Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for mapping arrhythmic driver sites
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Application No.: US16388593Application Date: 2019-04-18
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Publication No.: US11134879B2Publication Date: 2021-10-05
- Inventor: Don Curtis Deno , Steve Kim , Fikri Goksu , Thomas Hartley
- Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Current Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- Agency: Wiley Rein LLP
- Main IPC: A61B5/287
- IPC: A61B5/287 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/349

Abstract:
Arrhythmic foci and other driver sites can be mapped using a multi-dimensional catheter. For instance, using a clique of three or more electrodes on the multi-dimensional catheter, an electroanatomical mapping system can identify a maximum bipolar voltage and an average unipolar voltage. The ratio of the average unipolar voltage to the maximum bipolar voltage can be interpreted as an indication of whether a cardiac location is an arrhythmic focus. Alternatively, an evaluation region can be defined about location in the patient's heart. The evaluation includes a plurality of rods, each associated with a respective E-field loop having a respective maximum and minimum amplitude bipole axes, with the rods being defined by the maximum amplitude bipole axes. For a sufficient number of rods within the evaluation region, a focus score for the evaluation region can be computed to reflect rod orientation consistency within the evaluation region.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190328259A1 System and Method for Mapping Arrhythmic Driver Sites Public/Granted day:2019-10-31
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