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Catheters for imaging, sensing electrical potentials and ablating tissue
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In this paper, an acoustic imaging system for use within a heart has a catheter, an ultrasound device, and an electrode mounted on the catheter to create an ultrasonic image, and the electrode is arranged for electrical contact with the internal structure.Abstract:
An acoustic imaging system for use within a heart has a catheter, an ultrasound device incorporated into the catheter, and an electrode mounted on the catheter. The ultrasound device directs ultrasonic signals toward an internal structure in the heart to create an ultrasonic image, and the electrode is arranged for electrical contact with the internal structure. A chemical ablation device mounted on the catheter ablates at least a portion of the internal structure by delivery of fluid to the internal structure. The ablation device includes a material that vibrates in response to electrical excitation, the ablation being at least assisted by vibration of the material. The ablation device may alternatively be a transducer incorporated into the catheter, arranged to convert electrical signals into radiation and to direct the radiation toward the internal structure. The electrode may be a sonolucent structure incorporated into the catheter, through which the ultrasound device is arranged to direct signals. An acoustic marker mounted on the catheter emits a sonic wave when electrically excited. A central processing unit creates a graphical representation of the internal structure, and super-imposes items of data onto the graphical representation at locations that represent the respective plurality of locations within the internal structure corresponding to the plurality of items of data. A display system displays the graphical representation onto which the plurality of items of data are super-imposed.read more
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Catheter ablation of accessory atrioventricular pathways (Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome) by radiofrequency current.
Warren M. Jackman,Xunzhang Wang,Karen J. Friday,C A Roman,Kriegh Moulton,Karen J. Beckman,J H McClelland,Nicholas Twidale,H A Hazlitt,M I Prior +9 more
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Acoustic imaging catheter and the like
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