Patents by Inventor John Anderson Hauck
John Anderson Hauck has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11234612Abstract: A medical device can be localized by providing at least three non-colinear localization elements (e.g., electrodes) thereon. Once placed in a non-ionizing localization field, three adjacent localization elements, at least one of which will typically be a spot electrode, may be selected, and the non-ionizing localization field may be used to measure their locations. A cylinder is defined to fit the measured locations of the selected localization elements. The cylinder is rotationally oriented using the measured location of a spot electrode. Location and rotational attitude information may be used to construct a three-dimensional representation of the medical device within the localization field. The electrodes may be provided on the medical device or on a sheath into which the medical device is inserted. The invention also provides systems and methods for identifying and calibrating deflection planes where the medical device and/or sheath are deflectable.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2017Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: ST JUDE MEDICAL, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DIVISION, INC.Inventors: John Anderson Hauck, Lubomir Velitchkov Dragnev, Don Curtis Deno, Eric John Wilkowske
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Publication number: 20180078173Abstract: A medical device can be localized by providing at least three non-colinear localization elements (e.g., electrodes) thereon. Once placed in a non-ionizing localization field, three adjacent localization elements, at least one of which will typically be a spot electrode, may be selected, and the non-ionizing localization field may be used to measure their locations. A cylinder is defined to fit the measured locations of the selected localization elements. The cylinder is rotationally oriented using the measured location of a spot electrode. Location and rotational attitude information may be used to construct a three-dimensional representation of the medical device within the localization field. The electrodes may be provided on the medical device or on a sheath into which the medical device is inserted. The invention also provides systems and methods for identifying and calibrating deflection planes where the medical device and/or sheath are deflectable.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: John Anderson Hauck, Lubomir Velitchkov Dragnev, Don Curtis Deno, Eric John Wilkowske
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Patent number: 9808180Abstract: A medical device can be localized by providing at least three non-colinear localization elements (e.g., electrodes) thereon. Once placed in a non-ionizing localization field, three adjacent localization elements, at least one of which will typically be a spot electrode, may be selected, and the non-ionizing localization field may be used to measure their locations. A cylinder is defined to fit the measured locations of the selected localization elements. The cylinder is rotationally oriented using the measured location of a spot electrode. Location and rotational attitude information may be used to construct a three-dimensional representation of the medical device within the localization field. The electrodes may be provided on the medical device or on a sheath into which the medical device is inserted. The invention also provides systems and methods for identifying and calibrating deflection planes where the medical device and/or sheath are deflectable.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Divison, Inc.Inventors: John Anderson Hauck, Lubomir Velitchkov Dragnev, Don Curtis Deno, Eric John Wilkowske
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Publication number: 20140275920Abstract: A medical device can be localized by providing at least three non-colinear localization elements (e.g., electrodes) thereon. Once placed in a non-ionizing localization field, three adjacent localization elements, at least one of which will typically be a spot electrode, may be selected, and the non-ionizing localization field may be used to measure their locations. A cylinder is defined to fit the measured locations of the selected localization elements. The cylinder is rotationally oriented using the measured location of a spot electrode. Location and rotational attitude information may be used to construct a three-dimensional representation of the medical device within the localization field. The electrodes may be provided on the medical device or on a sheath into which the medical device is inserted. The invention also provides systems and methods for identifying and calibrating deflection planes where the medical device and/or sheath are deflectable.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: St. Jude Medical. Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.Inventors: John Anderson Hauck, Lubomir Velitchkov Dragnev, Don Curtis Deno, Eric John Wilkowske
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Patent number: 7189208Abstract: A mapping catheter is positioned in a heart chamber, and active electrode sites are activated to impose an electric field within the chamber. The blood volume and wall motion modulates the electric field, which is detected by passive electrode sites on the preferred catheter. Electrophysiology measurements, as well as geometry measurements, are taken from the passive electrodes and used to display a map of intrinsic heart activity.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2000Date of Patent: March 13, 2007Assignee: Endocardial Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Graydon Ernest Beatty, Jeffrey Robert Budd, John Anderson Hauck
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Patent number: 6990370Abstract: A mapping catheter is positioned in a heart chamber, and active electrode sites are activated to impose an electric field within the chamber. The blood volume and wall motion modulates the electric field, which is detected by passive electrode sites on the preferred catheter. Electrophysiology measurements, as well as geometry measurements, are taken from the passive electrodes and used to display a map of intrinsic heart activity.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2000Date of Patent: January 24, 2006Inventors: Graydon Ernest Beatty, Jeffrey Robert Budd, John Anderson Hauck
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Patent number: 6947785Abstract: A mapping catheter is positioned in a heart chamber, and active electrode sites are activated to impose an electric field within the chamber. The blood volume and wall motion modulates the electric field, which is detected by passive electrode sites on the preferred catheter. Electrophysiology measurements, as well as geometry measurements, are taken from the passive electrodes and used to display a map of intrinsic heart activity.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2000Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Inventors: Graydon Ernest Beatty, Jonathan Kagan, Jeffrey Robert Budd, John Anderson Hauck
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Patent number: 6728562Abstract: A mapping catheter is positioned in a heart chamber, and active electrode sites are activated to impose an electric field within the chamber. The blood volume and wall motion modulates the electric field, which is detected by passive electrode sites on the preferred catheter. Electrophysiology measurements, as well as geometry measurements, are taken from the passive electrodes and used to display a map of intrinsic heart activity.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2000Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: Endocardial Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Robert Budd, Graydon Ernest Beatty, John Anderson Hauck
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Patent number: 6640119Abstract: A mapping catheter is positioned in a heart chamber, and active electrode sites are activated to impose an electric field within the chamber. The blood volume and wall motion modulates the electric field, which is detected by passive electrode sites on the preferred catheter. Electrophysiology measurements, as well as geometry measurements, are taken from the passive electrodes and used to display a map of intrinsic heart activity.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2000Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignee: Endocardial Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Robert Budd, Graydon Ernest Beatty, John Anderson Hauck
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Patent number: 5662108Abstract: A mapping catheter is positioned in a heart chamber, and active electrode sites are activated to impose an electric field within the chamber. The blood volume and wall motion modulates the electric field, which is detected by passive electrode sites on the preferred catheter. Electrophysiology measurements, as well as geometry measurements, are taken from the passive electrodes and used to display a map of intrinsic heart activity.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1995Date of Patent: September 2, 1997Assignee: Endocardial Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Robert Budd, Graydon Ernest Beatty, John Anderson Hauck