Non-overlapping loop-type or spline-type catheter to determine activation source direction and activation source type

    公开(公告)号:US11806152B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-07

    申请号:US16836718

    申请日:2020-03-31

    摘要: A catheter may be adapted to map a chamber of the heart. The catheter may include a magnetic and/or ultrasound sensor for navigation. The body of the catheter may be pliable and configured to form a predetermined shape upon exiting a catheter sheath. Upon exiting the catheter sheath, the catheter body may be configured to form one or more loops, and the loops may be non-overlapping loops. In some examples, the non-overlapping loops may be concentric loops. Alternatively, the catheter body may be configured to form one or more splines. The catheter body may include an embedded electrode assembly. The electrodes of the electrode assembly may be may be arranged in one or more rows and configured to detect a wave front. The electrode assembly may also be configured to generate and activation sequence and determine a direction of an activation source. The electrode assembly may also be configured to determine the type of activation source, for example a rotational activation source, a focal activation source, and a single-wide activation source.

    Identifying activations in an atrial fibrillation electrogram

    公开(公告)号:US10932686B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-02

    申请号:US15986238

    申请日:2018-05-22

    摘要: A system includes an electrical interface and a processor configured to receive, via the electrical interface, a signal sensed by at least one electrode in contact with tissue of a subject's heart, the signal spanning successive time periods that are each of length T1 and including multiple signal points, to calculate respective thresholds for the time periods, to select a set of points that includes, for each of the time periods, a signal point of greatest magnitude in the time period, provided that the greatest magnitude is greater than the threshold for the time period, to remove, from the set, one of any pair of the selected points that are within an interval T2 of one another, T2 being less than T1, and to generate, subsequently to the removing, an output that is based on the points remaining in the set corresponding to respective electrical activations of the tissue.