Apparatus for magnetically deployable catheter with MOSFET sensor and method for mapping and ablation
First Claim
1. A catheterization system, comprising:
- a catheter having a catheter distal end for insertion into a patient, said distal end configured with a first deployable member and a second deployable member;
a first MOSFET sensor provided to a distal end of said first deployable member;
a second MOSFET sensor provided to a distal end of said second deployable member;
a first electrical contact provided to said first deployable member, said first electrical contact configured to make electrical contact with tissue;
a second electrical contact provided to said second deployable member, said second electrical contact configured to make electrical contact with tissue; and
a deployment mechanism configured to increase a separation between said distal end of said first deployable member and said distal end of said second deployable member.
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Abstract
A mapping and ablation catheter is described. In one embodiment, the catheter includes a MOSFET sensor array that provides better fidelity of the signal measurements as well as data collection and reduces the error generated by spatial distribution of the isotropic and anisotropic wavefronts. In one embodiment, the system maps the change in potential in the vicinity of an activation wavefront. In one embodiment, the mapping system tracks the spread of excitation in the heart, with properties such as propagation velocity changes. In one embodiment, during measurement, the manifold carrying the sensor array expands from a closed position state to a deployable open state. Spatial variation of the electrical potential is captured by the system'"'"'s ability to occupy the same three-dimensional coordinate set for repeated measurements of the desired site. In one embodiment, an interpolation algorithm tracks the electrogram data points to produce a map relative to the electrocardiogram data.
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46 Claims
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1. A catheterization system, comprising:
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a catheter having a catheter distal end for insertion into a patient, said distal end configured with a first deployable member and a second deployable member; a first MOSFET sensor provided to a distal end of said first deployable member; a second MOSFET sensor provided to a distal end of said second deployable member; a first electrical contact provided to said first deployable member, said first electrical contact configured to make electrical contact with tissue; a second electrical contact provided to said second deployable member, said second electrical contact configured to make electrical contact with tissue; and a deployment mechanism configured to increase a separation between said distal end of said first deployable member and said distal end of said second deployable member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A catheterization method, comprising:
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guiding a distal end of a catheter to a desired region of tissue; spreading sensor arms of said catheter; establishing contact between said sensor arms and the region of tissue; sensing a position of said sensor arms; measuring activation potential data using sensors provided to said sensor arms; measuring impedance data of tissue between said sensor arms using contacts provided to said sensor arms; and displaying a map of activation potential and impedance of said region of tissue. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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