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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Imperial Innovations Limited, London, Greater London, GB;
Inventors:
Darrel Francis, Harrow, GB;
Prapa Kanagaratnam, London, GB;
Assignee:
IMPERIAL COLLEGE INNOVATIONS LIMITED, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/044 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/042 (2006.01); A61B 5/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/046 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/044 (2013.01); A61B 5/0044 (2013.01); A61B 5/046 (2013.01); A61B 5/04011 (2013.01); A61B 5/04012 (2013.01); A61B 5/0422 (2013.01); A61B 5/068 (2013.01); A61B 5/6858 (2013.01); A61B 5/743 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus for monitoring activation in a heart comprises a probe (), a plurality of electrodes () supported on the probe and each arranged to detect electrical potential at a respective position in the heart during a series of activations, and processing means () arranged to analyse the detected electrical potentials to identify a propagation direction of the activation, and to generate an output indicative of that direction.