User interface for ablation therapy
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving ablation user input from a user defining a virtual electrode depth; and
representing the virtual electrode depth of an ablation device as a virtual electrode depth icon on a display, wherein;
the virtual electrode depth icon is configured to progressively shade an area of the virtual electrode depth icon according to an ablation therapy progress,the virtual electrode depth is indicative of at least one of a flow of fluid and a time that energy is applied for the ablation therapy progress, andthe virtual electrode depth icon comprises a plurality of nested circles.
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Abstract
The disclosure describes a user interface that may be used to control ablation therapy and monitor ablation therapy progress in systems that utilize wet electrode ablation techniques. The user interface presents a virtual electrode depth icon to a user that indicates the size of a lesion that may be created with the selected virtual electrode depth. The virtual electrode depth may be changed by the user according to the ablation therapy most appropriate for a patient, and the user may interact with the user interface to define the virtual electrode depth. In this manner, the user interface may be a touchscreen or other input device such as a mouse, pointing device, or keyboard. The user interface may also provide a thermometer icon that represents a patient temperature, a timer icon that represents a remaining time for therapy, and other representations of therapy progress.
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15 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving ablation user input from a user defining a virtual electrode depth; and representing the virtual electrode depth of an ablation device as a virtual electrode depth icon on a display, wherein; the virtual electrode depth icon is configured to progressively shade an area of the virtual electrode depth icon according to an ablation therapy progress, the virtual electrode depth is indicative of at least one of a flow of fluid and a time that energy is applied for the ablation therapy progress, and the virtual electrode depth icon comprises a plurality of nested circles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A tangible computer-readable medium comprising instructions that cause a processor to:
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receive ablation user input from a user defining a virtual electrode depth; represent the virtual electrode depth of an ablation device as a virtual electrode depth icon on a display;
wherein;the virtual electrode depth icon is configured to progressively shade an area of the virtual electrode depth icon according to an ablation therapy, the virtual electrode depth is indicative of at least one of a flow of fluid and a time that energy is applied for the ablation therapy, and the instructions that cause the processor to represent the virtual electrode depth comprise instructions that cause the processor to represent the virtual electrode depth icon as a plurality of nested circles with offset centers; and progressively shade the virtual electrode depth icon according to the ablation therapy progress by starting to shade at the center of an innermost circle of the nested circles and continuing to shade progressively outward towards a target circle of the virtual electrode depth.
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5. A method comprising:
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receiving ablation user input from a user defining a virtual electrode depth; and representing the virtual electrode depth of an ablation device as a virtual electrode depth icon on a display, wherein the virtual electrode depth icon is configured to progressively shade an area of the virtual electrode depth icon according to an ablation therapy progress, and wherein the virtual electrode depth icon comprises a plurality of nested circles. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A tangible computer-readable medium comprising instructions that cause a processor to:
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receive ablation user input from a user defining a virtual electrode depth; and represent the virtual electrode depth of an ablation device as a virtual electrode depth icon on a display;
wherein the virtual electrode depth icon is configured to progressively shade an area of the virtual electrode depth icon according to an ablation therapy, and wherein the instructions that cause the processor to represent the virtual electrode depth comprise instructions that cause the processor to represent the virtual electrode depth icon as a plurality of nested circles with offset centers. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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