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Endosense’s TactiCath ablation catheter has undergone extensive preclinical and clinical validation in the United States and Europe. Initial data has indicated that real-time contact force measurement with TactiCath may have a major positive impact on the safety and efficacy of the catheter ablation procedure, while improving physician decision-making and potentially shortening procedure time. It has also shown a high correlation between the calibrated force applied during catheter ablation and the TactiCath force sensor output.
Endosense’s growing body of study data has been the subject of twelve abstracts presented at annual meetings of the Heart Rhythm Society, American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association
Does Catheter Contact Force During RF AbLation Relate to AF Recurrence Rate?
Petr Neuzil, MD*, Dipen Shah, MD, PhD**, Claudia Herrera, MD***, Pierre Jaïs****, Gerhard Hindricks, MD, PhD*****, Andrea Natale, MD******, Edouard Fonck, PhD*******, Hendrik Lambert, PhD*******, Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD, PhD********, Vivek Y. Reddy, MD*********
*Na Homolce Hospital, Praha, Czech Republic, **Hopital Universitaire de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, ***Herzzentrum Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany, ****Hopital Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, France, *****Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, ******Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, Austin, USA, *******Endosense SA, Geneva, Switzerland, ********Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany, *********Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA
Dynamics of Contact Force Using RF AbLation Catheter Varies in Different Sites of LA
Claudia Herrera, MD*, Pierre Jaïs, MD**, Petr Neuzil, MD***, Gerhard Hindricks, MD, PhD****, Andrea Natale, MD*****, Vivek Y Reddy, MD******, Edouard Fonck, PhD, *******Hendrik Lambert*******, Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD, PhD********, Dipen Shah, MD, PhD*********
Hamburg, Germany, *********Hopital Universitaire de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland*Herzzentrum Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany, **Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, France, ***Na Homolce Hospital, Praha, Czech Republic, ****Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, *****Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, Austin, USA ******Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA *******Endosense SA Geneva, Switzerland, ********Asklepios Klinik St. Georg,
Stiffer Long Sheaths EnabLe Higher Contact Force During Catheter Ablation For AF
Gerhard Hindricks, MD, PhD*, Petr Neuzil, MD**, Dipen Shah, MD, PhD***, Boris Schmidt, MD****, Philippe Ricard, MD*****,Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD, PhD****, Vivek Y. Reddy, MD******, Giovanni Leo*******, Hendrik Lambert*******, Josef Kautzner, MD********
*Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, **Na Homolce Hospital, Praha, Czech Republic, ***Hôpital Universitaire de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, ****Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany, *****Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Monaco, Monaco, ******Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA, *******Endosense SA, Geneva, Switzerland, ********Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Praha, Czech Republic.
Toccata Study Chronic Results: RF Ablation With Contact Force Sensing
Nadir Saoudi, MD*, Vivek Y. Reddy, MD**, Boris Schmidt, MD***, Andrea Natale, MD****, Dipen Shah, MD*****, Claudia Herrera, MD******, Gerhard Hindricks, MD, PhD*******, Pierre Jaïs, MD********, Nicolas Aeby*********, Hendrik Lambert*********, KarlHeinz Kuck, MD***
*Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Monaco, **Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY, ***Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany, ****Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, Austin, USA, *****Hôpital Universitaire de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, ******Herzzentrum Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany, *******Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, ********Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Bordeaux, France, *********Endosense SA, Meyrin, Switzerland.
Dynamic Range of Contact Force in the Left Atrium During ClinicaL Ablation for PAF
Dipen Shah, MD, PhD*, Vivek Y. Reddy, MD**, Josef Kaufzner, MD***, Boris Schmidt, MD****, Gabriel Latcu, MD*****, Gerhard Hindricks, MD, PhD****** Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD, PhD****, Nicolas Aeby*******, Hendrik Lambert*******, Petr Neuzil, MD********
*Hôpital Universitaire de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, **Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY, USA, ***Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Praha, Czech Republic, ****Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany, *****Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Monaco, ******Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, *******Endosense SA, Geneva, Switzerland, ********Na Homolce Hospital, Praha, Czech Republic
Toccata Multi-Center Clinical Study: Long-term Results
Boris Schmidt 1, MD, Vivek Y. Reddy 2 +, MD, Andrea Na- tale3 +, MD, Dipen Shah4 + *, MD, Nadir Saoudi5 + *, MD, Claudia Herrera 6 +, MD, Gerhard Hindricks 7, MD, PHD, Pierre Jais 8, MD, Aude Yulzari 9 ±, Karl-Heinz Kuck 1 + *, MD, FHRS and Hendrik Lambert 9 ±, PhD.
