Electrophysiology filtering system
First Claim
1. An electrophysiology system for monitoring the physiological data of a patient from an electrophysiology study and performing an ablation procedure, the system comprising:
- an amplification system for receiving and amplifying endocardial data from a patient;
an ablation machine for generating an energy signal to ablate portions of a heart in accordance with said endocardial data;
an ablation catheter for delivery of the energy signal to the heart of the patient and to provide endocardial data from the heart of the patient to the amplification system; and
a filter box interconnected with said amplification system, said ablation machine and said ablation catheter and having a filter array therein to filter said endocardial data for use by said amplification system while said energy signal is generated by said ablation machine and applied to the heart of a patient through said ablation catheter and while said energy signal is not applied to the heart of the patient.
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Abstract
A versatile electrophysiology system including an amplification system, an ablation machine, a filter box, a display monitor and a chart recorder as well as an optional data management and analysis system wherein the amplification system receives endocardial signals from an ablation catheter during both the electrophysiology study and the ablation procedure and wherein the amplification system, ablation machine and ablation catheter are interconnected with the filter box such that the endocardial signals and the high energy ablation signal pass therethrough and are filtered thereby.
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32 Claims
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1. An electrophysiology system for monitoring the physiological data of a patient from an electrophysiology study and performing an ablation procedure, the system comprising:
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an amplification system for receiving and amplifying endocardial data from a patient; an ablation machine for generating an energy signal to ablate portions of a heart in accordance with said endocardial data; an ablation catheter for delivery of the energy signal to the heart of the patient and to provide endocardial data from the heart of the patient to the amplification system; and a filter box interconnected with said amplification system, said ablation machine and said ablation catheter and having a filter array therein to filter said endocardial data for use by said amplification system while said energy signal is generated by said ablation machine and applied to the heart of a patient through said ablation catheter and while said energy signal is not applied to the heart of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An electrophysiology system for monitoring the physiological data of a patient from an electrophysiology study and an ablation procedure,said system including an amplification system for amplifying the physiological signals received from the body of the patient, an ablation machine for generating a high energy ablation signal, an ablation catheter for delivering said ablation signal to a location inside the heart of a patient and receiving endocardial signals from the heart of the patient and a filter box operatively connected to said amplification system, said ablation machine and said ablation catheter, said filter box including:
an interface means for interfacing with the endocardial signals received from said ablation catheter and supplying said endocardial signals to said amplification system, said interface means including filters therein and further receiving said ablation signal from said ablation machine and transferring said ablation signal to said ablation catheter while allowing said endocardial signals to be received by said amplification system during an electrophysiology study and an ablation procedure without modification thereof. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of performing an electrophysiology study and ablation procedure using an electrophysiology system including an ablation machine, an ablation catheter, a filter box having a patient side and an ablation machine side and an amplification system to receive endocardial signals during the electrophysiology study and the ablation procedure, said method including
passing an ablation signal generated by the ablation machine through the filter box and ablation catheter to the patient, blocking the in band noise generated by the ablation machine on the ablation machine side of the filter box while also blocking the endocardial signals on the patient side of the filter box, and processing the endocardial signals in the amplification system.
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