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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Dieter Haemmerich, Charleston, SC (US);
J. Philip Saul, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Inventors:
Dieter Haemmerich, Charleston, SC (US);
J. Philip Saul, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Assignee:
MUSC Foundation for Research Development, Charleston, SC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention comprise methods and devices that allow quantification of blood convective cooling at the cardiac RF catheter ablation site and allow for prediction of lesion size and/or computation of RF energy parameters and characteristics.