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The disclosure describes cable management systems that provide adjustable lengths of cables that connect to various electronic medical or surgical tools. The systems can reduce the lengths of loose or hanging cables and define routes that preventing cross-over, looping and/or bunching of loose lengt

The disclosure describes cable management systems that provide adjustable lengths of cables that connect to various electronic medical or surgical tools. The systems can reduce the lengths of loose or hanging cables and define routes that preventing cross-over, looping and/or bunching of loose lengths of long cables.

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1. A system for an MRI diagnostic or interventional procedure, comprising: a patient support table configured to move a longitudinal distance in and out of a bore of a magnet associated with an MRI scanner in an MR scanner room of an MR suite;at least one patch bay of connectors extending along at l

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A system for an MRI diagnostic or interventional procedure, comprising: a patient support table configured to move a longitudinal distance in and out of a bore of a magnet associated with an MRI scanner in an MR scanner room of an MR suite;at least one patch bay of connectors extending along at least one side and/or foot end portion of the table;a plurality of first leads, at least one that extends from at least one of the patch bay connectors to connect at least one intrabody device;a plurality of second leads having opposing first and second ends, the first ends of the second leads connect directly or indirectly to the at least one patch bay in communication with a respective one or more of the first leads via the at least one patch bay, wherein the plurality of second leads are held in at least a first cable bundle and the first cable bundle extends away from the patch bay with the second ends of the second leads configured to attach to remote devices held in a separate room away from the MR Scanner room of the MR suite, separated by an RF shield; anda cable management system in communication with the first cable bundle, wherein the cable management system is configured to extend and retract the first cable bundle to automatically adjust a length of the first cable bundle in the MR scanner room whereby the second leads remain above a floor in the MR scanner room while connected to the at least one patch bay and the remote devices as the patient support table is moved in and out of the bore of the magnet associated with the MRI scanner. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one patch bay resides on an outer perimeter of a mat having integrated electrical paths residing on the patient support table. 3. The system of claim 1, wherein the patient support table also includes a programmable switch spaced apart from the at least one patch bay of connectors, the programmable switch residing on one short end portion of the patient support table forming part of an electric path for one or more of the at least one intrabody device. 4. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one patch bay comprises at least one electronic decoupler circuit and/or RF filter therein. 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one patch bay comprises a device detection circuit in communication with a remote monitor via at least one of the second leads in the first cable bundle. 6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a second bundle of leads with a length and opposing first and second ends in communication with the cable management system to provide length adjustment in the MR scanner room whereby the second bundle of leads is held suspended above the patient with the first end merging into a movable hanging block that is in direct or indirect communication with an anesthesia cart and the second end is in communication with a remote monitor held in the separate room as one of the remote devices, and wherein the length of the second bundle of leads in the MR scanner room can be separately adjusted from the cable bundle extending to the at least one patch bay. 7. The system of claim 1, further comprising at least one programmable switch in the at least one patch bay in communication with at least one of the connectors. 8. The system of claim 1, wherein the cable management system is provided in the MRI suite as an integrated cable management system that is supported by a ceiling or resides in the ceiling, and wherein the cable management system comprises a trough which allows the at least one cable bundle to automatically slidably extend therefrom and retract therein in response to movement of the patient support table to allow a patient to be moved longitudinally on a patient table in and out of the magnet bore while the first leads remain attached to components in contact with the patient and the at least one patch bay and the second leads are suspended above the patient and remain directly or indirectly attached to the at least one patch bay and the remote devices through the RF shield, and wherein the first cable bundle has substantially the same slack whether the patient support table is located inside or outside the bore of the MR scanner by way of the longitudinal movement. 9. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is configured as an MRI cardiac system, and wherein the first leads are in communication with defined cardiac devices including at least one ECG sensor and/or one or more of a loop or lasso catheter, coronary sinus catheter or ablation catheter and an opposing end of the first leads are connected to the at least one patch bay, wherein the cable management system provides adjustable lengths of the second leads that allow a patient to be moved longitudinally in and out of the magnet bore while the patient remains on the table and while electrical connections between the first and second leads, the defined cardiac devices and cooperating remote devices in an adjacent control room as the separate room are maintained. 