82 results about "Heart chamber" patented technology

In one embodiment, a medical system includes a catheter configured to be inserted into a chamber of a heart of a living subject, and including multiple electrodes configured to capture electrical activity from electrical activation signals propagating in tissue of the chamber, a display, and processing circuitry configured to automatically select bipolar signals to be captured into an electro-anatomical map from respective electrode pairs of the multiple electrodes responsively to an alignment of the respective electrode pairs with a direction of propagation of the electrical activation signals, and render the electro-anatomical map to the display.

Provided in the present application are a biomagnetic signal-based four-dimensional cardiac function imaging method and device. The method comprises: acquiring a cardiac magnetic signal of a subject to be tested and dynamic structure information of a target torso part within a full cardiac cycle, wherein the target torso part at least comprises two lungs, a torso, and a heart chamber and a pericardium structure thereof, and the dynamic structure information comprises a contour structure and a plurality of frames of dynamic images; performing spatial registration on the dynamic structure information and a sensor acquiring the cardiac magnetic signal to obtain coordinates of the sensor in a coordinate system of the dynamic structure information; calculating and reconstructing a cardiac electrical excitation activity based on the dynamic structure information, the coordinates of the sensor, and the cardiac magnetic signal to obtain a calculation and reconstruction result; and converting the calculation and reconstruction result into a four-dimensional visualization image.

The present invention is directed to a system for monitoring and evaluating electrogram signals representing electric activities of a heart chamber by computing the entropy of the electrogram signals, said system comprising a signal input that is connected to a mapping catheter comprising at least one electrode pole for picking up electric potentials and generating electrogram signals from the picked up electric potentials, along with the 3D location of the catheter at the time of recording and a signal processing and evaluation unit for processing and evaluating electrogram signals received at the signal input. The invention is further to a non-transitory computer readable medium for use in a system for monitoring and evaluating electrogram signals representing electric activities of a heart.

The invention provides a processing method and device based on a heart three-dimensional image, equipment and a medium. The processing method comprises the steps of obtaining three-dimensional image data of a heart; performing heart chamber segmentation according to the three-dimensional image data to obtain structure information of each area of the heart; determining the long axis of the left ventricle and the inner diameter and the outer diameter of the cardiac muscle according to the structural information; constructing a three-dimensional mapping of the myocardial wall thickness, and reflecting the form distribution of the myocardium in the space; segmenting the myocardium according to the three-dimensional mapping of the myocardial wall thickness and the long axis to generate segmented region data; and training and outputting a cardiomyopathy classification model through a pre-trained classification model in combination with the segmented region data. According to the method, feature vectors after dimension reduction are utilized to train a cardiomyopathy classification model. By generating a detection report containing an abnormal region position and classification confidence, the method improves the accuracy and efficiency of cardiomyopathy auxiliary detection by fusing image processing, feature extraction and machine learning technologies.

A collapsible and expandable prosthetic mitral valve stent is provided with improved recapture into a distal lumen of a delivery sheath. Various embodiments comprise a valve support within the interior of a stent frame and defining a flow channel therethrough, wherein the top or upstream of the valve support comprises a row, or a plurality, of stent cells that are bent radially inward at least partially over the flow channel. Some embodiments may comprise a recapture assist mechanism, such as an open paddle, attached to one or more of the inwardly bent stent cells and adapted to receive and / or engage a wire to aid in positioning, expansion, recapture and / or implanting the device in a patient's heart chamber.

A device comprising: an elongated housing extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a longitudinal axis, the elongated housing being configured to be implanted wholly within a chamber of a heart; a first electrode extending distally from the distal end of the elongated housing, the first electrode comprising an elongated body defining a helix; a second electrode disposed on the distal end of the elongated housing, wherein the second electrode is configured to contact wall tissue of the chamber without penetrating the wall tissue; and one or more fixation features disposed on or about the distal end of the elongated housing, each fixation feature of the one or more fixation features defining a textured outer surface configured to interface with the wall tissue of the chamber to inhibit unintended movement of the elongated housing relative the wall tissue.

