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Patent US5713946 - Apparatus and method for intrabody mapping - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign in<nobr>Advanced Patent Search</nobr>PatentsThis invention concerns an apparatus and method for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. More particularly, this invention is directed to a method for ablating a portion of an organ or bodily structure of a patient, which comprises obtaining a perspective image of the organ or structure to be mapped;...http://www.google.com/patents/US5713946?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5713946 - Apparatus and method for intrabody mappingAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS5713946 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 08/738,896Publication dateFeb 3, 1998Filing dateOct 28, 1996Priority dateJul 20, 1993Fee statusPaidAlso published asCA2144946A1, CA2144946C, DE69434296D1, DE69434296T2, EP0679068A1, EP0679068A4, EP0679068B1, US5391199, US5443489, US5480422, US5546951, US5568809, US5694945, US5840025, WO1995002995A1Publication number08738896, 738896, US 5713946 A, US 5713946A, US-A-5713946, US5713946 A, US5713946AInventorsShlomo Ben-HaimOriginal AssigneeBiosense, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (40), Non-Patent Citations (68), Referenced by (99), Classifications (48), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetApparatus and method for intrabody mappingUS 5713946 AAbstract This invention concerns an apparatus and method for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. More particularly, this invention is directed to a method for ablating a portion of an organ or bodily structure of a patient, which comprises obtaining a perspective image of the organ or structure to be mapped; advancing one or more catheters having distal tips to sites adjacent to or within the organ or structure, at least one of the catheters having ablation ability; sensing the location of each catheter's distal tip using a non-ionizing field; at the distal tip of one or more catheters, sensing local information of the organ or structure; processing the sensed information to create one or more data points; superimposing the one or more data points on the perspective image of the organ or structure; and ablating a portion of the organ or structure.
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