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Cardiac electromechanics
Assignee: Biosense Webster Inc
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Filing: 1998-07-07
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Granted: 2001-09-04
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Expires: 2018-07-07
Abstract
Abstract A method of constructing a cardiac map of a heart having a heart cycle including; bringing an invasive probe into contact with a location on a wall of the heart; determining, at at least two different phases of the heart cycle, a position of the invasive probe; and determining a local non-electrical physiological value at the location. The method is repeated for a plurality of locations in the heart The positions are combined to form a time-dependent map of at least a portion of the heart and local relationships between changes in positions of the invasive probe and determined local non-electrical physiological values are determined. Preferably, local electrical activity at the plurality of locations is also acquired.
Inventors
- 👤 Shlomo Ben-Haim
Bibliographic Details
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 17:11
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B5/00; A61B5/68; A61B5/6801; A61B5/6843; A61B18/00; A61B18/04; A61B18/12; A61B18/14; A61B18/1492; A61B18/18; A61B18/20; A61B34/00; A61B34/20; A61B5/02; A61B5/021; A61B5/0215; A61B5/026; A61B5/029; A61B5/06; A61B5/065; A61B5/066; A61B5/068; A61B5/145; A61B5/24; A61B5/25; A61B5/279; A61B5/28; A61B5/283; A61B5/287; A61B5/6846; A61B5/6847; A61B5/6852; A61B5/6859; A61B5/6885; A61B8/00; A61B8/08; A61B8/0833; A61M; A61M25/00; A61M25/01; A61M25/0105; A61M25/0133; A61N; A61N1/00; A61N1/02; A61N1/04; A61N1/06; A61N1/18; A61N1/32; A61N1/36; A61N1/362; A61N1/3627; A61N1/365; A61N1/36514; A61N1/36564; A61N1/40; A61N1/403; A61B18/02; A61B18/22; A61B18/24; A61B17/00; A61B17/00234; A61B2017/00238; A61B2017/00243; A61B2017/00247; A61B2018/00315; A61B2018/00345; A61B2018/00351; A61B2018/00392; A61B2018/00636; A61B2018/00773; A61B2018/00869; A61B34/10; A61B2034/101; A61B2034/105; A61B2034/2046; A61B2034/2051; A61B90/00; A61B90/39; A61B2090/3954; A61B2090/3958; A61B5/316; A61B5/318; A61B5/346; A61B5/349; A61B5/352; A61M2025/0166; A61N1/3621; A61N1/368; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S128/00; Y10S128/92; Y10S128/922
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
88 words
A method of constructing a cardiac map of a heart having a heart cycle comprising: (a) bringing an invasive probe into contact with a location on a wall of the heart; (b) determining, at at least two different phases of the heart cycle, a position of the invasive probe; (c) determining a local non-electrical physiological value at the location; (d) repeating (a)-(c) for a plurality of locations of the heart; and (e) combining the positions to form a time-dependent map of at least a portion of the heart.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
88 words
A method of constructing a cardiac map of a heart having a heart cycle comprising: (a) bringing an invasive probe into contact with a location on a wall of the heart; (b) determining, at at least two different phases of the heart cycle, a position of the invasive probe; (c) determining a local non-electrical physiological value at the location; (d) repeating (a)-(c) for a plurality of locations of the heart; and (e) combining the positions to form a time-dependent map of at least a portion of the heart.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method according to claim 1 , comprising: (f) determining at least one local relationship between changes in positions of the invasive probe and a determined local non-electrical physiological value.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 1 , comprising determining a trajectory of the probe as a function of the cardiac cycle.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
11 words
A method according to claim 3 , comprising analyzing the trajectory.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method according to claim 1 , wherein the map comprises a plurality of maps, each of which correspondes to a different phase of the cycle of the heart.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
43 words
A method according to claim 1 , including: constructing a first map of a heart prior to a treatment; constructing a second map of the heart, after the treatment; and comparing the first and second maps to diagnose the effect of the treatment.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method according to claim 1 comprising: analyzing the map to assess the viabilty of portions of the heart.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
87 words
A method of constructing a cardiac map of a heart having a heart cycle comprising: (a) bringing an invasive probe into contact with a location on a wall of the heart; (b) determining a position of the invasive probe; (c) determining a local non-electrical physiological value at the location at a plurality of different phases of the heart cycle; (d) repeating (a)-(c) for a plurality of locations of the heart; and (e) combining the positions to form a map of at least a portion of the heart.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
87 words
A method of constructing a cardiac map of a heart having a heart cycle comprising: (a) bringing an invasive probe into contact with a location on a wall of the heart; (b) determining a position of the invasive probe; (c) determining a local non-electrical physiological value at the location at a plurality of different phases of the heart cycle; (d) repeating (a)-(c) for a plurality of locations of the heart; and (e) combining the positions to form a map of at least a portion of the heart.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method according to claim 8 , comprising determining at least a second position of the invasive probe at a phase at which the local non-electrical value is found, which position is different from the position determined in (b).
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method according to claim 9 , comprising determining at least one local relationship between changes in positions of the invasive probe and determined local non-electrical physiological values.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method to claim 8 , comprising determining a movement of the location on the heart wall relative to the movement of neighboring locations.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 11 , including determining a relative motion profile of the location on the heart wall relative to neighboring locations.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method according to claim 12 , including detecting differences changes in the motion profile for different heart cycles.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method according to claim 13 , including detecting differences in positions of the probe at the same phase for different heart cycles.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method according to claim 8 , comprising, determining a local change in the geometry of the heart.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method according to claim 15 , wherein the local change comprises a change in a size of an area surrounding the location.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 15 , wherein the local change comprises a change in a local radius of the heart at the location.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method according to claim 8 , comprising, determining an intra-cardiac pressure of the heart.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
70 words
A method of analysis, comprising: bringing a probe into contact with a location on a wall of a heart; determining a position of the probe at the location; generating a map of electrical activation of the heart with the probe at the location; generating a map of mechanical activation of the heart with the probe at the location; and determining local relationships between the local electrical activation and mechanical activation.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
70 words
A method of analysis, comprising: bringing a probe into contact with a location on a wall of a heart; determining a position of the probe at the location; generating a map of electrical activation of the heart with the probe at the location; generating a map of mechanical activation of the heart with the probe at the location; and determining local relationships between the local electrical activation and mechanical activation.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method according to claim 19 , wherein the mechanical activation comprises a profile of movement.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method according to claim 20 , wherein the electrical activation comprises an activation time.
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