ARTICLE SUMMARY:
Success rates for first cardiac ablation procedures for atrial fibrillation, at just 50-60%, are surprisingly low in this well-developed medical sector, partly because today’s measurements rely on surrogates for success such as contact force, temperature, power, and time of ablation. OneProjects aims to providethe first catheter to deliver direct, 3D, intraprocedural analysis of the success of cardiac ablation, increasing the safety profile of ablation procedures and reducing costs to the healthcare system.
The atrial fibrillation (AF) sector of the cardiovascular device industry has advanced rapidly in the past 10 years.