1 Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany, 2 Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY, 3 Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, Austin, TX, 4 Hopital Universitaire de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, 5 Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Monaco, Monaco, 6 Herzzentrum Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany, 7 Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, 8 Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Bordeaux, France, 9 Endosense SA, Meyrin, Switzerland
Toccata Multi-center Clinical Study: Irrigated RF Ablation Catheter With An Integrated Contact Force Sensor - Long-term Results
Boris Schmidt, MD*, Vivek Y. Reddy, MD**, Andrea Natale, MD***, Dipen Shah, MD****, Nadir Saoudi, MD*****, Claudia Herrera, MD******, Gerhard Hindricks, MD, PhD*******, Pierre Jaïs, MD********, Aude Yulzari*********, Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD, FHRS* and Hendrik Lambert, PhD*********.
Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany*, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY**, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, Austin, TX***, Hôpital Universitaire de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland****, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Monaco, Monaco*****, Herzzentrum Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany******, Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany*******, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Bordeaux, France********, Endosense SA, Geneva, Switzerland*********
Prediction of Equivalent Lesion Size and Incidence of Steam Pop by Controlling Contact Force and Radiofrequency Power in Canine Beating Heart
Atsushi Ikeda*, Hiroshi Nakagawa*, Hendrik Lambert, PhD**, Edouard Fonck, PhD**, David Harari**, Dipen Shah, MD***, Jan V. Pitha, MD, PhD*, Tushar Sharma, MD*, Ralph Lazzara, MD*, Warren M Jackman, MD*.
Heart Rhythm Institute, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA*, Endosense SA, Geneva, SWitzerland, ** Hôpital Cantonal de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland***
Novel Visualization of Catheter-Tissue Contact Force during Pulmonary Vein Isolation
Ragu Vijaykumar, BSc*, Andrew H. Locke, BA**, Humera Ahmed, BA***, Petr Neuzil, MD****, Giovanni Leo, BSc*****, Hendrik Lambert, PhD***** and Vivek y. Reddy, MD******.
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA*, Tufts University, Boston, MA**, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY***, Homolka Hospital,Prague, Czech Republic****, Endosense SA, Geneva, Switzerland*****, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY******
Importance of Catheter Contact Force during Irrigated Radiofrequency Ablation: Evaluation in a Porcine Ex Vivo Model using a Force-Sensing Catheter
Aravinda Thiagalingam, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D.,* Andre D'Avila, M.D.,* Lori Foley, B.S., J. Luis Guerrero, B.S., Hendrik Lambert, Ph.D., ** Giovanni Leo, M.S., ** Jeremy N. Ruskin, M.D.,* and Vivek Y. Reddy, M.D.*
*Cardiac Electrophysiology Department; Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory and Cardiovascular Surgical Unit, Massachussetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachussetts, USA; and ** Endosense SA, Geneva, Switzerland
Toccata Multi-Center Clinical Study Using Irrigated Ablation Catheter with Integrated Contact Force Sensor: First Results
Heart Rhythm Society, May 2009, Boston, MA, Abstract #6293
Boris Schmidt, MD, Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD, PhD, Dipen Shah, MD, PhD, Vivek Reddy, MD, Nadir Saoudi, MD, PhD, Claudia Herrera, MD, Gerhard Hindricks, MD, PhD, Andrea Natale, MD, PhD, Pierre Jaïs, MD, PhD, Hendrik Lambert, PhD
Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany, Hôpital Universitaire de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, University of Miami Hospital, Miami, FL, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Monaco, Herzzentrum Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany, Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, Austin, TX, Hôpital Haut Lévêque, Bordeaux, France, Endosense SA, Geneva, Switzerland
Catheter Contact Force during Human Right and Left Atrial Mapping in Humans
Heart Rhythm Society, May 2009, Boston, MA, Abstract P004-25
Dipen C. Shah, MD, PhD, Boris Schmidt, MD, Thomas Arentz, MD, Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD, PhD, Peter Neuzil, MD, Gabriel Latcu, MD, Gerhard Hindricks , MD, PhD, Joseph Kautzner, MD, Nicolas Aeby, Hendrik Lambert, PhD
