# US 11,026,638 B2 · Systems and methods for selecting, activating, or selecting and activating transducers > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,026,638 B2 - Document ID: US11026638B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/388,093 - Filed: 2019-04-18 - Published: 2019-08-08 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2014-11-17 - Assignees: Kardium Inc. - Applicants: Kardium Inc. - Inventors: Saar Moisa; Michael Hermann Weber - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11026638B2 ## CPC - A61B 5/743: {Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots} - A61B 5/015: {By temperature mapping of body part} - A61B 5/02: Detecting, measuring or recording for evaluating the cardiovascular system, e.g. pulse, heart rate, blood pressure or blood flow - A61B 5/283: Invasive - A61B 5/287: Holders for multiple electrodes, e.g. electrode catheters for electrophysiological study [EPS] - A61B 5/6859: {with multiple distal splines} - A61B 5/6869: {Heart} - A61B 5/72: {Signal processing specially adapted for physiological signals or for diagnostic purposes} - A61B 5/7435: {Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface} - A61B 5/748: {Selection of a region of interest, e.g. using a graphics tablet} - G06F 3/04815: Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional [3D], e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) - G06F 3/04847: Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials - A61B 5/150022: {for capillary blood or interstitial fluid} - A61B 5/150969: {Low-profile devices which resemble patches or plasters, e.g. also allowing collection of blood samples for testing} - A61B 5/157: {Devices} characterised by integrated means for measuring characteristics of blood - A61B 18/1492: {having a flexible, catheter-like structure, e.g. for heart ablation (A61B18/1477 takes precedence)} - A61B 2018/00214: {Expandable means emitting energy, e.g. by elements carried thereon} - A61B 2018/00267: {having a basket shaped structure} - A61B 2018/00357: {Endocardium} - A61B 2018/00577: {Ablation} - A61B 2018/00642: {with feedback, i.e. closed loop control} - A61B 2018/00702: {Power or energy} - A61B 2018/00791: {Temperature} - A61B 2018/00839: {Bioelectrical parameters, e.g. ECG, EEG} - A61B 2018/00875: {Resistance or impedance} - A61B 2018/1467: {using more than two electrodes on a single probe} - A61B 2034/107: {Visualisation of planned trajectories or target regions} - A61B 2560/0475: Special features of memory means, e.g. removable memory cards - G16H 40/63: for local operation - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA ## Abstract A graphical representation may be displayed including at least a plurality of transducer graphical elements, each transducer graphical element of the plurality of transducer graphical elements representative of a respective transducer of a plurality of transducers of a transducer-based device. A set of user input may be received including an instruction set to reposition a first transducer graphical element in a state in which the first transducer graphical element is located at a first location in the graphical representation and a second transducer graphical element is located at a second location in the graphical representation, the second location closer to a predetermined location in the graphical representation than the first location. In response to conclusion of receipt of the set of user input, the first transducer graphical element may be repositioned from the first location in the graphical representation to the predetermined location in the graphical representation. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A graphical path display device system comprising: a data processing device system; an input-output device system communicatively connected to the data processing device system; and a memory device system communicatively connected to the data processing device system and storing a program executable by the data processing device system, the program comprising: input-processing instructions configured to: cause reception of first user input via the input-output device system and, in response to receiving the first user input, place a first user input element in an activated state; cause reception of motion-based user input via the input-output device system; and cause reception of second user input via the input-output device system and, in response to receiving the second user input, place the first user input element in a deactivated state; path definition instructions configured to cause definition of a graphical path including a plurality of graphical-path-elements, the path definition instructions configured to cause initiation of the definition of the graphical path in response to receiving the first user input, to cause generation of the graphical path according to a path traced by the motion-based user input, and to cause conclusion of the definition of the graphical path in response to receiving the second user input, each of the respective graphical-path-elements associated with a respective display region including at least a portion of the respective graphical-path-element, but the respective graphical-path-element not occupying all of the respective display region, and the path definition instructions configured to cause the graphical path to be generated to identify the plurality of graphical-path-elements as those whose display regions have been passed through by at least some of the path traced by the motion-based user input even in a state in which the motion-based user input does not pass through any part of at least one graphical-path-element of the identified plurality of graphical-path elements; and display instructions configured to cause display, via the input-output device system, of a graphical representation of the graphical path including the identified plurality of graphical-path-elements. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The graphical path display device system of claim 1, wherein at least a particular graphical-path-element of the identified plurality of graphical-path-elements is a between graphical element arranged between a respective adjacent pair of transducer graphical elements. