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Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Los Angeles

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Medicine

Remote Magnetic Navigation for Accurate, Real-time Catheter Positioning and Ablation in Cardiac Electrophysiology Procedures

David Filgueiras-Rama¹, Alejandro Estrada¹, Josh Shachar², Sergio Castrejón¹, David Doiny¹, Marta Ortega¹, Eli Gang³, José L. Merino¹

¹Cardiology, Robotic Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Unit, La Paz University Hospital, ²Magnetecs Corp., ³Cardiology, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Los Angeles

This report provides a detailed description of a new remote navigation system based on magnetic driven forces, which has been recently introduced as a new robotic tool for human cardiac electrophysiology procedures.