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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
May. 25, 2012
Method and system for using common subchannel to assess the operating characteristics of transducers
Gleb V. Klimovitch, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Timothy E. Ciciarelli, San Jose, CA (US);
Shena H. Park, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gleb V. Klimovitch, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Timothy E. Ciciarelli, San Jose, CA (US);
Shena H. Park, San Francisco, CA (US);
St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Divison, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A system and method for using a common subchannel to assess operating characteristics of one of a plurality of transducers coupled to said subchannel is disclosed. The transducers are divided into subsets, with each subset is coupled to a subchannel. The system is configured to activate a selected transducer on the subchannel and the subchannel delivers operational information on the activated transducer. The present invention reduces the number of subchannels required to collect information on the plurality of transducers. The present invention permits a more compact ablation device to be constructed based on the invention's ability to reduce the total number of subchannels required to collect transducer information.