Methods of determining catheter orientation

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PATENT NO 9993178
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15782714

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Systems, devices and methods of determining orientation of a distal end of a medical instrument (e.g., electrode-tissue orientation of an RF ablation catheter) are described herein. One or more processors may be configured to receive temperature measurements from each of a plurality of temperature-measurement devices distributed along a length of the distal end of the medical instrument and determine the orientation from a group of two or more possible orientation options based on whether temperature measurement values or characteristics of temperature response determined from the temperature measurement values satisfy one or more orientation criteria.

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  • EPIX THERAPEUTICS, INC.

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Chun, Donghoon Santa Clara, US 14 272
Johnson, Jessi E Santa Clara, US 36 1360
Koblish, Josef Vincent Santa Clara, US 28 663
Panescu, Dorin San Jose, US 259 40660
Schultheis, Eric Andrew Sunnyvale, US 14 379

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