Hôpital Universitaire de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, Herzzentrum Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Monaco , Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine (IKEM), Prague, Czech Republic, Endosense, Geneva, Switzerland
Force-Time Integral Predicts Lesion Size in Contractile Model Simulating Beating Heart
Heart Rhythm Society, May 2009, Boston, USA, , Abstract PO01-46
Dipen C. Shah, MD, PhD, Hendrik Lambert, PhD, Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD, Arne Langenkamp, Nicolas Aeby, Yuri Vanenkov
Hôpital Universitaire de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Institute, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, Endosense, Geneva, Switzerland
Catheter Tip Force Required to Mechanically Perforate the Cardiac Free Wall
Heart Rhythm Society, May 2008, San Francisco, USA, Abstract 6127, PO1-68
Dipen C. Shah, MD, Hendrik Lambert, PhD, Nadir Saoudi, MD, Yury Vanenkov, Beat Walpoth, MD, Nicolas Aeby, Pascale Gentil-Baron
Hospital Cantonal De Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Monaco,Endosense, Geneva, Switzerland
Correlation of Real Time Measurement of Ablation Catheter Tip Force with Subjective Tissue Contact Assessment in the Beating Heart
Heart Rhythm Society, May 2008, San Francisco, USA, Abstract 6099, PO1-67
Dipen C. Shah, MD, Hendrik Lambert, PhD, Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD, Beat Walpoth, MD, Nadir Saoudi, MD, Nicolas Aeby, Giovanni Leo, Pascale Gentil-Baron
Hospital Cantonal De Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland, Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Monaco, Endosense, Geneva, Switzerland
Role of Contact Force in Esophageal Injury During Left Atrial Radiofrequency Ablation
Heart Rhythm Society, May 2008, San Francisco, USA, Abstract 6317, PO5-26
Atsushi Ikeda, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD, Dipen C. Shah, MD, Hendrik Lambert, PhD, Giovanni Leo, Kenneth A. Seres, MD, Tushar Sharma, MD, Jaime Merino, MSc, Eugene Jung, BSc, Jan V. Pitha, MD, PhD, Warren M. Jackman, MD
Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Institute and Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, *Hospital Cantonal De Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland, Endosense, Geneva, Switzerland,
Radiofrequency Ablation Catheter With Contact Force Sensor Predicts Lesion Size and Incidence of Steam Pop in the Beating Canine Heart
Heart Rhythm Society, May 2008, San Francisco, USA, Abstract 4543, PO1-57
Atsushi Ikeda, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD, Dipen C. Shah, MD*, Hendrik Lambert, PhD**, Giovanni Leo**, Nicolas Aeby**, Jan V. Pitha, MD, PhD, Warren M. Jackman, MD
Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, * Hospital Cantonal De Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland, **Endosense, Geneva, Switzerland
Electrogram Parameters (Injury Current, Amplitude and dV/dt) and Impedance are Poor Predictors of Electrode-Tissue Contact Force for Radiofrequency Ablation
Heart Rhythm Society, May 2008, San Francisco, USA, Abstract 4570, PO5-41
Atsushi Ikeda, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD, Dipen C. Shah, MD, Hendrik Lambert, PhD, Yury Vanenkov, Nicolas Aeby, Jan V. Pitha, MD, PhD, Warren M. Jackman, MD
Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, Hospital Cantonal De Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland, Endosense, Geneva, Switzerland
Real Time Monitoring of Tip Electrode-Tissue Orientation and Contact Force: Optimizing Accuracy and Safety of Mapping and Ablation Procedures
American College of Cardiology, March 2008, Orlando, USA
Luigi Di Biase, Mauricio Arruda, Luciana Armaganijan, Moataz El Hallage, Dimpi Patel, Mohamed Kanj, Oussama M. Wazni, Thomas Dresing, Jennifer E. Cummings, Mandeep Bhargava, J. David Burkhardt, David O. Martin, Walid I. Saliba, Robert A. Schweikert, Andrea Natale
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
The Relationship between Impedance Change and Catheter Contact Force During Radiofrequency Ablation: Evaluation in a Porcine Ex Vivo Cardiac Model Using a Novel Force-Sensing Irrigated Tip Ablation Catheter
American Heart Association, November 2007, Chicago, USA -Circulation. 116(2):487, Abstract 2239
Aravinda Thiagalingam, Andre d’Avila, Lori Foley, Melodie Fox, Hendrik Lambert, PhD, Giovanni Leo, Jeremy N. Ruskin, Vivek Y. Reddy
