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Topera Medical

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Burlington, MA-based startup Rhythmia Medical has been working to improve the speed and resolution of 3D heart-mapping tools
Developing a catheter system for rapidly identifying the source of irregular heart rhythms
Existing systems have been able to give physicians three-dimensional maps of the heart to aid in the treatment of irregular heart rhythms.
Founded to commercialize the inventions of physician Sanjiv Narayan at the University of California, San Diego, has also hired former Boston Scientific executive Edward Kerslake to be its CEO.
Its software analyzes the signals to provide physicians with a two-dimensional electrophysiological map of the heart.
The aim is to show how electricity is flowing in the heart, providing a way to view the abnormal electrical flows that can sustain arrhythmias such as atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation.
The large providers of such technologies include St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ) and Biosense Webster, a Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) company.
Topera Medical's 3rd Generation Cardiac Mapping System Gets FDA OK
Using catheters inserted in the heart, Topera detects electrical signals from the heart.
Work on the firm’s technology has until now been conducted at UCSD, where chief scientific officer Narayan is an associate professor of medicine, and at the VA San Diego, where he is director of the electrophysiology.