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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Javier E. Sanchez, Homewood, AL (US);
Jeffrey A. Hall, Birmingham, AL (US);
Michael E. Benser, Birmingham, AL (US);
Raymond E. Ideker, Birmingham, AL (US);
William M. Smith, Birmingham, AL (US);
Assignee:
UAB Research Foundation, Birmingham, AL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/804 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/804 ;
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products measure electrical activity of the cardiac tissue proximate the lesion site during an ablation treatment, and then compare the measurements to determine whether the lesion is clinically efficacious so as to be able to block myocardial propagation. The methods can include obtaining the measurements and performing the ablation therapy while the subject is experiencing atrial fibrillation and may measure the standard deviation of the electrogram signal.