A medical system including a receptacle device configured to hold an implantable medical device (IMD) within a receptacle volume. The receptacle device is supported by a delivery catheter configured to position the receptacle device within an anatomical volume of a patient, such as a heart chamber. The receptacle device includes a receptacle electrode configured to conduct a signal from an environment surrounding the receptacle device to the receptacle volume such that, for example, the signal may communicate to an electrode positioned within the receptacle volume. The signal may be an intrinsic cardiac electrical signal produced by the patient's heart. The electrode may be configured to communicate the signal to processing circuitry for evaluation (e.g., by a clinician) of the positioning and / or proximity of the IMD relative to a target site, a suitability of the target site, a deployment of the IMD, and / or for other reasons.

The application discloses a heart chamber pressure regulating device, which is a cylindrical structure and comprises, in the axial direction of the cylindrical structure, an atrial septum passage and an outflow tract arranged in sequence along the blood flow direction; the side of the atrial septum passage, which is opposite to the outflow tract, is provided with an inflow port; a one-way open valve is arranged in the outflow tract; and the cylindrical structure is provided with a first positioning part and a second positioning part which are respectively arranged on the two sides of the atrial septum. The heart chamber pressure regulating device can form a one-way open valve structure on the atrial septum, is stable in position when cooperating with the atrial septum, can be recycled when the release position is improper, and can be released again.

The application discloses an ultrasonic probe capable of directly reaching into a heart chamber in a heart operation and relates to the technical field of medical devices. The ultrasonic probe comprises a fixing frame arranged around the heart chamber, the fixing frame being connected with the skin of a patient; a telescopic rod being perpendicular to the fixing frame and being connected with the fixing frame through a spherical hinge, the telescopic rod being capable of extending into the heart chamber of the patient; an ultrasonic probe being arranged on the side wall of the end of the telescopic rod away from the fixing frame, the ultrasonic probe being arranged in the circumference of the telescopic rod, and the ultrasonic probe being provided with a plurality of ultrasonic probes; and a camera being arranged at the end of the telescopic rod away from the fixing frame. The length of the ultrasonic probe extending into the heart chamber of the patient can be changed through the arrangement of the telescopic rod, and the different heart chambers of different patients can be detected. The ultrasonic probe can be fixed on the skin of the patient through the arrangement of the fixing frame. The telescopic rod can be rotated according to the different positions of the diseased parts of different patients through the spherical hinge connection between the fixing frame and the telescopic rod, so that the ultrasonic probe can be in a better detection position.

The disclosure provides systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for non-invasively assessing cardiac pressure and efficiency. An example computer implemented method includes: receiving patient-specific image data of a cardiac chamber of a patient, the patient-specific image data acquired from an imaging modality over a cardiac cycle; receiving patient-specific vitals data; deriving non-invasive cardiac parameters from the patient-specific image data and the patient-specific vitals data; applying the non-invasive cardiac parameters to a trained model to generate: a total energy output for blood flow out of the cardiac chamber during the cardiac cycle, and a total energy input for blood flow into the cardiac chamber during the cardiac cycle; and generating, in real time, based on a ratio of the total energy output to the total energy input, a patient-specific cardiac efficiency value for the cardiac chamber, the patient-specific cardiac efficiency value classifying a severity of a heart disease of the patient.

A system for performing electroporation ablation of target tissue in a chamber of a patient's heart is disclosed. The system includes a catheter including an electrode assembly having a plurality of electrodes, the catheter adapted to position the electrode assembly at a plurality of locations proximate the target tissue, a graphical display, and a controller. The controller is configured to generate a graphical representation of the electrode assembly on the graphical display. The controller is configured to generate a graphical representation of a model of an electric field generated in response to delivery of a pulsed electrical signal to selected electrodes of the plurality of electrodes.

