Software controlled electrophysiology data management
AssigneeC.R. Bard, Inc.
InventorsDavid P. MacAdam, Stephen W. Sagon
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Abstract
Methods for conducting an electrophysiology procedure using a programmed machine are described, including methods for managing discrete data capture requests received throughout the course of an electrophysiology procedure and for discretizing the display of independent data capture events that occur during the course of the electrophysiology procedure. These methods enable an operator to review location maps of sites visited during the course of a procedure and to review data from discrete moments in the procedure and to play back data over a sequence of times throughout the procedure, one moment at a time. The invention further includes software constructs that enable data management.
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In a programmed system having a memory, a method for conducting an electrophysiology procedure using one or more catheters at least one of which is a roving catheter which includes:
- one or more first means supported on the catheter for obtaining physiologic data;
- and one or more second means for obtaining location data concerning a location of the first means when the catheter is positioned indwelling, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) displaying the location data obtained by the second means in a first window;
- b) displaying the physiologic data obtained by the first means in a second window;
- c) freezing the first and second windows to a first moment in time during the electrophysiology procedure in response to operator action;
- d) disassociating in the memory of the programmed system any physiologic data from location data for any moment in time other than the first moment in time;
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- e) creating a set of data points for display in the first window, each data point associating the physiologic data obtained by each first means at the first moment in time with the location data obtained by the second means at the first moment in time.
In a programmed system, a method for managing discrete data capture requests received throughout the course of an electrophysiology procedure, comprising the steps of:
- a) obtaining physiologic data from sites adjacent one or more locations of a roving catheter distal tip portion;
- b) obtaining location data concerning a location of each of said sites;
- c) providing an index value in response to a request, at any given point in time, to capture the data obtained from steps (a) and (b);
- d) associating in a first memory the obtained physiologic data with the index value;
- e) associating in a second memory the obtained location data with the index value;
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- f) updating the index value prior to repeating steps (c) through (e).
In a programmed system, a method for managing discrete data capture requests received throughout the course of an electrophysiology procedure, comprising the steps of:
- a) obtaining physiologic data from sites adjacent one or more locations of a roving catheter distal tip portion;
- b) obtaining location data concerning a location of each of said sites;
- c) providing an index value in response to a request, at any given point in time, to capture the data obtained from steps (a) and (b);
- d) associating in a first memory the obtained physiologic data with the index value;
- e) associating in a second memory the obtained location data with the index value;
- f) updating the index value prior to repeating steps (c) through (e);
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- g) displaying in a first window a map of the locations visited during the course of the electrophysiology procedure using the obtained location data for a plurality of index values.
In a programmed system, a method for managing discrete data capture requests received throughout the course of an electrophysiology procedure, comprising the steps of:
- a) in response to a user request to capture data at any given point in time during the course of the electrophysiology procedure,
- i) associating in a first memory an index value with physiologic data obtained from sites adjacent one or more locations of a catheter distal tip portion at the given point in time;
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- ii) associating in a second memory the index value with location data obtained concerning a location of each of said sites at the given point in time;
- b) utilizing the index value to associate in a memory segment of the programmed system the physiologic data in the first memory with the location data in the second memory;
- c) creating a set of data points for display in a first window using the information in the memory segment;
- d) displaying the set of data points in the first window;
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- e) disassociating the physiologic data from the location data in the memory segment for any index value other than the utilized index value;
- whereby the set of data points displayed in the first window show physiologic data for only one particular point in time during the course of the electrophysiology procedure at any moment.
A method for discretizing the display of independent data capture events that occur during the course of an electrophysiology procedure, comprising the steps of:
- a) utilizing an index value to associate in a memory segment of the programmed system physiologic data in a first memory with location data in a second memory;
- b) creating a set of data points for display in a first window using the information in the memory segment;
- c) displaying the set of data points in the first window;
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- d) disassociating the physiologic data from the location data in the memory segment for any index value other than the utilized index value;
- whereby the set of data points displayed in the first window show physiologic data for only one particular point in time during the course of the electrophysiology procedure at any moment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.