ADJUSTABLE BALLOON FIXATION FOR A SHEATH
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200206479A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-02

    申请号:US16237056

    申请日:2018-12-31

    IPC分类号: A61M25/10 A61M25/00

    摘要: A tool positioning system for use in a medical procedure is provided which includes a medical tool configured to be navigated to a target tool location within a portion of an organ of a patient. The medical tool includes a sheath having a tube defined by a sheath wall, the sheath extending a length in a proximal-distal direction and an inflatable balloon coupled to the sheath and configured to move along the length of the sheath in the proximal-distal direction. When the inflatable balloon is inflated at a target balloon location along the length of the sheath, the inflated balloon is fixed at the target balloon location. The tool positioning system also includes memory configured to store location of the tool in a three dimensional (3D) space and at least one processor configured to generate mapping information for displaying locations of the tool in the 3D space.

    DOUBLE BIPOLAR CONFIGURATION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ANNOTATION
    3.
    发明申请
    DOUBLE BIPOLAR CONFIGURATION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ANNOTATION 有权
    双重双极配置用于ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ANNOTATION

    公开(公告)号:US20150208942A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-30

    申请号:US14585828

    申请日:2014-12-30

    IPC分类号: A61B5/042 A61B5/00

    摘要: Catheterization of the heart is carried out by inserting a probe having electrodes into a heart of a living subject, recording a bipolar electrogram and a unipolar electrogram from one of the electrodes at a location in the heart, and defining a window of interest wherein a rate of change in a potential of the bipolar electrogram exceeds a predetermined value. An annotation is established in the unipolar electrogram, wherein the annotation denotes a maximum rate of change in a potential of the unipolar electrogram within the window of interest. A quality value is assigned to the annotation, and a 3-dimensional map is generated of a portion of the heart that includes the annotation and the quality value thereof.

    摘要翻译: 通过将具有电极的探针插入生物体的心脏,在心脏中的位置记录来自电极之一的双极电描记图和单极电描记图,并且定义感兴趣的窗口来进行心脏的导管 双极电图的电位变化超过预定值。 在单极电描记图中建立注释,其中注释表示感兴趣的窗口内的单极电描记图的电位的最大变化率。 将质量值分配给注释,并且生成包括注释及其质量值的心脏部分的3维图。

    ADJUSTABLE BALLOON FIXATION FOR A SHEATH

    公开(公告)号:US20220054803A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-24

    申请号:US17520172

    申请日:2021-11-05

    IPC分类号: A61M25/10 A61M25/00

    摘要: A tool positioning system for use in a medical procedure is provided which includes a medical tool configured to be navigated to a target tool location within a portion of an organ of a patient. The medical tool includes a sheath having a tube defined by a sheath wall, the sheath extending a length in a proximal-distal direction and an inflatable balloon coupled to the sheath and configured to move along the length of the sheath in the proximal-distal direction. When the inflatable balloon is inflated at a target balloon location along the length of the sheath, the inflated balloon is fixed at the target balloon location. The tool positioning system also includes memory configured to store location of the tool in a three dimensional (3D) space and at least one processor configured to generate mapping information for displaying locations of the tool in the 3D space.

    Estimating a temperature during ablation

    公开(公告)号:US10575901B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-03

    申请号:US15385231

    申请日:2016-12-20

    IPC分类号: A61B18/00 A61B18/14 A61B17/00

    摘要: Described embodiments include an apparatus that includes an electrical interface and a processor. The processor is configured to receive, via the electrical interface, a temperature sensed by a temperature sensor at a distal end of an intrabody probe, to estimate a temperature of tissue of a subject, based on the sensed temperature and a parameter of an ablating current driven, by an ablation electrode at the distal end of the intrabody probe, into the tissue, and to generate an output in response to the estimated temperature. Other embodiments are also described.

    Method and system for gap detection in ablation lines

    公开(公告)号:US11484359B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-01

    申请号:US15799254

    申请日:2017-10-31

    摘要: Described herein is a method and system for gap detection in ablation lines. Microelectrodes are implemented at a distal tip of a catheter to provide localized gap detection along an ablation line. A pacing protocol is used to sequence through each of the microelectrode pairs for a tissue location. If living tissue is present, the pacing signal travels through the living tissue to pulse the heart. An operator will see a capture signal and know that there is a gap in the ablation line. The ablation electrode is then used to ablate the tissue in the gap. Pacing and ablation are therefore performed at the same place without the need to switch between instruments and/or catheters. In an implementation, a force sensor can automate the pacing protocol by determining which microelectrode pair is contacting the tissue. Moreover, signaling between microelectrode pairs can determine contact between the catheter and the tissue.