Patent ID: 11903737
Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL, CARDIOLOGY DIVISION, INC.
Field: nan (nan)
Classification: CPC nan | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A method of modifying contact status of one or more electrodes in a plurality of electrodes located on a medical device, the method comprising:
measuring an electrical characteristic of each electrode in the plurality of electrodes located on the medical device;
determining a contact status for each electrode in the plurality of electrodes based on the measured electrical characteristic for the corresponding electrode, the contact status indicative of contact of the corresponding electrode with adjacent tissue and comprising ‘in contact’, ‘intermittent contact’ and ‘no contact’; and
modifying the contact status of one or more electrodes in the plurality of electrodes based on one or more neighboring electrodes having a contact status of ‘in contact’.