A system includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive multiple electrophysiological (EP) signals from a tissue area along an ablation curve inside a cardiac chamber of a heart of a patient. The processor is configured to (i) generate local conduction vectors (LCVs) for the area based on the multiple EP signals, (ii) estimate a level of change between sets of LCVs along the ablation curve within the tissue area, and (iii) based on the level of change, identify a presence of a conduction gap in the ablation curve.#

A method includes receiving a plurality of data points including electrical activation (EA) values measured at respective positions in at least a portion of a surface of a cardiac chamber of a heart of a patient. Using a predefined EA value criterion, the EA values in a given region of the cardiac surface are classified into multiple distinct EA wave-fronts, and multiple layers of EA values are calculated for the given region, wherein each EA layer includes the EA values found to belong to a respective and contiguous EA wave-front. The multiple EA layers are overlayed on a graphical representation of the surface. The graphical representation with the multiple overlaid EA layers is displayed to a user, with a graphical indication distinguishing between the multiple EA layers.

The invention discloses a scalpel facilitating waste discharge, and relates to the field of medical instruments. The scalpel facilitating waste discharge comprises a scalpel holder, an outer scalpel assembly and an inner scalpel assembly. The outer cutter assembly comprises an outer cutter pipe, an inner cavity, a waste containing opening, a waste discharging opening and a water spraying module. The inner knife assembly comprises an inner knife tube, a driving module, a first communicating port and a second communicating port; the inner cutter pipe can shield the waste containing opening or be separated from the waste containing opening in the sliding stroke of the inner cutter pipe, and when the inner cutter pipe shields the waste containing opening, the second communicating opening communicates with the waste discharging opening. According to the scalpel, cut tissue chips can be directly discharged from the waste discharge port, the whole scalpel does not need to be taken out, the operation efficiency is improved, and secondary injury to a patient can be prevented; meanwhile, before the scalpel extends into the body of a patient, air in the inner cavity can be emptied through normal saline sprayed out of the water spraying module, and air blockage caused by the fact that the air enters the ventricle is effectively prevented.

A system and method for enhancing visual accuracy comprising a computer processor and memory that executes software to capture the 3D map of the heart images, heart valves, and electro-anatomic data of the heart chambers, and project it into a 3D monitor instead of a 2D monitor, where in the displayed 3D map of the heart images, heart valves, heart chambers anatomy and catheters, is still rendered as a 2D map, which then can be visualized as a real 3D images and map by using / wearing special glasses (3D glasses) designed to view the 3D map of the heart chambers and catheters as 3D in real time.

At least some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a system for processing cardiac information. The system includes a processing unit configured to: receive one or more cardiac electrical signals from one or more electrodes disposed within a cardiac chamber, wherein the cardiac electrical signals are acquired during a cardiac beat; receive an indication of a measurement location corresponding to each of the cardiac electrical signals; analyze the one or more cardiac electrical signals to compute a plurality of duty cycle values, the computed duty cycle values corresponding to a plurality of preselected cycle length windows; and compute an average duty cycle value of the computed duty cycle values over the plurality of preselected cycle length windows.

A system comprising: an implantable medical device (IMD) comprising: an elongated housing extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a longitudinal axis, the elongated housing being configured to be implanted wholly within a chamber of a heart; and an elongated body extending distally from the distal end of the elongated housing and defining a helix, the helix defining an electrode at or proximate a distal end of the helix; and a sheath disposed around a distal portion of the IMD, the sheath defining one or more tracks extending along a surface of the sheath, wherein the one or more tracks are configured to interface with the IMD to facilitate distal movement of the elongated body through the sheath and into wall tissue of the chamber in response to rotation of the IMD about the longitudinal axis.

