Apparatus for the detection of at least one parameter, in particular kinetic, in relation to the heart, or the myocardium, of a human being or an animal

An apparatus for detection of at least one kinetic parameter in relation to a heart or myocardium of a human being or an animal, the apparatus being usable during surgical operations performed on the heart or myocardium, inside a corresponding operating theatre;

• the apparatus comprising
• a detection device configured for detection of spatial or mechanical, movements of said heart or myocardium;
• a control processor adapted to process signals or data provided by said detection device for providing at least one corresponding kinetic parameter in relation to said heart or myocardium;
• wherein said detection device is adapted to detect a distance or depth, or a variation in the distance or depth of one or more points of a corresponding surface or wall of said heart or myocardium;
• wherein said detection device is adapted to detect a movement or displacement of one or more points of said heart or myocardium in a corresponding plane with respect to corresponding Cartesian reference axes (x, y) in said plane, perpendicular to a detection direction of said distance or depth by the detection device;
• a support device configured for supporting said detection device, the support device comprising an elongated support arm at a respective free end of said detection device;
• wherein said detection device is a 3D television camera adapted to detect images of the corresponding surface or wall in the corresponding plane with detection of a perpendicular depth (z) of the one or more points according to said plane (x, y);
• wherein said elongated support arm is movable perpendicularly or vertically raised and lowered, with respect to said heart or myocardium;
• and
• wherein said control processor is configured to position perpendicularly, or vertically, said detection device as a function of the signals or data provided by said detection device of the distance or depth of said heart or myocardium using the depth detected by said 3D television camera.