Infobionic, Inc.

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Advanced Caridiac Therapeutics Inc.

Peter Van Der Sluis

Darren Spencer

Robert Chris Allison

Kenneth L Carr, Jr

Timothy Lenihan

Andrew Grace

A method of measuring bioelectric signals of a patient having an axis extending from the patient's head to the patient's feet includes attaching a patch to the patient's skin. The patch may include a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart along a longitudinal axis of the patch. The patch may be attached such that the longitudinal axis of the patch is generally aligned with the axis of the patient. The method may also include attaching a third electrode to the patient's skin, and measuring bioelectric signals of the patient using the first electrode, the second electrode, and the third electrode.

Electrode patch for health monitoring

A medical device may include a sheath, and an elongate member disposed within a distal portion of the sheath, the elongate member configured to reciprocally move between a sheathed configuration and a deployed configuration. The elongate member may be substantially linear and disposed within the sheath while in the sheathed configuration and extend distally from the sheath in a first direction in the deployed configuration. The elongate member may include a first bend disposed distal to the distal portion of the sheath, the first bend directing the elongate sheath in a second direction that is substantially opposite to the first direction, and a second bend distal to the first bend, the second bend directing the elongate sheath in a third direction substantially transverse to the first and second directions. The elongate member may also include a third bend distal to the second bend, the third bend directing the elongate member in approximately the first direction, and a first elongate portion disposed between the second and third bends. The elongate member may also include a second elongate portion distal to the third bend, and at least one electrode.

Systems for assessing risk of sudden cardiac death, and related methods of use

A method for measuring the contact force exerted on tissue by a probe for heating the tissue and containing an antenna which is connected to a radiometer whose output reading indicates the temperature at depth of the tissue contacted by the probe comprises displaying the output reading of the radiometer, applying sufficient power to the probe to heat the tissue to a selected first temperature that is not lethal to the tissue, moving the probe into contact with the tissue, observing the increase in the displayed temperature reading that occurs when the probe contacts the tissue, and advancing the probe toward the tissue until the displayed temperature reading reaches a value corresponding to a selected tissue contact force. After the probe position in the tissue has stabilized, the applied power to the probe may be increased to heat the tissue to a selected second temperature that is lethal to tissue for a sufficient time to ablate the tissue followed by lowering the tissue heating to a sub-lethal temperature. Apparatus for practicing the method is also disclosed.

Method and apparatus for measuring catheter contact force during a medical procedure

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Laguna Beach, CA, United States of America

Peter Van Der Sluis