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The graphical path display device system of claim 1, wherein at least a particular graphical-path-element of the identified plurality of graphical-path-elements comprises a linear shape. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The graphical path display device system of claim 1, wherein the display instructions are configured to cause display, via the input-output device system, of the graphical representation of the graphical path at least by causing a change in a visual characteristic of each of the identified plurality of graphical-path-elements. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The graphical path display device system of claim 1, wherein each respective display region is mutually exclusive with every other respective display region. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The graphical path display device system of claim 1, wherein each graphical-path-element of the identified plurality of graphical-path-elements corresponds to a respective transducer of a plurality of transducers. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The graphical path display device system of claim 6, wherein the identified plurality of graphical-path-elements are displayed in the graphical representation according to a first spatial relationship that is consistent with a second spatial relationship between the plurality of transducers. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The graphical path display device system of claim 6, wherein the program comprises activation instructions configured to cause, at least in response to the definition of the graphical path, activation of the plurality of transducers. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The graphical path display device system of claim 8, wherein the activation instructions are configured to cause, at least in response to the definition of the graphical path, activation of each transducer of the plurality of transducers to transmit energy sufficient for tissue ablation. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The graphical path display device system of claim 6, wherein each respective transducer of the plurality of transducers is configured to sample data, wherein the program comprises: sampling instructions configured to cause sampling of data by each respective transducer of the plurality of transducers, and generation instructions configured to cause generation, for each respective transducer of the plurality of transducers, of corresponding information based at least in part on the data sampled by the respective transducer of the plurality of transducers, and wherein the display instructions are configured to cause display, via the input-output device system, of the corresponding information generated for the respective transducers of the plurality of transducers according to a first spatial relationship that is consistent with a second spatial relationship between a plurality of locations at which the corresponding information generated for the respective transducers of the plurality of transducers was sampled by the respective transducers of the plurality of transducers. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The graphical path display device system of claim 10, wherein the display instructions are configured to cause display, via the input-output device system, of the corresponding information generated for the respective transducers of the plurality of transducers in an overlapping relationship with each respective display region and its associated respective graphical-path-element. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The graphical path display device system of claim 10, wherein the data sampled by each respective transducer of the plurality of transducers is intra-cardiac information. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The graphical path display device system of claim 1, wherein the graphical representation of the graphical path is displayed as including an interrupted form. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The graphical path display device system of claim 1, wherein the graphical representation of the graphical path is displayed as including a circumferential form. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The graphical path display device system of claim 1, wherein each respective graphical-path-element of at least some of the identified plurality of graphical-path-elements is continuously surrounded by at least a portion of the respective display region. ### Claim 16 A transducer activation system comprising: a data processing device system; an input-output device system communicatively connected to the data processing device system; and a memory device system communicatively connected to the data processing device system and storing a program executable by the data processing device system, the program comprising: first display instructions configured to cause the input-output device system to display a plurality of transducer graphical elements concurrently with a graphical representation of at least intra-cardiac information, each transducer graphical element of the plurality of transducer graphical elements corresponding to at least part of a respective transducer of a plurality of transducers of a transducer-based device that is positionable in an intra-cardiac cavity, a first spatial relationship between the displayed plurality of transducer graphical elements consistent with a second spatial relationship between the plurality of transducers, and each respective transducer graphical element of the plurality of transducer graphical elements displayed within a respective display region of a plurality of display regions that is larger than the respective transducer graphical element; path definition instructions configured to, in response to user input, cause definition of a path extending across at least a portion of the graphical representation of at least intra-cardiac information, the defined path representative of a desired ablation path in the intra-cardiac cavity, wherein the defined path extends across the respective display regions of particular transducer graphical elements of the plurality of transducer graphical elements, the defined path not extending across at least a first transducer graphical element of the particular transducer graphical elements of the plurality of transducer graphical elements; and activation instructions configured to cause activation, initiated during or after completion of the definition of the path, of respective transducers of the plurality of transducers corresponding to the particular transducer graphical elements of the plurality of transducer graphical elements to transmit energy sufficient for tissue ablation. