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Methods and apparatus for myocardial revascularization

  • US 6,171,303 B1
  • Filed: 07/02/1998
  • Issued: 01/09/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/08/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for providing revascularization treatment to a heart, said method comprising:

  • placing a probe at a plurality of locations of said heart;

    sensing a physiological characteristic of said heart at said locations;

    creating a viability map of said heart based on said sensed physiological characteristic of said locations, said viability map indicating viable tissue of said heart;

    creating at least one channel in said viable tissue of said heart according to said viability map; and

    marking said map at a position according to where said at least one channel was created.

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