Mapping catheter as well as mapping catheter apparatus and associated method
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsJan Boese, Norbert Rahn, Bernhard Sandkamp
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Abstract
The invention relates to a mapping catheter for determination of data of an area of an organ embodied as a flat surface, especially of the heart, to be presented graphically, with at least one thermosensor essentially aligned in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the mapping catheter for determination of temperature-related data which is arranged at a tip of the mapping catheter being provided in the distal area of the mapping catheter for introduction into the organ.
Claims21
-24. (canceled)
A mapping catheter for determining data of an area of an organ of a patient, comprising:
- a distal area of the mapping catheter that introduces into the organ;
- and
- a thermosensor that determines a temperature related data of the area of the organ of the patient, wherein the thermosensor is arranged at a tip of the mapping catheter and is aligned in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the mapping catheter.
A mapping catheter apparatus for determining a temperature related data of an area of an organ of a patient, comprising:
- a mapping catheter comprising a distal area that introduces into the organ;
- a thermosensor that determines the temperature related data, wherein the thermosensor is arranged at a tip of the mapping catheter and is aligned in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the mapping catheter;
- and
- a control device that processes the temperature related data of the thermosensor.
A method for graphically presenting a temperature related data of an area of an organ of a patient, comprising:
- arranging a thermosensor at a tip of a mapping catheter;
- aligning the thermosensor in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the mapping catheter;
- measuring the temperature related data of the area of the organ by inserting the mapping catheter into the organ;
- processing the temperature related data by a control device;
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- graphically presenting the temperature related data on an image output device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.