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Locating an indicator

  • US 8,560,042 B2
  • Filed: 03/20/2012
  • Issued: 10/15/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of determining a position of an introducer in a patient relative to a heart, comprising:

  • inserting a first end of the introducer into the patient, wherein the introducer has an introducer position element mounted at the first end;

    fixing the introducer in the patient a distance from the heart of the patient;

    passing a mapping catheter assembly into a throughbore formed through the introducer into the volume and into the heart, the mapping catheter assembly including a mapping catheter position element; and

    viewing a graphical representation of a determined position of the introducer position element and the mapping catheter position element on a display, wherein the determined position of the introducer position element and the mapping catheter position element is determined by evaluating an electrical property with the introducer position element and the mapping catheter position element within the patient.

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