Endocardial Solutions, Inc.

St Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc

Other

Endocardial Therapeutics, Inc.

University of Minnesota

Jeffrey Robert Budd

Graydon Ernest Beatty

Jonathan Kagan

John Anderson Hauck

A method of representing the geometry of at least a portion of a human heart chamber includes positioning a catheter in a heart chamber. The position of the catheter in the heart chamber is determined. The catheter is re-positioned and the position is re-determined a plurality of times to determine the geometry of at least a portion of the heart chamber. A three-dimensional, anatomical representation of at least a portion of the heart chamber is then created.

Representing the geometry of a heart chamber

A system for mapping electrical activity of a patient's heart. The system includes a set of electrodes spaced from the heart wall and a set of electrodes in contact with the heart wall. Voltage measurements from the electrodes are used to generate three-dimensional and two-dimensional maps of the electrical activity of the heart.

Chamber location method

A method of mapping electrical activity of a patient's heart. The system includes a set of electrodes spaced from the heart wall and a set of electrodes in contact with the heart wall. Voltage measurements from the electrodes are used to generate three-dimensional and two-dimensional maps of the electrical activity of the heart.

Method for mapping potential distribution of a heart chamber

An endocardial mapping system is described to map electric field activity in a heart chamber. The system includes a catheter assembly having an expandable array of electrodes and a plug with each electrode connected to a single connection in the plug. The system also contains an interface apparatus with a plug adapter to receive the catheter plug, a voltage acquisition apparatus, and a signal generator to generate signals in response to voltages received on the electrodes. Finally, the system contains a computer capable of computing a three-dimensional volumetric electric field distribution based on signals received from the signal generator.

Endocardial chamber mapping system

A system for mapping electrical activity of a patient's heart includes a set of electrodes spaced from the heart wall and a set of electrodes in contact with the heart wall. Voltage measurements from the electrodes are used to generate three-dimensional and two-dimensional maps of the electrical activity of the heart.

Endocardial mapping system

A computer software program is described that maps the electrical activity of a patient's heart. The software program utilizes inputs from electrodes contained within a heart chamber. Inputs from the electrodes cause the program to calculate the heart chamber volume, and then to determine the position of the electrodes within the heart chamber. The program then utilizes inputs from the electrodes to calculate the three-dimensional volumetric electrical field distribution of said heart chamber. This calculation is accomplished using a spherical harmonic series expression. Finally, the computer program displays the electrical field distribution of the heart chamber.

Software for mapping potential distribution of a heart chamber

A mapping catheter is positioned in a heart chamber, and active electrode sites are activated to impose an electric field within the chamber. The blood volume and wall motion modulates the electric field, which is detected by passive electrode sites on the preferred catheter. Electrophysiology measurements, as well as geometry measurements, are taken from the passive electrodes and used to display a map of intrinsic heart activity.

Method for measuring heart electrophysiology

Method for mapping heart electrophysiology

Interface system for endocardial mapping catheter

Electrophysiology mapping system

A mapping catheter is described to map electric field activity in a heart chamber. The catheter has a first grouping of electrodes positioned so that they are not in contact with the patient's heart. The catheter also having a second set of electrodes positioned in contact with the patient's heart.

Endocardial mapping catheter

A method of constructing a mapping catheter is described where the catheter has numerous electrodes each associated with a single connection in a plug. The method consists of first arranging a plurality of wires in the desired relationship, with each of the wires running to a connection in a plug. Next, a single electrode is formed on each wire. Because it is often difficult to associate a particular connection with a particular plug, an electrical signal is then applied to a single one of the wires. The electrical signal can be applied to the connection or to the electrode. The electrical signal is then found among by examining either the electrodes or the connections, depending on which where the electrical signal was applied. Once the electrical signal is discovered, a map can be made between the connections and the electrodes.

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Jeffrey Robert Budd