Various embodiments of the present invention comprise a single-chamber collapsible and expandable prosthetic valve implant device with an elevated valve section and comprising the following capabilities: (1) preservation of native valve functionality; (2) initial preservation of native valve functionality with subsequent full replacement of native valve functionality; (3) full replacement of native valve functionality; and / or (4) mitigation of the prolapsing distance of the dysfunctional leaflets by preventing the anterior excursion of the prolapsing leaflets above the upper annular surface and into the left atrial chamber in order to preserve native leaflet functionality for as long as possible. The expanded and implanted device does not extend beyond the boundaries of the subject heart chamber, e.g., the left atrium, thereby enabling the preservation of any remaining native valve functionality with subsequent full replacement of native valve functionality if and when needed.

A method and ultrasound imaging system includes generating a cine including a plurality of heart views based on cardiac ultrasound data, segmenting a plurality of heart chambers from each of the plurality of heart images, and automatically determining a heart chamber area for each of the plurality of heart chambers. The method and ultrasound imaging system includes displaying the cine on a display device and simultaneously displaying a plurality of single trace curves on the display device with the cine to provide feedback regarding acquisition quality of the cine, where each of the single trace curves represents the heart chamber area for a different one of the plurality of heart chambers over a plurality of cardiac cycles.

An implantable assembly suitable for remodeling a chamber of a heart in a patient is disclosed. The assembly is implanted with a tool having a tool proximal portion and a distal portion. The assembly includes a mobile anchor including an abutment portion adapted to abut against a wall of the chamber of the heart and a tether portion rotatably coupled to the abutment portion. Each of the abutment portion and the tether portion are configured to be independently coupled from the tool. The assembly further includes an interventricular septum anchor for coupling to a septum of the heart and a tether having a working portion extending between the mobile anchor and the septum anchor having a first length and a tether proximal portion having a second length. The abutment portion is releasably locked to the tether portion and is configured such that a preselected torque applied to the tether portion of the mobile anchor unlocks and causes relative rotation of the tether portion relative to the abutment portion.

An ICE imaging system is disclosed, which comprises an Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) catheter having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end, and a distal end. The ICE catheter corresponds to a micro-electromechanical (MEMS) or other transducer based phased array ultrasound catheter with an out diameter of 6 French or smaller for delivery through an internal jugular, subclavian, axillary, innominate venous system into heart chambers for the purpose of lead placement for a pacemaker or other implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) device. Further, a catheter shaft houses an electronic flex cable which is in communication with at least one signal trace, and is configured to direct a plurality of transducer array elements to transmit and receive ultrasound beams, receive at least one signal from the plurality of transducer array elements, and construct at least one image of at least a portion of the heart based on the at least one signal.

The invention relates to a method and system for identifying a conducted flow path in an anatomical map. A method includes receiving an anatomical map of wall tissue of at least a portion of a heart chamber, the map superimposed with an ablation tag. For at least some of the ablation tags, a non-conductive region is defined around each ablation tag to calculate a retardation region. Start and end point indicia of the potential conduction flow on the map are received from the user. Using a search algorithm, one or more possible conduction flow paths from the start point to the end point are searched, the one or more existing paths taking into account the retardation region. One or more flow paths found by the search algorithm are superimposed on the anatomical map. The superimposed anatomical map is presented to a user.

In one embodiment, a medical system includes a catheter configured to be inserted into a chamber of a heart of a living subject, and including multiple electrodes configured to capture electrical activity from electrical activation signals propagating in tissue of the chamber, a display, and processing circuitry configured to automatically select bipolar signals to be captured into an electro-anatomical map from respective electrode pairs of the multiple electrodes responsively to an alignment of the respective electrode pairs with a direction of propagation of the electrical activation signals, and render the electro-anatomical map to the display.

A method incudes receiving multiple tags along an ablation curve that covers a partial circumference over an inner wall of a cardiac chamber of a heart of patient. Using the tags, the ablation curve is completed to a full circumference over the inner wall to eliminate a conduction gap in the ablation curve.

