Patent ID: 11923067
Assignee: LIGHTLAB IMAGING, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for sizing a stent for placement in a lumen of an artery comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors from an intravascular device within the lumen of the artery, intravascular data including one or more image frames;
generating, by the one or more processors based on the intravascular data, a representation of the artery, the representation composed of at least one of the one or more image frames;
providing for output, by the one or more processors, the representation of the artery;
dividing, by the one or more processors, the representation of the artery into a plurality of segments, each segment defined as a space between branches of the artery, wherein the representation of the artery being divided into N+1 inter-branch segments, wherein N is a number of branches of the representation of the artery;
selecting, by the one or more processors, a first segment from the plurality of segments and defining a maximum diameter of the first segment;
determining, by the one or more processors, a maximum diameter of a second segment based upon the defined maximum diameter of the first segment;
determining, by the one or more processors based on the maximum diameter of the second segment, a maximum diameter of another segment of the plurality of segments;
iteratively proceeding, by the one or more processors, until a maximum diameter of each segment in the plurality of segments is determined;
automatically determining, by the one or more processors based on the determined maximum diameters, one or more landing zones corresponding to candidate positions for an end of the stent;
selecting, by the one or more processors based on the determined one or more landing zones, the stent for intravascular placement in the artery, wherein the selected stent is sized for placement in the lumen of the artery to increase blood flow therein;
providing for output, by the one or more processors, a representation of the selected stent on the previously provided representation of the artery.