Patent ID: 11857296
Assignee: PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A system for evaluating a blood vessel of a patient, comprising:
a first instrument sized and shaped for introduction into the vessel of the patient; and
a processing system in communication with the first instrument and a second instrument, wherein the processing system configured to:
obtain pressure measurements from the first and second instruments while the first instrument is moved longitudinally through the vessel from a first position to a second position and the second instrument remains stationary; and
output, on a display in communication with the processing system, a three dimensional model of the vessel, wherein a visual characteristic of the three dimensional model at a portion of the vessel is representative of an amount of change in a pressure ratio of the obtained pressure measurements attributable to the portion of the vessel.