Inventor · Oakdale, MN, US

Valtino X. Afonso

35Patents
12h-index
35Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 2, 1997 → Dec 22, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7263397B2 Method and apparatus for catheter navigation and location and mapping in the heart Human Necessities 644 Expired
US9186081B2 System and method for diagnosing arrhythmias and directing catheter therapies Physics 79 Active
US8038625B2 System and method for three-dimensional mapping of electrophysiology information Human Necessities 78 Active
US9474491B2 Methods and systems for mapping local conduction velocity Human Necessities 61 Active
US6115489A System and method for performing image-based diagnosis Physics 51 Expired
US9204927B2 System and method for presenting information representative of lesion formation in tissue during an ablation procedure Human Necessities 44 Active
US6501849B1 System and method for performing image-based diagnosis over a network Human Necessities 38 Expired
US8340766B2 Method and system for identifying cardiac arrhythmia driver sites Human Necessities 35 Active
US8647284B2 System and method for mapping complex fractionated electrogram information Human Necessities 27 Active
US9095349B2 Systems and methods for determining the likelihood of endocardial barotrauma in tissue during ablation Human Necessities 27 Active
US9675266B2 System and method for diagnosing arrhythmias and directing catheter therapies Physics 26 Active
US8229545B2 System and method for mapping complex fractionated electrogram information Human Necessities 12 Active
US9872653B2 Methods and systems for mapping local conduction velocity Human Necessities 5 Active
US9538929B2 Cardiac mapping system and method for bi-directional activation detection of electrograms Physics 5 Active
US10441187B2 System and method for diagnosing arrhythmias and directing catheter therapies Physics 4 Active
US10758147B2 Methods and systems for mapping cardiac activity Human Necessities 3 Active
US11179112B2 Methods and systems for mapping local conduction velocity Human Necessities 3 Active
US9788751B2 Methods and systems for generating integrated substrate maps for cardiac arrhythmias Human Necessities 3 Active
US9990470B2 Cardiac mapping system and method for voltage-based evaluation of electrograms Human Necessities 2 Active
US10512435B2 Systems for mapping local conduction velocity Human Necessities 2 Active
US11096617B2 System and method for detecting associated cardiac activations Human Necessities 2 Active
US10624557B2 Methods and systems for generating integrated substrate maps for cardiac arrhythmias Human Necessities 2 Active
US9888860B2 Methods and systems for identifying and mapping cardiac activation wavefronts Human Necessities 1 Active
US10687721B2 Methods and systems for identifying and mapping cardiac activation wavefronts Human Necessities 1 Active
US9943242B2 Cardiac mapping system and method for bi-directional activation detection of electrograms Physics 1 Active

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