Accurate and Reproducible Target Navigation with the Stereotaxis Niobe® Magnetic Navigation System

Introduction: The Stereotaxis Niobe® Magnetic Navigation System (MNS, Stereotaxis, Inc., St. Louis, MO, USA) allows for remote‐control navigation of magnetically enabled catheters and guidewires for clinical ablation and electrophysiology (EP) device placement using two permanent magnets located on opposite sides of the patient table. Our objective was to provide a clinical framework for expected navigational accuracy during a case by calibrating the system's reproducibility using a realistic heart phantom under various conditions.

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