A collapsible and expandable implant for implanting in a heart chamber on a side of a heart. The implant may include an outer section including a curved portion configured to be positioned in the heart chamber. The implant may be sized such that an ellipsoid conforming to the curved portion has a height greater than a length of the heart chamber by a percentage that is within a predetermined range of height percentage values. The implant may be sized such that the ellipsoid has a width greater than a width of the heart chamber by a percentage that is within a predetermined range of width percentage values. The length and width of the heart chamber may be defined in an image of the heart chamber.

A dual-chamber leadless pacemaker (LP) system includes a first leadless pacemaker (LP1) and a second leadless pacemaker (LP2), wherein LP1 is configured to be implanted in or on a first heart chamber and deliver pacing pulses to the first heart chamber, and LP2 is configured to be implanted in or on a second heart chamber and deliver pacing pulses to the second heart chamber. Information is obtained regarding the amplitude of the pacing pulses delivered by LP2 to the second heart chamber and / or the sensitivity of a sensing circuit of LP1, which is configured to be used by LP1 to detect the inherent depolarization of the first heart chamber. A crosstalk protection duration is determined based on at least some of this information, such that it is performed for an appropriate duration when crosstalk protection is executed.

The application discloses a kind of near-field coherent heart radio frequency sensing method and system based on code division multiple access, comprising: 4-way frequency f synchronous baseband signal is configured, 4-way synchronous chip is configured, synchronous baseband signal is multiplied with corresponding synchronous chip to modulate, and 4-way digital baseband signal is obtained;4-way digital baseband signal is handled to obtain 4-way heart measurement signal;4-way heart measurement signal is respectively transmitted to corresponding antenna by radio frequency transceiver and is emitted;The antenna is respectively arranged in left ventricle, left atrium, right ventricle, right atrium;Antenna receives reflected signal, and is recorded as heart sensing signal;Heart sensing signal is transmitted to radio frequency transceiver, and after processing, the baseband signal containing heart chamber beat information is obtained;The baseband signal containing heart chamber beat information is multiplied with corresponding synchronous chip to demodulate, band-pass filter, and the demodulation signal corresponding to heart chamber beat information is obtained respectively.

The present application relates to pericardiocentesis practice technical field, especially in an ultrasonic positioning guide pericardiocentesis practice model, including the ultrasonic wave can be penetrated bionic thoracic base;The heart simulation body is fixed in bionic thoracic base, and the heart simulation body is composed of simulated myocardial layer and the heart chamber placed in its inside and can be filled with liquid;The pericardial sac simulation body is wrapped outside the heart simulation body, and the pericardiocentesis simulation body includes an elastic wall layer film.The present application sets up effusion regulating device communicated with pericardial simulation cavity, and the filling amount of the sound transmission medium in pericardial simulation cavity can be infinitely adjusted by the push and pull of liquid storage injector, after the puncture needle completely breaks through pericardial sac simulation body, continue to needle to contact myocardial simulation film, and the second puncture is empty when the membrane is punctured, and the second puncture is empty when the membrane is punctured, and the second puncture is empty when the membrane is punctured, and the second puncture is empty when the membrane is punctured, and the second puncture is empty when the membrane is punctured, and the second puncture is empty when the membrane is punctured, and the second puncture is empty when the membrane is punctured, and the second puncture

The invention belongs to the technical field of molecular breeding, and particularly relates to a Solyc05g011980 gene for increasing the number of tomato ventricles and the weight of a single fruit and application of the Solyc05g011980 gene. Research finds that after the Solyc05g011980 gene is knocked out, a homozygous plant can be rapidly obtained only through two generations, the number of fruit ventricles and the weight of a single fruit are both remarkably increased, exogenous gene insertion is not contained, and the homozygous plant can be directly used as a parent material for tomato breeding. A result of identifying homozygous plant fruits after gene editing proves that the number of fruit ventricles is remarkably increased, and the weight of a single fruit is synchronously and remarkably increased. According to the research, the key characters of the tomatoes are improved through precise gene editing, and a brand new effective strategy is provided for increasing the yield of the tomatoes.