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 transducer-based device; 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: display instructions configured to cause the input-output device system to concurrently display:
at least a map depicting a surface of a tissue wall of the bodily cavity, the surface interrupted by one or more ports, anda plurality of transducer graphical elements, each transducer graphical element of the plurality of transducer graphical elements corresponding to at least part of a respective one of a plurality of transducers of the transducer-based device, the plurality of transducers arranged in a distribution, the distribution positionable in a bodily cavity, and a first spatial relationship between the displayed plurality of transducer graphical elements consistent with a second spatial relationship between the plurality of transducers in the distribution; selection instructions configured to cause selection, via the input-output device system, of selected transducer graphical elements representing less than all of the plurality of transducer graphical elements, the selected transducer graphical elements corresponding to selected transducers representing less than all of the plurality of transducers, the selected transducers defining a plurality of transducer sets including at least a first transducer set; and activation instructions configured to cause activation, via the input-output device system, of the plurality of transducer sets according to a sequence, the activation according to the sequence including an initiation of an activation of each transducer in the first transducer set after activation of each transducer in each of at least a second transducer set of the plurality of transducer sets has completed, the first transducer set comprising a first transducer included in the second transducer set, wherein the display instructions are configured to cause the input-output device system to display the selected transducer graphical elements surrounding at least one of the one or more ports depicted in the map.