Electrical signal generator interface with three-dimensional electrical pathway and transparent heart and method of visually simulating cardiac waveforms in three dimensions

摘要

A three-dimensional apparatus is disclosed that provides a view of the electrical pathway of the heart as it pertains to a corresponding electrocardiogram tracing on an external heart monitoring device. Also provided is a method of simulating propagation of electrical signals in the heart. The heart model interfaces with an arrhythmia generator or electrocardial simulator. The signals generated by the simulator are indicated visually within the heart model through light emitters (such as light emitting diodes, or other light sources) located in such a fashion as to correspond to the electrical pathways found in a living heart. An external monitor, such as an oscilloscope trace unit, also interfaces with the simulator to simultaneously show the electrocardiogram trace that corresponds to the light display in the heart model.