Respiratory-based control of medical procedure
First Claim
1. A respiratory assessment system, comprising:
- a cardiac navigation and/or visualization system having a processor and a display;
at least one sensor operatively connected to said cardiac navigation and/or visualization system, wherein an output from said at least one sensor is indicative of a patient respiration; and
respiration assessment logic operatively connected to said at least one sensor and configured to;
identify an existence of a sudden respiratory event, andautomatically suspend a cardiac medical procedure upon said respiration assessment logic identifying an existence of said sudden respiratory event.
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Abstract
A medical system (100) is disclosed that provides a respiratory-based control of at least one medical procedure. In this regard, the medical system (100) includes one or more appropriate sensors (108) for providing respiratory data on a patient (104). This respiratory data is utilized by respiration assessment logic (116) to determine if the respiratory data has exceeded one or more respiration thresholds and which may be equated with a “sudden” respiratory event. Identification of such a sudden respiratory event by the logic (116) results in the suspension of the noted medical procedure. Patient respiration data may also be displayed, for instance in a color that depends upon its magnitude or level.
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23 Claims
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1. A respiratory assessment system, comprising:
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a cardiac navigation and/or visualization system having a processor and a display; at least one sensor operatively connected to said cardiac navigation and/or visualization system, wherein an output from said at least one sensor is indicative of a patient respiration; and respiration assessment logic operatively connected to said at least one sensor and configured to; identify an existence of a sudden respiratory event, and automatically suspend a cardiac medical procedure upon said respiration assessment logic identifying an existence of said sudden respiratory event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for performing a cardiac medical procedure, comprising the steps of:
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executing a cardiac medical procedure using a cardiac navigation and/or visualization system having a processor and a display; acquiring in the processor current patient respiration data based on output from at least one sensor that is indicative of patient respiration; evaluating in the processor said current patient respiration data to identify whether a sudden respiratory event exists; and automatically suspending execution of said cardiac medical procedure if said evaluating step identifies a sudden respiratory event. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for performing a cardiac medical procedure comprising the steps of:
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acquiring a first patient respiration data sample based on output from at least one sensor that is indicative of patient respiration, wherein said first patient respiration data sample includes at least one patient respiration cycle; marking a plurality of physiological locations within a patient'"'"'s heart using at least one electrophysiology catheter in conjunction with cardiac navigation and/or visualization system; acquiring current patient respiration data based on output from at least one sensor that is indicative of patient respiration; evaluating said current patient respiration data in relation to said first patient respiration data sample to identify whether a sudden respiratory event exists; and automatically suspending execution of said marking step if said evaluating step identifies a sudden respiratory event.
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