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, Endosense, Geneva, Switzerland
Novel Radiofrequency Ablation Catheter with Contact Force Sensor Predicts Lesion Size and Incidence of Steam Pop in Canine Model
Heart Rhythm Society, May 2007, Denver, USA -Vol. 4, Issue 5 (Supplement), S340-S341, PO5-106
Katsuaki Yokoyama, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD, Dipen C. Shah, MD, Hendrik Lambert, PhD, Giovanni Leo, Nicolas Aeby, Jan V. Pitha, MD, PhD, Ralph Lazzara, MD, Warren M. Jackman, MD
Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, Hospital Cantonal De Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland,Endosense, Geneva, Switzerland
Evaluation of a New Catheter Sensor for Real-Time Measurement of Tissue Contact
Heart Rhythm Society, May 2006, Boston, USA -Vol. 3, Issue 5 (Supplement), S75-S76, AB36-6
Dipen C. Shah, MD, Giovanni Leo, Nicolas Aeby, Eric Le Royer, Henri Sunthorn, Haran Burri, MD, Pascal Gentil-Baron
Hospital Cantonal De Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland, Endosense, Geneva, Switzerland
Novel Contact Force Sensor Incorporated in Irrigated Radiofrequency Ablation Catheter Predicts Lesion Size and Incidence of Steam Pop and Thrombus
Circulation : Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology 2008, 10.1161/CIRCEP.108.807925
Katsuaki Yokoyama; Hiroshi Nakagawa; Dipen C. Shah; Hendrik Lambert; Giovanni Leo; Nicolas Aeby; Atsushi Ikeda; Jan V. Pitha; Tushar Sharma; Ralph Lazzara and Warren M. Jackman
University of Oklahoma and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK; Hospital Cantonal De Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland; Endosense, Geneva, Switzerland; Heart Rhythm Institute, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Oklahoma City, OK.
Does Catheter Contact Force During RF AbLation Relate to AF Recurrence Rate?
Petr Neuzil, MD*, Dipen Shah, MD, PhD**, Claudia Herrera, MD***, Pierre Jaïs****, Gerhard Hindricks, MD, PhD*****, Andrea Natale, MD******, Edouard Fonck, PhD*******, Hendrik Lambert, PhD*******, Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD, PhD********, Vivek Y. Reddy, MD*********
*Na Homolce Hospital, Praha, Czech Republic, **Hopital Universitaire de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, ***Herzzentrum Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany, ****Hopital Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, France, *****Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, ******Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, Austin, USA, *******Endosense SA, Geneva, Switzerland, ********Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany, *********Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA
Dynamics of Contact Force Using RF AbLation Catheter Varies in Different Sites of LA
Claudia Herrera, MD*, Pierre Jaïs, MD**, Petr Neuzil, MD***, Gerhard Hindricks, MD, PhD****, Andrea Natale, MD*****, Vivek Y Reddy, MD******, Edouard Fonck, PhD, *******Hendrik Lambert*******, Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD, PhD********, Dipen Shah, MD, PhD*********
Hamburg, Germany, *********Hopital Universitaire de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland*Herzzentrum Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany, **Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, France, ***Na Homolce Hospital, Praha, Czech Republic, ****Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, *****Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, Austin, USA ******Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA *******Endosense SA Geneva, Switzerland, ********Asklepios Klinik St. Georg,
Stiffer Long Sheaths EnabLe Higher Contact Force During Catheter Ablation For AF
Gerhard Hindricks, MD, PhD*, Petr Neuzil, MD**, Dipen Shah, MD, PhD***, Boris Schmidt, MD****, Philippe Ricard, MD*****,Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD, PhD****, Vivek Y. Reddy, MD******, Giovanni Leo*******, Hendrik Lambert*******, Josef Kautzner, MD********
*Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, **Na Homolce Hospital, Praha, Czech Republic, ***Hôpital Universitaire de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, ****Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany, *****Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Monaco, Monaco, ******Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA, *******Endosense SA, Geneva, Switzerland, ********Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Praha, Czech Republic.
