Stent End Point Locations System
Summary
USPTO granted Koninklijke Philips N.V. Patent US12599438B2 for a system and method for determining suitable end point locations for a stent using intraluminal imaging. The system includes processors configured to receive temporal sequences of intraluminal images from an imaging device and identify whether positions along a lumen represent suitable stent end points. The patent contains 19 claims.
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USPTO granted Patent US12599438B2 to Koninklijke Philips N.V. for a system utilizing intraluminal imaging to determine suitable end point locations for stents. The patent covers processors configured to receive temporal sequences of intraluminal images and evaluate whether specific positions along a lumen are suitable stent endpoints.
Affected parties including medical device manufacturers and healthcare providers should monitor this intellectual property development as it may influence product development strategies and technology licensing considerations in the intravascular imaging and stent placement sector.
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Determining end point locations for a stent
Grant US12599438B2 Kind: B2 Apr 14, 2026
Assignee
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Inventors
Vincent Maurice André Auvray, Stéphane Allaire
Abstract
A system (100) for determining a suitability of positions along a lumen (110) as end point locations for a stent, includes one or more processors (120) configured to: receive (S110), from an intraluminal imaging device (130), a temporal sequence of intraluminal images (1401 . . . n) representing positions along the lumen (110), including at least a first intraluminal image (140i⊂1 . . . n); and identify (S120), whether or not the first intraluminal image (140i⊂1 . . . n) represents a suitable end point location for the stent.
CPC Classifications
A61B 6/469 A61B 6/463 A61B 6/504 A61B 6/5247 G06T 2207/10016 G06T 2207/20101 G06T 2207/30101
Filing Date
2022-04-06
Application No.
18286398
Claims
19
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