Robotic surgical system and method for diagnostic data mapping
First Claim
1. A method of generating a diagnosis map of at least a portion of a heart, comprising the steps of:
- inserting an electrode within a portion of a heart;
robotically moving the electrode within the portion of the heart;
detecting position information of the electrode, thereby generating a plurality of location points that define a space occupied by the portion of the heart, the plurality of location points including both location points interior to a surface of the heart and location points on the surface of the heart;
measuring electrophysiology information from the surface of the heart as the electrode is robotically moved within the portion of the heart;
distinguishing the location points interior to a surface of the portion of the heart from the location points on the surface of the portion of the heart;
associating the measured electrophysiology information from the surface of the heart with the location point on the surface of the heart at which the measurement was made as a surface diagnostic data point;
storing the surface diagnostic data point; and
generating a three-dimensional model of the portion of the heart comprising a plurality of surface diagnostic data points.
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Abstract
A method of generating a diagnosis map of at least a portion of the heart includes inserting an electrode within the portion of a heart, robotically moving the electrode therein, measuring electrophysiology information at a point on the surface of the heart, associating the measured electrophysiology information with position information for the point on the surface of the heart, repeating the measuring and associating steps for a plurality of points on the surface of the heart, thereby generating a plurality of surface diagnostic data points, and generating the diagnosis map therefrom. The electrode may be moved within the heart randomly, pseudo-randomly, or according to one or more predetermined patterns. A three-dimensional model of the portion of the heart may be provided and presented as a graphical representation, either with or without information indicative of the measured electrophysiology information superimposed thereon.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of generating a diagnosis map of at least a portion of a heart, comprising the steps of:
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inserting an electrode within a portion of a heart; robotically moving the electrode within the portion of the heart; detecting position information of the electrode, thereby generating a plurality of location points that define a space occupied by the portion of the heart, the plurality of location points including both location points interior to a surface of the heart and location points on the surface of the heart; measuring electrophysiology information from the surface of the heart as the electrode is robotically moved within the portion of the heart; distinguishing the location points interior to a surface of the portion of the heart from the location points on the surface of the portion of the heart; associating the measured electrophysiology information from the surface of the heart with the location point on the surface of the heart at which the measurement was made as a surface diagnostic data point; storing the surface diagnostic data point; and generating a three-dimensional model of the portion of the heart comprising a plurality of surface diagnostic data points. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for generating a diagnosis map of at least a portion of a heart, comprising:
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a catheter for insertion into an interior region of the heart; a robotic controller operable to move the catheter within the interior region of the heart; a positional feedback system operable to detect position information of the catheter as the robotic controller moves the catheter within the interior region of the heart, thereby generating a plurality of location points that define a space occupied by the portion of the heart; and a modeling processor programmed to distinguish those location points that are interior to a surface of the portion of the heart from those location points that are on the surface of the portion of the heart and to define a three-dimensional surface model of the portion of the heart from those location points that are on the surface of the portion of the heart. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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