Toccata Study Chronic Results: RF Ablation With Contact Force Sensing
Nadir Saoudi, MD*, Vivek Y. Reddy, MD**, Boris Schmidt, MD***, Andrea Natale, MD****, Dipen Shah, MD*****, Claudia Herrera, MD******, Gerhard Hindricks, MD, PhD*******, Pierre Jaïs, MD********, Nicolas Aeby*********, Hendrik Lambert*********, KarlHeinz Kuck, MD***
*Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Monaco, **Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY, ***Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany, ****Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, Austin, USA, *****Hôpital Universitaire de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, ******Herzzentrum Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany, *******Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, ********Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Bordeaux, France, *********Endosense SA, Meyrin, Switzerland.
Dynamic Range of Contact Force in the Left Atrium During ClinicaL Ablation for PAF
Dipen Shah, MD, PhD*, Vivek Y. Reddy, MD**, Josef Kaufzner, MD***, Boris Schmidt, MD****, Gabriel Latcu, MD*****, Gerhard Hindricks, MD, PhD****** Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD, PhD****, Nicolas Aeby*******, Hendrik Lambert*******, Petr Neuzil, MD********
*Hôpital Universitaire de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, **Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY, USA, ***Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Praha, Czech Republic, ****Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany, *****Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Monaco, ******Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, *******Endosense SA, Geneva, Switzerland, ********Na Homolce Hospital, Praha, Czech Republic
Toccata Multi-Center Clinical Study: Long-term Results
Boris Schmidt 1, MD, Vivek Y. Reddy 2 +, MD, Andrea Na- tale3 +, MD, Dipen Shah4 + *, MD, Nadir Saoudi5 + *, MD, Claudia Herrera 6 +, MD, Gerhard Hindricks 7, MD, PHD, Pierre Jais 8, MD, Aude Yulzari 9 ±, Karl-Heinz Kuck 1 + *, MD, FHRS and Hendrik Lambert 9 ±, PhD.
1 Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany, 2 Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY, 3 Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, Austin, TX, 4 Hopital Universitaire de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, 5 Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Monaco, Monaco, 6 Herzzentrum Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany, 7 Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, 8 Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Bordeaux, France, 9 Endosense SA, Meyrin, Switzerland
Toccata Multi-center Clinical Study: Irrigated RF Ablation Catheter With An Integrated Contact Force Sensor - Long-term Results
Boris Schmidt, MD*, Vivek Y. Reddy, MD**, Andrea Natale, MD***, Dipen Shah, MD****, Nadir Saoudi, MD*****, Claudia Herrera, MD******, Gerhard Hindricks, MD, PhD*******, Pierre Jaïs, MD********, Aude Yulzari*********, Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD, FHRS* and Hendrik Lambert, PhD*********.
Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany*, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY**, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, Austin, TX***, Hôpital Universitaire de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland****, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Monaco, Monaco*****, Herzzentrum Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany******, Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany*******, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Bordeaux, France********, Endosense SA, Geneva, Switzerland*********
Prediction of Equivalent Lesion Size and Incidence of Steam Pop by Controlling Contact Force and Radiofrequency Power in Canine Beating Heart
Atsushi Ikeda*, Hiroshi Nakagawa*, Hendrik Lambert, PhD**, Edouard Fonck, PhD**, David Harari**, Dipen Shah, MD***, Jan V. Pitha, MD, PhD*, Tushar Sharma, MD*, Ralph Lazzara, MD*, Warren M Jackman, MD*.
Heart Rhythm Institute, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA*, Endosense SA, Geneva, SWitzerland, ** Hôpital Cantonal de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland***
Novel Visualization of Catheter-Tissue Contact Force during Pulmonary Vein Isolation
Ragu Vijaykumar, BSc*, Andrew H. Locke, BA**, Humera Ahmed, BA***, Petr Neuzil, MD****, Giovanni Leo, BSc*****, Hendrik Lambert, PhD***** and Vivek y. Reddy, MD******.
