Patent ID: 6575901
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: A61B,G16H

Abstract:
A method of annotating a study record taken during a cardiac catheterization procedure, the procedure being conducted in a cardiac catheterization lab, comprising the acts of:(a) inserting at least one catheter into a patient comprising a heart, the catheters terminating in a position proximate to the heart and comprising one or more sensors configured to sense data from the heart; (b) stimulating the heart with electrical signals from the catheter; (c) sensing data from the heart; (d) transmitting the data from the sensors to a data collection device; (e) transmitting the data from the data collection device to a central publisher; (f) replicating the data; (g) transmitting the replicated data from the central publisher to a plurality of client workstations; (h) annotating the replicated data at at least one of the plurality of client workstations to produce annotated data; (i) transmitting the annotated data from the at least one client workstation to the central publisher; (j) replicating the annotated data; and (k) transmitting the replicated annotated data from the central publisher to the plurality of client workstations.