Patent ID: 7599730

Claim:
An image guided catheter navigation system for guiding a catheter through a region of a patient, said navigation system comprising: an imaging device operable to generate image data of the region of the patient; a tracking device operable to track the position of the catheter in the region of the patient; a controller in communication with said imaging device and said tracking device and operable to superimpose an icon representing the catheter onto the image data of the region of the patient based upon the position tracked by said tracking device; a display operable to display the image data of the region of the patient with the superimposed icon of the catheter, wherein said catheter provides a function to the region of the patient; and a statistical atlas accessible by said controller; wherein said controller is operable to identify a suggested pacing lead site based at least in part on the statistical atlas that is fit to the generated image data of the region of the patient.