Presentation of patient information for cardiac blood flow procedures

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12478453-B2
Application number	US-202117999983-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 28, 2021
Priority date	May 29, 2020
Publication date	Nov 25, 2025
Grant date	Nov 25, 2025

Abstract

Novel tools and techniques are provided for presenting patient information to a user. In some embodiments, a computer system may: receive device data associated with one or more devices configured to perform a cardiac blood flow procedure to provide effective blood flow through a heart and to or from blood vessels of a patient; receive one or more imaging data associated with one or more imaging devices configured to generate images of one or more internal portions of the patient; analyze the device data and the imaging data; map the device data and the imaging data to a multi-dimensional representation of the one or more internal portions of the patient; generate one or more image-based outputs based at least in part on the mapping; and present, using a user experience (“UX”) device, the generated one or more image-based outputs.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for presenting patient information to a user, the method comprising:
receiving, with a computing system, one or more device data associated with each of one or more devices configured to perform a cardiac blood flow procedure to provide effective blood flow through a heart and to or from blood vessels of a patient; receiving, with the computing system, one or more imaging data associated with each of one or more imaging devices configured to generate images of one or more internal portions of the patient; analyzing, with the computing system, the received one or more device data and the received one or more imaging data; mapping, with the computing system, the received one or more device data and the received one or more imaging data to a multi-dimensional representation of the one or more internal portions of the patient, based at least in part on the analysis, wherein the multi-dimensional representation comprises data corresponding to three dimensions, four dimensions, or more than four dimensions; generating, with the computing system, one or more extended reality (“XR”) experiences based at least in part on the mapping, wherein the one or more XR experiences include at least one visual XR experience and at least one non-visual XR experience; and presenting, with the computing system and using a user experience (“UX”) device, the generated one or more XR experiences.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the computing system comprises at least one of a medical procedure computing system, a hub computing system, a three-dimensional (“3D”) graphical processing unit, a cluster computing system, a four-dimensional (“4D”) graphics computing system, a server computer, a cloud computing system, or a distributed computing system.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more devices comprise at least one of one or more catheters, one or more catheter interconnect cables, one or more valves, one or more balloons, one or more rigid robotic devices, one or more soft robotic devices, one or more stents, one or more needles, one or more occluders, one or more diagnostic catheters, one or more surgical tools, one or more monitoring devices, one or more cameras, one or more imaging tools, one or more fiducials, one or more staples, one or more anchors, one or more meshes, one or more vascular cannulae, one or more circulatory pumps, one or more valve repair devices, one or more embolic protection devices, one or more vascular closure tools, one or more septal closure tools, one or more ventricular closure tools, one or more lasers, one or more plaque removal tools, one or more guide wires, one or more introducers, one or more sheaths, one or more pillcams, one or more clips, one or more capsules, or one or more energy delivery tools.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the one or more devices comprise at least one of one or more valves, one or more soft robotic devices, one or more stents, one or more surgical tools, one or more imaging tools, or one or more valve repair devices.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more imaging devices comprise at least one of a magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) system, a diffusion-tensor imaging (“DTI”) system, a computed tomography (“CT”) system, an ultrasound (“US”) system, a transesophageal echocardiography (“TEE”) system, an intra-cardiac echocardiography (“ICE”) system, a transthoracic echocardiography (“TTE”) system, an intravascular ultrasound (“IVUS”) system, an electromechanical wave imaging (“EWI”) system, a neuro-endoscopy system, a single photon emission computed tomography (“SPECT”) system, a magnetic resonance angiography (“MRA”) system, a computed tomography angiography (“CTA”) system, a blood oxygen-level dependent signal (“BOLD”) system, an arterial spin labeling (“ASL”) system, a magnetoencephalography (“MEG”) system, a positron emission tomography (“PET”) system, an electroencephalography (“EEG”) system, an optical coherence tomography (“OCT”) system, an optical imaging spectroscopy (“OIS”) system, a magnetic resonance spectroscopy (“MRS”) system, a dynamic susceptibility contrast (“DSC”) MRI system, a fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (“FLAIR”) system, a fluoroscopy system, an X-ray system, a 3D scanning system, an infrared (“IR”) system, an ultraviolet (“UV”) system, a bioluminescent system, an endoscopy system, a triboluminescence system, an image fusion system, or a microscope.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the one or more imaging devices comprise at least one of a magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) system, a computed tomography (“CT”) system, an ultrasound (“US”) system, a transesophageal echocardiography (“TEE”) system, an intra-cardiac echocardiography (“ICE”) system, a transthoracic echocardiography (“TTE”) system, an intravascular ultrasound (“IVUS”) system, an electromechanical wave imaging (“EWI”) system, a fluoroscopy system, or a 3D scanning system.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the cardiac blood flow procedure comprises at least one of a surgical procedure, a left atrial appendage (“LAA”) procedure, a transcatheter aortic valve repair (“TAVr”) procedure, a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (“TAVR”) procedure, a transcatheter mitral valve repair (“TMVr”) procedure, a transcatheter mitral valve replacement (“TMVR”) procedure, a transcatheter pulmonic valve repair (“TPVr”) procedure, a transcatheter pulmonic valve replacement (“TPVR”) procedure, a transcatheter tricuspid valve repair (“TTVr”) procedure, a transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (“TTVR”) procedure, a coronary angioplasty procedure, a stenting procedure, a heart bypass procedure, a cardiac mapping procedure, an endovascular repair procedure, a minimally invasive endovascular repair procedure, a surgical heart valve repair and replacement procedure, a transcatheter pulmonary valve (“TPV”) therapy, a ventricular assist device (“VAD”) installation procedure, an intra-aortic balloon pump (“IABP”) implantation procedure, or a heart transplant operation.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the cardiac blood flow procedure comprises at least one of a surgical procedure, a transcatheter aortic valve repair (“TAVr”) procedure, a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (“TAVR”) procedure, a transcatheter mitral valve repair (“TMVr”) procedure, a transcatheter mitral valve replacement (“TMVR”) procedure, a transcatheter pulmonic valve repair (“TPVr”) procedure, a transcatheter pulmonic valve replacement (“TPVR”) procedure, a transcatheter tricuspid valve repair (“TTVr”) procedure, a transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (“TTVR”) procedure, a stenting procedure, a cardiac mapping procedure, an endovascular repair procedure, a minimally invasive endovascular repair procedure, a surgical heart valve repair and replacement procedure, a transcatheter pulmonary valve (“TPV”) therapy, or a ventricular assist device (“VAD”) installation procedure.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more XR experiences comprise at least one of one or more augmented reality (“AR”) images, one or more AR videos, one or more virtual reality (“VR”) images, one or more VR videos, one or more mixed reality (“MR”) images, or one or more MR videos.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the one or more XR experiences comprises generating, with the computing system, the one or more XR experiences comprising at least three or more of one or more images, one or more sounds, one or more tactile responses, one or more simulated smells, or one or more simulated tastes, based at least in part on the mapping of the received one or more device data and the received one or more imaging data to the multi-dimensional representation of the one or more internal por

Assignees

• Medtronic Inc

Inventors

• Braido Peter N
• Fahim Mina S
• Hinrichsen Ross D
• Takayama Shinichi Joseph

Classifications

• A61B5/055

  involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging · CPC title

• A61B5/343

  Potential distribution indication · CPC title

• A61B18/1492

  having a flexible, catheter-like structure, e.g. for heart ablation (A61B18/1477 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61B5/068

  using impedance sensors · CPC title

• A61B5/0044

  for the heart · CPC title