Patent Document ID: 10163204
Application ID: 15042613
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for enhancing a three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of an internal organ of a patient disposed in a tracking space, the method comprising: obtaining a signal indicative of a static 3D reconstruction of an object disposed in a 3D tracking space; co-registering the 3D reconstruction to the 3D tracking space; collecting enhancement data from a tracked elongate medical device disposed in the 3D tracking space; and adding real-time features of the object to the static 3D reconstruction using the enhancement data, wherein the static 3D reconstruction is animated in synchronicity with motion of the object based on real-time movement of the tracked elongate medical device engaged with the object to create a 4D model, wherein the 3D tracking space is disposed in a Medical Positioning System (MPS) coordinate system and the static 3D reconstruction is disposed in a 3D coordinate system and wherein the real-time features comprise an extension of a boundary of the static 3D reconstruction, and wherein the object comprises a heart and the extension of the boundary comprises an extension of a branch of a coronary sinus and wherein the object comprises a heart and the extension of the boundary comprises an extension of a branch of a coronary sinus, and wherein the branch of the coronary sinus is mapped in the static 3D reconstruction using contrast fluid, and (a) the extension of the boundary extends beyond where the contrast fluid currently terminates, or (b) the contrast fluid is located at the extension of the boundary but has dissipated from an initial concentration effective to visualize the extension.