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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2024
The Vektor Group, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
David E. Krummen, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert Joseph Krummen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Christopher J. T. Villongco, San Diego, CA (US);
THE VEKTOR GROUP, INC., San Diego, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for localizing the source of an arrhythmia within a heart wall is disclosed. The method involves accessing an indication of the source location of the arrhythmia within the endocardium. A normal vector is generated that is normal to the endocardium at the source location in the direction of the epicardium layer. An activation vector indicating the direction of electrical force of the heart during an initial stage of depolarization is determined. The depth angle between the normal vector and the activation vector is determined, and the depth of the source location within the heart wall is indicated based on a depth angle.