Automatic ablation tracking
AssigneeBiosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
InventorsMeir Bar-Tal, Aharon Turgeman, Noam Seker Gafni
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Abstract
A method for performing a medical procedure includes bringing a probe into contact with an organ in a body of a patient. A map of the organ is displayed, and the location of the probe relative to the map is tracked. A therapy is applied via the probe at multiple tissue sites in the organ with which the probe is brought into contact. Stability of the contact between the probe and the tissue sites is assessed while applying the therapy. The map is automatically marked, responsively to the assessed stability, to indicate the tissue sites at which the therapy was applied.
Claims27
A method for performing a medical procedure, comprising:
- bringing a probe into contact with an organ in a body of a patient;
- displaying a map of the organ and tracking a location of the probe relative to the map;
- applying a therapy via the probe at multiple tissue sites in the organ with which the probe is brought into contact;
- assessing a stability of the contact between the probe and the tissue sites while applying the therapy;
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- automatically marking the map, responsively to the assessed stability, to indicate the tissue sites at which the therapy was applied.
Apparatus for performing a medical procedure, comprising:
- an invasive probe, which is configured to be brought into contact with an organ in a body of a patient and to apply a therapy at multiple tissue sites in the organ with which the probe is brought into contact;
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- a processor, which is coupled to the probe and is configured to display a map of the organ and to track a location of the probe relative to the map, to assess a stability of the contact between the probe and the tissue sites while applying the therapy, and to automatically mark the map, responsively to the assessed stability, to indicate the tissue sites at which the therapy was applied.
A computer software product, comprising a computer-readable medium in which program instructions are stored, which instructions are configured to be read by a processor that is coupled to an invasive probe for applying a therapy at multiple tissue sites in an organ with which the probe is brought into contact, and cause the processor to display a map of the organ and to track a location of the probe relative to the map, to assess a stability of the contact between the probe and the tissue sites while applying the therapy, and to automatically mark the map, responsively to the assessed stability, to indicate the tissue sites at which the therapy was applied.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.