Patent ID: 8948845
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for aiding the performance of an image guided procedure, comprising: inserting a catheter device into an anatomy of a patient, the catheter device including a catheter portion having a plurality of lumens therein, and a balloon portion; inflating the balloon portion by passing a fluid through at least one of the plurality of lumens that is in fluid communication with the balloon portion, so that the catheter device is removable fixed within the anatomy of the patient; imaging the anatomy of the patient using an imaging modality to obtain image space data of at least a portion of the catheter device visible to the imaging modality, inserting a registration device having at least one position indicating element into a registration path lumen of the plurality of lumens to obtain patient space data of the anatomy of the patient using a tracking device; inserting a dynamic referencing device into a dynamic referencing lumen of the plurality of lumens of the catheter device to dynamically reference the anatomy of the patient during the image guided procedure, the dynamic referencing lumen being distinct from the registration path lumen; and registering the image space data to the patient space data for use during an image guided procedure to the anatomy of the patient.