SHEATH DETECTION USING LOCAL IMPEDANCE INFORMATION

A medical system including a catheter, a sheath, and a controller. The catheter having a catheter distal end that includes multiple electrodes, the sheath configured to receive the catheter and having a sheath distal end configured to cover one or more of the multiple electrodes, and the controller...

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Hauptverfasser:	Salehi, Leili, Laughner, Jacob I, Perlman, Mordechai, Ghodrati, Alireza
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY DIAGNOSIS HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE SURGERY
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Zusammenfassung:	A medical system including a catheter, a sheath, and a controller. The catheter having a catheter distal end that includes multiple electrodes, the sheath configured to receive the catheter and having a sheath distal end configured to cover one or more of the multiple electrodes, and the controller configured to supply a current between electrodes of the multiple electrodes and to measure voltages from at least two of the multiple electrodes to determine whether one or more of the multiple electrodes is covered by the sheath.