Advantages

Challenge

Open-chest access

Cost and time of EP-mapping
myocardium in advance:

Precise targeting on beating heart wall

Need for elite-institution-level skills

Capital investment & overall cost
hurdle for new therapies

Solution

Percutaneous, sub-xyphoid insertion:
an EP lab procedure

Mapping done in real time using same system that delivers therapy

Riding heart surface eliminates relative motion

Automated movement and movement planning shortens learning curve for clinicians

Inexpensive capital equipment with multiple applications & economically priced disposables