US Patent:
20060155188, Jul 13, 2006
Inventors:
Alan Walczak - West Seneca NY, US
Kenneth Hoffmann - Williamsville NY, US
Petru Dinu - Buffalo NY, US
Sebastian Schafer - Buffalo NY, US
International Classification:
A61B 5/05
Abstract:
A method for determining suitability of a device, such as a stent, for delivery through a vessel comprises the steps of generating a model representing positions of the device within the vessel, and evaluating the model to ascertain a degree of risk associated with delivery of the device through the vessel. The model may be generated based upon data describing the vessel and data describing the device. In a preferred embodiment, a color-coded image of the vessel is generated to report local vessel tortuousity relative to the device.