Patent ID: 8467853

Claim:
A method for guiding a catheter through a region of a patient with a catheter navigation system, the method comprising: tracking a location of a tracking device of the catheter while the catheter is within the region of the patient, wherein the catheter further includes at least one sensor; measuring a physiology at discrete tracked locations within the region of the patient with the at least one sensor as the catheter is moved within the region of the patient, wherein the tracked locations are based on tracking the location of the tracking device; executing instructions with the catheter navigation system to determine at least one location of a reference point within the region of the patient based on the measured physiology at the discrete tracked locations; executing instructions with the catheter navigation system to generate a matched model by stretching, rotating, and aligning at least one model reference point in a model to the determined at least one location of the reference point in the region of the patient; displaying the matched model; and displaying a distribution map on the matched model regarding delivering at least one of a pharmaceutical agent, a volume of cells, or a genetic therapy to illustrate how the at least one of the pharmaceutical agent, the volume of cells, or the genetic therapy is disbursed through the region of the patient.