequence of models correlated to and illustrative of the one of the plurality of pathways;

    tracking the movement of the tool through the patient;

    detecting the position of the tool within a threshold of one of the models in the sequence; and

    generating a display including a representation of the tool superimposed in spatial relation to the model within the threshold.

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