Patent Document ID: 20050107688
Application ID: 10938395
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. Method for delivering a stent coupled with a catheter, to a selected position within a lumen of the body of a patient, the method comprising the procedures of: selecting a single image of said lumen, among a plurality of images of an image sequence of said lumen; receiving a position input associated with said selected image and respective of said selected position, said position input being defined in a coordinate system respective of a medical positioning system (MPS); detecting the current position of said stent in said coordinate system, according to position data acquired by an MPS sensor attached to said catheter in the vicinity of said stent; superimposing on at least one maneuvering associated image of said lumen, at least one stent representation respective of said current position, and at least one marking representation respective of said position input, according to a real-time organ timing signal of an inspected organ of said body; maneuvering said catheter through said lumen, toward said selected position, according to said current position relative to said position input; and producing an output when said current position substantially matches said selected position.