Patent ID: 9468364
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A method of imaging a tissue region which is under motion, comprising: visualizing the tissue region within a body via an intravascular imaging catheter by viewing the tissue region through an open hood in contact with the tissue region and where the hood is purged of blood with a fluid, the visualizing resulting in a plurality of visual images of the tissue region; recording electrical activity of the tissue region while visualizing the tissue region, the recording performed with a computer; receiving a selection of a recurring portion of an event which repeats at least periodically in the electrical activity, the receiving performed with the computer; selecting a visual image from the plurality of visual images of the tissue region captured by the intravascular imaging catheter during an instance of the recurring portion of the event, the visual image corresponding to the recurring portion of the event, the selecting performed with the computer; capturing one or more additional visual images gated by the event over a period of time; registering the selected visual image with one or more ablation parameters associated with an ablation process performed on the tissue region, the registering performed with the computer; and displaying the selected visual image with the one or more registered ablation parameters, the displaying performed with the computer.