Abstract: A system for ablating tissue includes an ablation catheter for insertion into the body of a patient and a robotic controller for moving the catheter within the body. The robotic controller advances the catheter until the catheter contacts the tissue surface, maintains contact between the catheter and the tissue surface, and moves the catheter along a predetermined path to create a substantially continuous lesion of ablated tissue. A display device may be used to present a graphical representation of an area of tissue to be ablated. A user interface permits selection of a plurality of treatment points on the graphical representation. The interface is preferably coupled to the controller and catheter such that the controller may cause the catheter to automatically ablate tissue at and between the plurality of treatment points in response to the received user input.

Abstract: A system for sharing data in an electrophysiology (EP) lab including a plurality of systems comprises a data server configured to be electrically coupled with a memory device and with the plurality of systems, the memory device being coupled with a medical device. The data server is configured to receive device data stored on the memory device, to transmit the received device data to at least one of the plurality of systems, to receive device use data from at least one of the plurality of systems, and to transmit the device use data to the memory device. The systems may comprise one or more of a mapping and navigation system, an ablation system, and an EP recording system.