Invention Application
- Patent Title: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA
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Application No.: US17437469Application Date: 2020-03-11
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Publication No.: US20220183609A1Publication Date: 2022-06-16
- Inventor: Balvinder Handa , Xinyang Li , Fu Siong Ng , Nicholas Peters
- Applicant: IMPERIAL COLLEGE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: IMPERIAL COLLEGE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
- Current Assignee: IMPERIAL COLLEGE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Priority: GB1903259.8 20190311
- International Application: PCT/GB2020/050585 WO 20200311
- Main IPC: A61B5/367
- IPC: A61B5/367 ; A61B5/361

Abstract:
Apparatus for monitoring activation in a heart comprises a probe (100), a plurality of electrodes (102) supported at respective electrode positions on the probe and each arranged to contact a respective detection position on the heart. Each of the electrodes (102) is arranged to detect electrical potential at the respective detection position during movement of a series of activation wavefronts across the heart and to produce a respective electrode signal. Processing means is arranged to analyse the electrode signals to: identify pairs of the electrode signals between which there is a degree of Granger causality; define a causality vector between the electrode positions of each of the pairs of electrodes; identify a potential driver location; and analyse the direction of a plurality of the causality vectors around the potential driver position to generate an indicator of the presence of a driver at the potential driver location.
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