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA*, Tufts University, Boston, MA**, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY***, Homolka Hospital,Prague, Czech Republic****, Endosense SA, Geneva, Switzerland*****, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY******
Importance of Catheter Contact Force during Irrigated Radiofrequency Ablation: Evaluation in a Porcine Ex Vivo Model using a Force-Sensing Catheter
Aravinda Thiagalingam, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D.,* Andre D'Avila, M.D.,* Lori Foley, B.S., J. Luis Guerrero, B.S., Hendrik Lambert, Ph.D., ** Giovanni Leo, M.S., ** Jeremy N. Ruskin, M.D.,* and Vivek Y. Reddy, M.D.*
*Cardiac Electrophysiology Department; Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory and Cardiovascular Surgical Unit, Massachussetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachussetts, USA; and ** Endosense SA, Geneva, Switzerland
Toccata Multi-Center Clinical Study Using Irrigated Ablation Catheter with Integrated Contact Force Sensor: First Results
Heart Rhythm Society, May 2009, Boston, MA, Abstract #6293
Boris Schmidt, MD, Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD, PhD, Dipen Shah, MD, PhD, Vivek Reddy, MD, Nadir Saoudi, MD, PhD, Claudia Herrera, MD, Gerhard Hindricks, MD, PhD, Andrea Natale, MD, PhD, Pierre Jaïs, MD, PhD, Hendrik Lambert, PhD
Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany, Hôpital Universitaire de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, University of Miami Hospital, Miami, FL, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Monaco, Herzzentrum Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany, Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, Austin, TX, Hôpital Haut Lévêque, Bordeaux, France, Endosense SA, Geneva, Switzerland
Catheter Contact Force during Human Right and Left Atrial Mapping in Humans
Heart Rhythm Society, May 2009, Boston, MA, Abstract P004-25
Dipen C. Shah, MD, PhD, Boris Schmidt, MD, Thomas Arentz, MD, Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD, PhD, Peter Neuzil, MD, Gabriel Latcu, MD, Gerhard Hindricks , MD, PhD, Joseph Kautzner, MD, Nicolas Aeby, Hendrik Lambert, PhD
Hôpital Universitaire de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, Herzzentrum Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Monaco , Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine (IKEM), Prague, Czech Republic, Endosense, Geneva, Switzerland
Force-Time Integral Predicts Lesion Size in Contractile Model Simulating Beating Heart
Heart Rhythm Society, May 2009, Boston, USA, , Abstract PO01-46
Dipen C. Shah, MD, PhD, Hendrik Lambert, PhD, Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD, Arne Langenkamp, Nicolas Aeby, Yuri Vanenkov
Hôpital Universitaire de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Institute, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, Endosense, Geneva, Switzerland
Catheter Tip Force Required to Mechanically Perforate the Cardiac Free Wall
Heart Rhythm Society, May 2008, San Francisco, USA, Abstract 6127, PO1-68
Dipen C. Shah, MD, Hendrik Lambert, PhD, Nadir Saoudi, MD, Yury Vanenkov, Beat Walpoth, MD, Nicolas Aeby, Pascale Gentil-Baron
Hospital Cantonal De Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Monaco,Endosense, Geneva, Switzerland
Correlation of Real Time Measurement of Ablation Catheter Tip Force with Subjective Tissue Contact Assessment in the Beating Heart
Heart Rhythm Society, May 2008, San Francisco, USA, Abstract 6099, PO1-67
Dipen C. Shah, MD, Hendrik Lambert, PhD, Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD, Beat Walpoth, MD, Nadir Saoudi, MD, Nicolas Aeby, Giovanni Leo, Pascale Gentil-Baron
Hospital Cantonal De Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland, Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Monaco, Endosense, Geneva, Switzerland
Role of Contact Force in Esophageal Injury During Left Atrial Radiofrequency Ablation
Heart Rhythm Society, May 2008, San Francisco, USA, Abstract 6317, PO5-26
Atsushi Ikeda, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD, Dipen C. Shah, MD, Hendrik Lambert, PhD, Giovanni Leo, Kenneth A. Seres, MD, Tushar Sharma, MD, Jaime Merino, MSc, Eugene Jung, BSc, Jan V. Pitha, MD, PhD, Warren M. Jackman, MD
Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Institute and Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, *Hospital Cantonal De Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland, Endosense, Geneva, Switzerland,
Radiofrequency Ablation Catheter With Contact Force Sensor Predicts Lesion Size and Incidence of Steam Pop in the Beating Canine Heart
Heart Rhythm Society, May 2008, San Francisco, USA, Abstract 4543, PO1-57
Atsushi Ikeda, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD, Dipen C. Shah, MD*, Hendrik Lambert, PhD**, Giovanni Leo**, Nicolas Aeby**, Jan V. Pitha, MD, PhD, Warren M. Jackman, MD
Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, * Hospital Cantonal De Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland, **Endosense, Geneva, Switzerland
Electrogram Parameters (Injury Current, Amplitude and dV/dt) and Impedance are Poor Predictors of Electrode-Tissue Contact Force for Radiofrequency Ablation
Heart Rhythm Society, May 2008, San Francisco, USA, Abstract 4570, PO5-41
Atsushi Ikeda, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD, Dipen C. Shah, MD, Hendrik Lambert, PhD, Yury Vanenkov, Nicolas Aeby, Jan V. Pitha, MD, PhD, Warren M. Jackman, MD
Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, Hospital Cantonal De Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland, Endosense, Geneva, Switzerland
Real Time Monitoring of Tip Electrode-Tissue Orientation and Contact Force: Optimizing Accuracy and Safety of Mapping and Ablation Procedures
American College of Cardiology, March 2008, Orlando, USA
Luigi Di Biase, Mauricio Arruda, Luciana Armaganijan, Moataz El Hallage, Dimpi Patel, Mohamed Kanj, Oussama M. Wazni, Thomas Dresing, Jennifer E. Cummings, Mandeep Bhargava, J. David Burkhardt, David O. Martin, Walid I. Saliba, Robert A. Schweikert, Andrea Natale
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
The Relationship between Impedance Change and Catheter Contact Force During Radiofrequency Ablation: Evaluation in a Porcine Ex Vivo Cardiac Model Using a Novel Force-Sensing Irrigated Tip Ablation Catheter
American Heart Association, November 2007, Chicago, USA -Circulation. 116(2):487, Abstract 2239
Aravinda Thiagalingam, Andre d’Avila, Lori Foley, Melodie Fox, Hendrik Lambert, PhD, Giovanni Leo, Jeremy N. Ruskin, Vivek Y. Reddy
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, Endosense, Geneva, Switzerland
Novel Radiofrequency Ablation Catheter with Contact Force Sensor Predicts Lesion Size and Incidence of Steam Pop in Canine Model
Heart Rhythm Society, May 2007, Denver, USA -Vol. 4, Issue 5 (Supplement), S340-S341, PO5-106
Katsuaki Yokoyama, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD, Dipen C. Shah, MD, Hendrik Lambert, PhD, Giovanni Leo, Nicolas Aeby, Jan V. Pitha, MD, PhD, Ralph Lazzara, MD, Warren M. Jackman, MD
Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, Hospital Cantonal De Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland,Endosense, Geneva, Switzerland
Evaluation of a New Catheter Sensor for Real-Time Measurement of Tissue Contact
Heart Rhythm Society, May 2006, Boston, USA -Vol. 3, Issue 5 (Supplement), S75-S76, AB36-6
Dipen C. Shah, MD, Giovanni Leo, Nicolas Aeby, Eric Le Royer, Henri Sunthorn, Haran Burri, MD, Pascal Gentil-Baron
Hospital Cantonal De Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland, Endosense, Geneva, Switzerland
Novel Contact Force Sensor Incorporated in Irrigated Radiofrequency Ablation Catheter Predicts Lesion Size and Incidence of Steam Pop and Thrombus
Circulation : Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology 2008, 10.1161/CIRCEP.108.807925
Katsuaki Yokoyama; Hiroshi Nakagawa; Dipen C. Shah; Hendrik Lambert; Giovanni Leo; Nicolas Aeby; Atsushi Ikeda; Jan V. Pitha; Tushar Sharma; Ralph Lazzara and Warren M. Jackman
University of Oklahoma and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK; Hospital Cantonal De Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland; Endosense, Geneva, Switzerland; Heart Rhythm Institute, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Oklahoma City, OK.