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- Patent Title: Systems, devices, components and methods for detecting the locations of sources of cardiac rhythm disorders in a patient's heart
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Application No.: US15548671Application Date: 2016-09-07
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Publication No.: US10201277B2Publication Date: 2019-02-12
- Inventor: Peter Ruppersberg
- Applicant: Ablacon Inc.
- Assignee: Ablacon Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ablacon Inc.
- Agency: Woods Patent Law, P.A.
- Priority: WOPCT/EP2015/001801 20150907; WOPCT/EP2015/001803 20150907
- International Application: PCT/IB2016/001273 WO 20160907
- International Announcement: WO2017/042623 WO 20170316
- Main IPC: A61N5/04
- IPC: A61N5/04 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/04 ; A61B5/042 ; A61B5/044 ; A61B18/14 ; A61B5/0402 ; A61B18/00 ; A61B90/00

Abstract:
Disclosed are various examples and embodiments of systems, devices, components and methods configured to detect a location of a source of at least one cardiac rhythm disorder in a patient's heart. In some embodiments, electrogram signals are acquired from inside a patient's heart, and subsequently normalized, adjusted and/or filtered, followed by generating a two-dimensional (2D) spatial map, grid or representation of the electrode positions, processing the amplitude-adjusted and filtered electrogram signals to generate a plurality of three-dimensional electrogram surfaces corresponding at least partially to the 2 D grid, one surface being generated for each or selected discrete times, and processing the plurality of three-dimensional electrogram surfaces through time to generate a velocity vector map corresponding at least partially to the 2 D grid. The resulting velocity vector map is configured to reveal the location of the source of the at least one cardiac rhythm disorder, which may be, by way of example, an active rotor in a patient's myocardium and atrium.
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