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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 04, 2021
Applicant:

Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;

Inventor:

Avigdor Rosenberg, Kiryat Tivon, IL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00119 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00336 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0022 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00357 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2053 (2016.02); A61B 2090/065 (2016.02); A61M 2025/0166 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a catheter alignment system includes a catheter to be inserted into a body part, and including catheter electrodes to contact tissue at respective locations within the body part, a display, and processing circuitry to receive signals provided by the catheter, assess respective levels of contact of ones of the catheter electrodes with the tissue of the body part responsively to the received signals, find a direction in which the catheter should be moved to improve at least one of the respective levels of contact of at least one of the catheter electrodes responsively to the respective levels of contact of the ones of the catheter electrodes, and render to the display a representation of the catheter responsively to the received signals, and a direction indicator indicating the direction in which the catheter should be moved responsively to the found direction.


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