Systems and methods for activating transducers

摘要

Transducer-based systems and methods may be configured to display a graphical representation of a transducer-based device, the graphical representation including graphical elements corresponding to transducers of the transducer-based device, and also including between graphical elements respectively associated with a set of the transducers and respectively associated with a region of space between the transducers of the transducer-based device. Selection of graphical elements and/or between graphical elements can cause activation of the set of transducers associated with the selected elements. Transducer activation characteristics, such as initiation time, activation duration, activation sequence, and energy delivery characteristics, can vary based on numerous factors. Visual characteristics of graphical elements and between graphical elements can change based on an activation-status of the corresponding transducers. Activation requests for a set of transducers can be denied if it is determined that a transducer in the set of transducers is unacceptable for activation.

主权项

1. A transducer-activation system comprising:
a data processing device system; an input-output device system communicatively connected to the data processing device system; and a memory device system communicatively connected to the data processing device system and storing a program executable by the data processing device system, the program comprising: reception instructions configured to cause reception of a selection from the input-output device system of an ablation path along which tissue of a bodily cavity is to be ablated by transducers of a catheter device, the selection including an indication of a first order of transducer sets along the selected ablation path, and each of the transducer sets in the first order comprising at least one of the transducers of the catheter device; generation instructions configured to, in response to receiving at least part of the selection, cause generation of a second order of transducer sets different than the first order based at least on an analysis of the transducer sets in the first order, the transducer sets in the second order comprising transducers in the first order; and activation instructions configured to cause ablation, initiated during or after completion of the generation of the second order according to the generation instructions, of the selected ablation path at least by ablation-activating transducers in the second order according to the second order with at least two of the transducer sets in the second order activated sequentially, each of at least one transducer set in the second order comprising two or more of the ablation-activating transducers.