Patent ID: 8275452
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: A61B,G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer-assisted method for guiding an operator in a placement of indwelling electrodes, including the steps of: providing a template model of a heart on a display connected to the computer; including a set-up within the display of the template model of the heart, the set-up comprising a pluraltity of locations at which a corresponding plurality of ECG channels are to be associated; advancing into the heart a catheter having a proximal end and a distal end that supports multiple electrodes; piloting the multiple electrodes into an orientation that generally coincides with the set-up by manipulating the proximal end of the catheter; and capturing EP data at the piloted locations onto electrogram channels associated with the respective ones of the multiple electrodes, whereby the catheter is navigated free of a precision navigation device.