Patent Document ID: 20070232882
Application ID: 11694280
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A catheter device for aiding the performance of an image guided procedure, comprising: a catheter portion having first and second ends and a plurality of lumens; and a balloon portion at the second end of the catheter portion that, when inflated, removably fixes the catheter device into a portion of an anatomy of a patient; wherein at least one of the plurality of lumens is in fluid communication with the balloon portion and causes the balloon to inflate when a fluid is moved therethrough, wherein at least a portion of at least one of the plurality of lumens are visible to an imaging modality positioned outside the anatomy of the patient, wherein the imaging modality provides image space data regarding at least a portion of the catheter portion within the portion of the anatomy of the patient, wherein at least one of the plurality of lumens accommodates a registration device having one or more position indicating elements that provide patient space data regarding the second end of the catheter portion using a tracking device, and wherein the image space data and the patient data are registered to one another for use during an image guided procedure to the portion of the anatomy of the patient.