LOCATION PAD FOR NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES

    公开(公告)号:US20230124397A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-20

    申请号:US18082755

    申请日:2022-12-16

    发明人: Assaf Govari

    摘要: A location pad includes multiple field-generators and a frame. The multiple field-generators are configured to generate respective magnetic fields in a region-of-interest of a patient organ, so as to measure a position of a medical instrument in the region-of-interest. The frame is transparent to an X-ray radiation, and is configured to fix the multiple field-generators at respective positions surrounding the region-of-interest.

    LOCATION PAD WITH IMPROVED IMMUNITY TO INTERFERENCE

    公开(公告)号:US20230113226A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-13

    申请号:US18081764

    申请日:2022-12-15

    摘要: A location pad includes multiple field-generators, a frame and a mounting fixture. The multiple field-generators are configured to generate respective magnetic fields in a region-of-interest of a patient body, for measuring a position of a medical instrument in the region-of-interest. The frame is configured to fix the multiple field-generators at respective positions surrounding the region-of-interest. The mounting fixture is configured to position the frame above the patient body.

    ULTRASOUND IMAGING OF CARDIAC ANATOMY USING DOPPLER ANALYSIS

    公开(公告)号:US20230091996A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-23

    申请号:US17483097

    申请日:2021-09-23

    IPC分类号: A61B8/08 A61B8/12 A61B8/00

    摘要: A method includes emitting an ultrasound beam from an array of ultrasound transducers in a catheter placed in a blood pool in an organ. Echo signals reflected in response to the ultrasound beam are received in the array. Distinction is made in the echo signals between (i) first spectral signal components having Doppler shifts characteristic of blood and (ii) second spectral signal components having Doppler shifts characteristic of tissue of the organ. The first spectral signal components are suppressed relative to the second spectral signal components in the echo signals. An ultrasound image of at least a portion of the organ is reconstructed from the echo signals having the suppressed first spectral signal components. The reconstructed image is displayed to a user.

    EAR-NOSE-THROAT (ENT) NAVIGABLE SHAVER WITH FERROMAGNETIC COMPONENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20230087907A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-23

    申请号:US17977152

    申请日:2022-10-31

    发明人: Assaf Govari

    摘要: A system includes a medical probe and a position-tracking system. The medical probe includes a distal end, and one or more distal magnetic position sensors. The medical probe further includes a proximal-end assembly, and one or more proximal magnetic position sensors. The position-tracking system includes a memory, which is configured to hold values indicative of known relative positions between the distal magnetic position sensors and the proximal magnetic position sensors. The position-tracking system includes a processor, which is configured to receive one or more signals indicative of estimated positions of the proximal magnetic position sensors and of the distal magnetic position sensors, as measured by the position-tracking system, and to initiate a responsive action in response to detecting a discrepancy between the known relative positions and the estimated positions.

    REDUCING PERCEIVED LATENCY OF CATHETERS

    公开(公告)号:US20230061165A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-02

    申请号:US17462206

    申请日:2021-08-31

    摘要: In one embodiment, a system includes a catheter, at least one position sensor to provide position signal(s) indicative of a position of a distal end of the catheter over time, a first smoothing filter to provide first filtered position signal(s) responsively to the position signal(s) and a first filtering level, a second smoothing filter to provide second filtered position signal(s) responsively to the position signal(s) and a second filtering level, wherein the second filtering level provides more smoothing than the first filtering level, and processing circuitry to find first and second position coordinates of the distal end responsively to the first and second filtered position signal(s), respectively, generate, and render to a display, an anatomical map of a body part responsively to the second position coordinates, and render a representation of the distal end to the display while showing movement of the distal end responsively to the first position coordinates.

    Estimating a temperature during ablation

    公开(公告)号:US11576720B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-14

    申请号:US16269851

    申请日:2019-02-07

    IPC分类号: A61B18/12 A61B18/14 A61B18/00

    摘要: A method for use with an intra-body probe, a distal end of which includes an ablation electrode and a temperature sensor, is described. While (i) the ablation electrode is driving an ablating current into tissue of a subject, and (ii) fluid is passed from the distal end of the intra-body probe at a fluid-flow rate, a processor receives a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor. The processor estimates a temperature of the tissue, based at least on the sensed temperature and at least one parameter selected from the group consisting of: the fluid-flow rate, and a parameter of the ablating current. The processor generates an output in response to the estimated temperature. Other embodiments are also described.