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The transducer activation system of claim 16, wherein each respective display region of the plurality of display regions is mutually exclusive with every other display region of the plurality of display regions. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The transducer activation system of claim 16, wherein the program comprises second display instructions configured to cause, at least in response to the user input, a change in a visual characteristic of each transducer graphical element of the particular transducer graphical elements of the plurality of transducer graphical elements. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The transducer activation system of claim 16, wherein the program comprises second display instructions configured to cause a change in visual characteristics of the particular transducer graphical elements of the plurality of transducer graphical elements, the change in the visual characteristics of the particular transducer graphical elements of the plurality of transducer graphical elements initiated during or after completion of the definition of the path. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The transducer activation system of claim 16, wherein the program comprises sampling instructions configured to cause each transducer of at least some transducers of the plurality of transducers to sample data at least in a state in which the at least some transducers of the plurality of transducers are positioned in the intra-cardiac cavity, and wherein the first display instructions are configured to cause the input-output device system to display the graphical representation of the intra-cardiac information based at least in part on the sampled data. ### Claim 21 (depends on 16) The transducer activation system of claim 16, wherein the program comprises sampling instructions configured to cause each transducer of at least some transducers of the plurality of transducers to sample data at least in a state in which the at least some transducers of the plurality of transducers are positioned in the intra-cardiac cavity, and wherein the first display instructions are configured to cause the input-output device system to vary visual characteristics of the graphical representation of the intra-cardiac information based at least in part on the sampled data. ### Claim 22 (depends on 16) The transducer activation system of claim 16, wherein the first display instructions are configured to cause graphical display, via the input-output device system, of the path in an overlapping relationship with the graphical representation of the intra-cardiac information. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The transducer activation system of claim 22, wherein the graphical display of the path includes an interrupted form. ### Claim 24 (depends on 22) The transducer activation system of claim 22, wherein the graphical display of the path includes a circumferential form. ### Claim 25 (depends on 16) The transducer activation system of claim 16, wherein the user input comprises first user input and second user input other than the first user input, wherein the path definition instructions are configured to cause definition of a first endpoint of the path according to a particular parameter set associated with the first user input, and wherein the path definition instructions are configured to cause definition of a second endpoint of the path according to a particular parameter set associated with the second user input. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The transducer activation system of claim 25, wherein the program comprises input-processing instructions configured to, in response to receiving the first user input, cause a first user input element to be placed in an activated state, and in response to receiving the second user input, place the first user input element in a deactivated state. ### Claim 27 (depends on 16) The transducer activation system of claim 16, wherein the user input comprises motion-based user input, and wherein the path definition instructions are configured to, in response to receiving the motion-based user input, cause definition of an elongated portion of the path, the elongated portion of the path defined according to a particular path traced by the motion-based user input. ### Claim 28 (depends on 16) The transducer activation system of claim 16, wherein each respective transducer graphical element of the plurality of transducer graphical elements is displayed entirely within the respective display region of the plurality of display regions that is larger than the respective transducer graphical element. ### Claim 29 (depends on 16) The transducer activation system of claim 16, wherein the program comprises: input-processing instructions configured to: cause reception of first user input via the input-output device system and, in response to receiving the first user input, cause a first user input element to be placed in an activated state; cause reception of motion-based user input via the input-output device system; and cause reception of second user input via the input-output device system and, in response to receiving the second user input, cause the first user input element to be placed in a deactivated state, wherein the path definition instructions are configured to cause initiation of the definition of the path in response to receiving the first user input, to cause definition of an elongate portion of the path according to a path traced by the motion-based user input, and to cause conclusion of the definition of the path in response to receiving the second user input.