Patent Document ID: 9603539
Application ID: 13255136
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for using a computing system to identify a cardiac condition in a patient associated with changes in electrical activity of an ion channel containing cardiac cells of an anatomical structure by identifying multiple waveform features associated with cardiac conditions in response to a simulated application of a drug or chemical, the method comprising: using an electrocardiographic monitor to detect electrical activity of an anatomical structure of the patient; storing, in a database: the detected electrical activity of the anatomical structure of the patient; a propagation algorithm representing conduction of the electrical activity through the anatomical structure; and cell set data corresponding to a group of ion channel containing cardiac cells, wherein the cell set data includes a plurality of cell models, each cell model including a waveform representing electrical activity exhibited by at least one of the cells in the group of ion channel containing cardiac cells during a predetermined period of time, wherein the electrical activity represents a functioning of the ion channels in the at least one cell; and using a processor of the computing system to: accept user inputs from a user interface, the user inputs including selection of a simulated drug or chemical parameter; apply the simulated drug or chemical parameter to a cell model from the plurality of cell models, wherein the application of the simulated drug or chemical parameter changes an ion channel conductivity and an electrical activity of the cell model; form at least one reconfigured cell model representing electrical activity of a modeled anatomical structure resulting from the changes in the ion channel conductivity due to the application of the simulated drug or chemical parameter to the cell model; identify waveform features in the electrical activity of the ion channel containing cardiac cells of the modeled anatomical structure based on the at least one reconfigured cell model associated with a cardiac condition; calculate a body surface potential map on the body of the patient using the propagation algorithm and the identified waveform features; and use the body surface potential map to select alternate electrode locations for recording the electrical activity of the ion channel.