Patent ID: 7610081
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method for generating an image using optical coherence tomography in a medical procedure, comprising: transmitting and receiving light with a transmitter and a receiver arranged on a catheter; generating an image from the light received by an image generation device using the optical coherence tomography; delivering a rinsing fluid into a section of a vessel of a patient containing the transmitter and receiver using a rinsing device; sealing the vessel with an occlusion device; and automatically controlling an operation of the image generation device and the rinsing device, and the occlusion device using a control device according to a predetermined program, wherein the control device controls a displacement device to displace the catheter in a direction of an axis of the catheter or to rotate the catheter with the axis when the rinsing fluid is delivered.