Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Nathan H Bennett

Brian Stewart

Mordechai Perlman

Vasiliy E Buharin

Doron Harlev

Daniel Klebanov

Alpar Csendes

Suzhou Li

Doron Feinstein

Nicholas Herlambang

Michal Weisman

Paul Hultz

Alireza Ghodrati

Rudy Gelb-Bicknell

Matthew Victor Crema

Adam Magen

Arun Ramasamy

Stefano Capellino

At least some embodiments of the present disclosure is directed to a method of processing cardiac information. The method includes the steps of: receiving an activation waveform comprising a set of activation waveform data; receiving a range of window size. For each of the plurality of window sizes, the method further includes the steps of: selecting a position of a central window; calculating a set of backward correlations; calculating a set of forward correlations; determining a backward confidence value based on the set of backward correlations; and determining a forward confidence value based on the set of forward correlations. Additionally, the method includes the steps of: comparing the set of confidence values to select a designated confidence value and a selected window size corresponding to the designated confidence value; and determining a local cycle length based on the selected window size.

Electrophysiology system and method for determining local cycle length and local duty cycle

At least some embodiments of the present disclosure is directed to a system for processing cardiac information. The system comprises a processing unit configured to: receive an activation waveform comprising a set of activation waveform data of a plurality of signal sections collected at a plurality of locations; receive a range of window size. For each of the plurality of signal sections, the processing unit is further configured to: determine a set of confidence values, by iterating through a plurality of window sizes in the range of window size. For each of the plurality of signal sections, the processing unit is further configured to determine one of a plurality of local cycle lengths for the each of the plurality of signal sections based on the selected window size. And generate a representation of the plurality of local cycle lengths.

Interactive 2D scatter plot of EGM characteristic metrics

Systems and methods for facilitating display of cardiac information based on sensed electrical signals include a processing unit configured to receive a set of electrical signals; receive an indication of a measurement location corresponding to each electrical signal of the set of electrical signals; and generate an activation histogram corresponding to the set of electrical signals. Systems and methods disclosed herein may be configured to automatically identify activation histograms exhibiting split characteristics, and to facilitate presentation, on a display device, of a cardiac map including highlighted regions corresponding to the identified activation histograms.

Systems and methods for identifying split activation histograms in cardiac mapping procedures

Systems and methods for processing cardiac information include a processing unit configured to receive a set of cardiac electrical signals; receive an indication of a measurement location corresponding to each of the set of electrical signals; and identify, for each electrical signal of the set of electrical signals, a deflection. The deflection includes a deviation from a signal baseline. An activation waveform corresponding to the set of electrical signals is generated based on the identified deflections.

Annotation waveform

Systems and methods for facilitating processing of cardiac information based on sensed electrical signals include a processing unit configured to receive a set of electrical signals; receive an indication of a measurement location corresponding to each electrical signal of the set of electrical signals; and generate, based on at least one of an annotation waveform corresponding to each electrical signal of the set of electrical signals and a set of annotation mapping values, an annotation histogram.

Annotation histogram

Systems and methods for facilitating display of cardiac information based on sensed electrical signals include a processing unit configured to receive a set of electrical signals; receive an indication of a measurement location corresponding to each electrical signal of the set of electrical signals; and generate an activation waveform corresponding to the set of electrical signals. Systems and methods disclosed herein may be configured to generate, based on the activation waveform, a representation of a cardiac electrical signal feature; and facilitate presentation, on a display device, of a cardiac map and the representation of the cardiac electrical signal feature.

Electroanatomical mapping tools facilitated by activation waveforms

A system including a catheter including multiple, spatially distributed electrodes configured to measure electrical signals of a heart, a system configured to determine a position of the electrodes at multiple, different catheter positions in the heart, and a processing unit for mapping electrical activity in the heart. The processing unit is configured to receive the measured electrical signals from each position of the multiple, different catheter positions and determine whether the measured electrical signals at the position are organized. If the measured electrical signals at the position are organized, the processing unit is configured to determine at least one of velocity vectors, cycle length, and degree of organization at the position from the measured electrical signals.

Systems and methods for mapping electrical activity in the heart

A system for providing information about a patient's heart, the system including one or more catheters that receive intracardiac signals from electrical activity of the heart over one or more heart beat cycles and an electronic processor coupled to the one or more catheters. The electronic processor to: receive the intracardiac signals from the one or more catheters; preprocess the intracardiac signals to provide preprocessed signals, wherein each of the intracardiac signals is preprocessed to provide a corresponding preprocessed signal; and compare the preprocessed signals to a set of signals to determine a degree of similarity between each of the preprocessed signals and the set of signals.

Intracardiac EGM signals for beat matching and acceptance

A system for facilitating display of cardiac mapping information includes a catheter having one or more electrodes that measure electrical signals in the heart, and a processing unit. The processing unit receives the electrical signals from the catheter and receives an indication of a measurement location corresponding to each signal. The processing unit extracts a set of features from the signals, where each feature includes a value corresponding to a metric. A three-dimensional grid is constructed, wherein each node of the grid corresponds to a physical point in three-dimensional space. The system identifies a set of electrical signals in a neighborhood associated with a node; determines, based on the set of features extracted from the set of electrical signals, a node value; associates the node value with the node; and facilitates presentation of a map corresponding to a cardiac surface based on the node value.

Cardiac mapping using a 3D grid

A system includes a display device configured to present a cardiac map; and a processing unit configured to: receive electrical signals; generate the cardiac map; and facilitate display of the cardiac map, where each electrical signal corresponds to a map location. The processing unit is also configured to receive a user selection of a selected portion of the cardiac map, the selected portion including a set of map locations, each of the set of map locations corresponding to an electrical signal of a set of signals that is a subset of the received electrical signals. The set of map locations has a first spatial arrangement and the processing unit is configured to facilitate display of a set of electrical signal representations, each representation corresponding to one of the set of electrical signals, the set of electrical signal representations having a second spatial arrangement, which corresponds to the first spatial arrangement.

Display of multiple electrograms anatomical map

A system for facilitating display of cardiac information includes a display device configured to present a cardiac map; and a processing unit configured to: receive electrical signals and indications of measurement locations corresponding to the electrical signals; generate, based on the electrical signals, the cardiac map, which includes annotations representing cardiac signal features; and determine a set of interesting cardiac signal features. The processing unit also may determine, based on the set of interesting cardiac signal features, a region of interest; and facilitate display, via the display device, of the cardiac map and a representation of the region of interest. The representation of the region of interest includes a first display parameter value that is different from a second display parameter value, where the second display parameter value is associated with at least one cardiac signal feature that is not included within the region of interest.

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Nathan H Bennett