ANATOMICAL MODEL CONTROLLING
Devices, systems, and methods of the present disclosure are directed to facilitating control of a graphical user interface associated with performing a medical procedure. Inputs can be received from a plurality of input devices interacting with respective sets of input options displayed on respective portions of the graphical user interface. One of the input devices can be operable by a physician, during a medical procedure, to navigate a set of input options to modify a graphical representation of at least one of a medical device and an anatomic structure displayed on the graphical user interface.
1 . A remote communication device comprising:
a user interface including one or more inputs;
a transmitter in communication with the user interface to send one or more control commands to a remote processor; and
a housing carrying the user interface and the transmitter, the housing securable to an outer circumference of a catheter shaft with the user interface at least partially constrained in at least one direction relative to the catheter shaft.
2 . The remote communication device of claim 1 , wherein, with the housing secured to the outer circumference of the catheter shaft, the user interface is rotatable about the catheter shaft.
3 . The remote communication device of claim 2 , wherein the user interface is rotatable 360 degrees about the catheter shaft.
4 . The remote communication device of claim 1 , wherein, with the housing secured to the outer circumference of the catheter shaft, the user interface is rotatable relative to a handle coupled to the catheter shaft.
5 . The remote communication device of claim 1 , wherein the housing defines a recess positionable about at least a portion of the outer circumference of the catheter shaft.
6 . The remote communication device of claim 5 , wherein the portion of the housing defining the recess includes a first section and a second section releasably engageable with the first section to define the recess.
7 . The remote communication device of claim 6 , wherein the second section is releasably engageable with the first section through an interference fit.
8 . The remote communication device of claim 6 , wherein the portion of the housing defining the recess further includes a hinge disposed between the first section and the second section, the hinge pivotable to move the first section and the second section into releasable engagement with one another.
9 . The remote communication device of claim 1 , wherein the housing includes a clip positionable about at least a portion of the outer circumference of the catheter shaft.
10 . The remote communication device of claim 1 , wherein the housing is securable in a fixed axial position relative to the catheter shaft.
11 . The remote communication device of claim 10 , wherein the housing is securable in the fixed axial position relative to the catheter shaft through an interference fit between the outer circumference of the catheter shaft and the housing.
12 . A method comprising:
positioning a remote communication device about shaft of a catheter, the shaft having a proximal end region coupled to a handle and a distal end region coupled to an electrode; and
securing the remote communication device to an outer circumference of the shaft, along the proximal end region of the shaft, the remote communication device including a housing, a user interface, and a transmitter in electrical communication with the user interface to send one or more control commands to a remote processor, the housing carrying the user interface and the transmitter, wherein the user interface includes one or more inputs and, with the remote communication device secured to the outer circumference of the shaft, the user interface is at least partially constrained in at least one direction relative to the shaft.
13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein, with the remote communication device secured to the outer circumference of the catheter shaft, the one or more inputs of the user interface are depressible in a direction parallel to the at least one partially constrained direction of the user interface.
14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein, with the remote communication device secured to the outer circumference of the catheter shaft, the user interface is movable along an axis defined by the shaft.
15 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the user interface is rotatable about an axis of rotation coaxial with an axis defined by the shaft.
16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the one or more inputs are depressible in a direction transverse to the axis of rotation of the user interface.
17 . A system comprising:
a catheter including
a handle,
a tip portion, and
a shaft having a proximal end region and a distal end region, the proximal end region coupled to the handle, and the distal end region coupled to the tip portion;
a catheter interface unit including a processing unit and a graphical user interface; and
a remote communication device coupled to the proximal end region of the shaft of the catheter, the remote communication device including a user interface and a wireless transmitter in communication with the user interface to send one or more control commands to the processing unit of the catheter interface unit, the one or more control commands corresponding to a set of input options displayed on the graphical user interface.
18 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the one or more inputs of the user interface are positioned relative to the shaft of the catheter such that the one or more inputs are manipulatable by a hand of the user while the same hand of the user applies an axial force to the shaft.
19 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the one or more inputs of the user interface are positioned relative to the shaft of the catheter such that the one or more inputs are manipulatable by a hand of the user while the same hand of the user applies torque to the handle of the catheter.