Patent ID: 11877887
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 15:
16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
control an imaging probe to emit at least one tracking imaging beam to an interventional medical device over a period of time comprising a plurality of different points in time;
receive, at each of the plurality of different points in time, a response to the at least one tracking imaging beam from a first sensor fixed on a first portion of the interventional medical device and a second sensor fixed at a fixed location on a second portion of the interventional medical device, wherein during the period of time, the first portion, with the first sensor, moves along the interventional medical device relative to the second sensor at the fixed location;
determine a plurality of positions of the first sensor corresponding to the plurality of different points in time based on the received response to the at least one tracking imaging beam from the first sensor;
determine a path of movement of the first sensor relative to the second sensor based on the plurality of positions of the first sensor at the plurality of different points in time; and
derive a shape of the interventional medical device based on the determined path of movement of the first sensor relative to the second sensor.