Optical lesion assessment
An optical, optical sensing technology used in invasive medical devices and medical surgery to solve problems such as dangerous tissue damage
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[0025] Embodiments of the invention described below provide devices and methods that can be used to quickly and accurately assess tissue conditions within the body by comparing the intensity at different wavelengths scattered from the tissue. In particular, the inventors have discovered that as tissue within the body is ablated, the relationship between infrared and visible light scattered from the tissue, and in particular cardiac tissue, changes significantly, with the ratio of scattered infrared to visible light increasing dramatically. A suitable optical sensing unit in the ablation probe, such as in an ablation catheter of the heart, can thus be used to assess lesion formation in real time during the ablation procedure. The term "scatter" as used in this disclosure and claims generally includes reflected and transmitted radiation in its broad, conventional sense, which reaches the optical sensor via the tissue under consideration, or in other words forward and backscatter...
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