Mediguide Ltd.

Newpace Ltd.

Itzhak Shmarak

Gera M Strommer

Uzi Eichler

Ziv Belsky

Dan Seter

Liat Schwartz

Avraham Broder

Mordechay Mocha

Jonathan Bar Or

Flexible semi-hermetic implantable medical device (IMD) structure, including a flexible device body, at least one flexible lead and at least one respective transition unit, for respectively coupling each flexible lead to the flexible device body, the flexible device body including a plurality of hermetically sealed components, at least one electrical cable harness and an external flexible polymer structure, each one of the hermetically sealed components including at least one hermetically sealed electrical connection and at least some of the hermetically sealed components including at least one separation dome, the electrical cable harness for electrically and mechanically coupling the plurality of hermetically sealed components together and the external flexible polymer structure for encapsulating the hermetically sealed components, the electrical cable harness and the respective transition unit.

Flexible semi-hermetic implantable medical device (IMD) structure

Apparatus for generating an organ timing signal relating to an inspected organ within the body of a patient, including a medical positioning system, and a processor coupled with the medical positioning system, the medical positioning system including at least one reference electromagnetic transducer placed at a reference location, at least one inner electromagnetic transducer attached to a surgical tool inserted in a blood vessel in the vicinity of the inspected organ, and a medical positioning system processor coupled with the reference electromagnetic transducer and the inner electromagnetic transducer, the medical positioning system processor determining the three-dimensional position of the inner electromagnetic transducer, by processing transmitted electromagnetic signals transmitted from one of the reference electromagnetic transducer and the inner electromagnetic transducer with detected electromagnetic signals detected by the other of the reference electromagnetic transducer and the inner electromagnetic transducer, the medical positioning system processor further generating medical positioning system data sets, each of the medical positioning system data sets including a collection of three-dimensional position coordinate readings demonstrating the motion trajectory of the surgical tool over time, the processor generating the organ timing signal from the medical positioning system data sets by detecting and identifying periodic motion frequencies in the medical positioning system data sets, and filtering the periodic motion frequencies from the medical positioning system data sets.

Method and apparatus for invasive device tracking using organ timing signal generated from MPS sensors

Method for positioning an artificial heart valve at the anatomic position of a malfunctioning heart valve of a heart of a patient, by employing a catheter bearing the artificial heart valve and a valve fixation device, at the tip of the catheter, the method including the procedures of receiving a marking input associated with an image of the heart, and respective of the anatomic position, in a medical positioning system (MPS) coordinate system, moving the tip toward the anatomic position, constantly detecting the current position of the artificial heart valve, and producing an indication when the current position substantially matches the anatomic position, thereby enabling the catheter to fix the malfunctioning heart valve in place, by the valve fixation device.

System and method for positioning an artificial heart valve at the position of a malfunctioning valve of a heart through a percutaneous route

Apparatus for generating an organ timing signal relating to an inspected organ within the body of a patient, including a medical positioning system, and a processor The medical positioning system includes at least one reference electromagnetic transducer placed at a reference location, at least one inner electromagnetic transducer attached to a surgical tool inserted in a blood vessel in the vicinity of the inspected organ, and a medical positioning system processor coupled with the transducers. The medical positioning system processor generates medical positioning system data sets, each of which includes a collection of three-dimensional position coordinate readings demonstrating the motion trajectory of the surgical tool over time, the processor generating the organ timing signal from the data sets by detecting and identifying periodic motion frequencies in the data sets, and filtering the periodic motion frequencies from the data sets.

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Haifa, Israel

Itzhak Shmarak