PATENTS
Method For Simulating A Catheter Guidance System For Control, Development And Training Applications
Patent Number: US 2011/0091853 Al
Date Filed: April 21, 2011
Country Filed In: USA
Product Application: MOSFET Catheter
Description:
A system is disclosed for incorporating a realistic simulated catheter or catheters within a catheter guidance and control system that operate from the same closed-loop position control feedback and geometric mapping data as the real position control system and are able to make contact with real and simulated datasets. These catheters may be operated in a pure simulation mode without interacting with real catheters and position control hardware or may be used as control cursors to enhance the placement of catheter positioning targets. The catheter tip, which is the focus of magnetic control, is realistically guided by the control system parameters, while the remainder of the catheter line is realistically constrained by the mapped chamber geometry and introducer sheath.
Field of Use: The MOSFET Catheter was designed to be used in conjunction with the Catheter Guidance Control and Imaging (CGCI) system to provide physicians the ability to guide a catheter through a patient's body using a robotically controlled magnetic guidance system. The catheter greatly improved upon eliminating the issues regarding signal-to-noise ratio making the MOSFET Catheter much better at being able to generate high-fidelity mapping and imaging. Initial applications for the technology were for the field of Electrophysiology and specifically for the ablation of the heart to treat patients with AFib.