24-10-2013 дата публикации
Номер: US20130282005A1
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An integrated catheter navigation system () and method () that combines anatomical imaging () with catheter tip-to force information () during an ablation procedure. 1. An integrated system to support cardiac ablation procedures , comprising a) a catheter system having a catheter that is adapted to conduct ablation of heart tissue and a sensor that acquires measurements of contact force employed by the catheter in conducting ablations and b) an image guidance system that simultaneously provides a visualization of a cardiac ablation region and the acquired measurements and associated information of the contact force employed by the catheter in conducting a respective ablation of heart tissue.2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises a fiber optic force sensor.3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the visualization comprises an intra-procedural image of the cardiac ablation region and an overlay image.4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the overlay image comprises either a pre-procedural image of the cardiac ablation region or a model of a corresponding cardiac ablation region.5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the catheter system provides contact force measurements for each conducted ablation to the image guidance system and the image guidance system relates contact force measurements and associated information with a visualization location of a respective conducted ablation.6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the associated information comprises contact force vectors obtained from contact force measurements.7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the associated information comprises contact force-derived parameters obtained from contact force measurements.8. The system of claim 5 , wherein the image guidance system is adapted to manipulate the visualization of the cardiac ablation region claim 5 , contact force measurements and associated information claim 5 , and integration of the visualization and contact force measurements and associated information.9. The ...
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