Catheter-Based User Interface Device For Remote Control Of Display Images

A catheter control handle comprising:

• a housing;
• a shaft extending outwardly from the housing;
• a conductor extending outwardly from the housing and configured to be connected to a mapping imaging/recording system to supply image data thereto;
• a control device disposed on the housing and connected to the shaft to control the shaft;
• and
• an interface control module disposed on the housing, the interface control module configured to be connected to the imaging/recording system to control the operation of the mapping/imaging/recording system.

A method of controlling an imaging/recording system from a catheter control handle during an interventional medical procedure, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a catheter control handle including a housing, a shaft extending outwardly from the housing, a conductor extending outwardly from the housing and connected to a mapping/imaging/recording system to supply image data thereto, a control device disposed on the housing and connected to the shaft to control the shaft and an interface control module disposed on the housing, the interface control module connected to the imaging/recording system to control the operation of the mapping/imaging/recording system;
• operating the interface control module to select an operational function of the mapping/imaging/recording system;
• and
• operating the interface control module to control the operational function of the mapping/imaging/recording system.