10. The system of claim 1, further comprising a connection plug residing at the first end of the first cable bundle, wherein the second leads connect to the at least one patch bay through the connection plug. 11. The system of claim 1, wherein the longitudinal movement is at least about 4 feet, and wherein the cable management system is configured to control slack so that the at least one cable bundle has substantially the same slack whether the patient support table is located inside or outside the magnet of the MR scanner by way of the longitudinal movement. 12. An MRI cardiac electrophysiology (“EP”) interventional system, comprising: (A) a magnet room comprising:an MR magnet with a magnet bore and patient support table;at least one patch bay of connectors on the patient support table;a plurality of (electrocardiogram) ECG sensors positioned on and/or in a patient, the ECG sensors having respective first leads attached to the at least one patch bay;at least one intrabody catheter being in electrical communication with the at least one patch bay;a cable management system holding a length of at least one cable bundle above a patient, the at least one cable bundle comprising a first cable bundle with a plurality of long leads having opposing first and second ends, the long leads configured to directly or indirectly connect to the at least one patch bay; and(B) a control room located adjacent the MR magnet room and separated by an RF shield in communication with the leads held by the at least one cable bundle, the control room comprising:at least one cardiac surgical device including an ECG monitor, an RF generator, an internal defibrillator, an external defibrillator, a cardiac pacer, and a workstation with a display, wherein the at least one cardiac surgical device is in communication with at least one respective lead from the at least one cable bundle to electrically connect the at least one intrabody catheter and/or ECG sensors,wherein the cable management system is configured to extend and retract the at least one cable bundle to allow a least the first cable bundle to have an adjustable suspended length in the magnet room while (a) the at least one cable bundle is suspended above a floor of the magnet room and (b) the first ends of the long leads in the first cable bundle remain connected directly or indirectly to the at least one patch bay and the second ends remain connected directly or indirectly to the at least one cardiac surgical device in the control room as (a) the patient support table is moved in and out of the bore of the magnet inside the magnet room; and optionally (b) the patient support table is moved out of the magnet room to an adjacent room. 13. The system of claim 12, wherein the adjustable length is between about 4-20 feet, and wherein the cable management system is configured to control slack so that at least the first cable bundle has substantially the same slack whether the patient support table is located inside or outside the magnet bore of by way of the longitudinal movement. 14. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least one patch bay comprises at least one RF decoupling and/or filter circuit. 15. The system of claim 12, wherein the cable management system is provided in the magnet room as an integrated cable management system with a trough that is supported by the ceiling or resides in the ceiling, and wherein the cable management system slidably extends and retracts lengths of the at least one cable bundle automatically in response to movement of the patient support table to allow a patient to be moved longitudinally on the patient table in and out of the magnet bore of the magnet room while the first leads remain attached to components in contact with the patient and the at least one patch bay and the long leads remain directly or indirectly attached to the at least one patch bay and the at least one cardiac surgical device in the control room. 16. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least one cable bundle further comprises a second bundle of leads with opposing first and second ends in communication with the cable management system to provide length adjustment in the magnet room whereby the second cable bundle is held suspended with the first end connected to a moveable hanging block in communication with an anesthesia cart and the second end in communication with a remote monitor, and wherein a length of the second bundle of leads in the magnet room can be separately adjusted from the first bundle extending to the at least one patch bay. 17. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least one patch bay is provided by a mat residing on the patient support table. 18. The system of claim 12, further comprising a connector plug residing proximate the patient table and directly connected to the second end of the leads of the first cable bundle, wherein the connector plug directly connects to the patch bay to electrically connect the long leads to the first leads. 19. An MRI scanner room with a magnet and an integrated cable management system, comprising: a patient support table configured to move a longitudinal distance in and out of a bore of the magnet associated with the MR scanner room of an MR suite, wherein the patient support table has or holds at least one patch bay; anda cable management system held in or by a ceiling of the MR scanner room configured with a trough and an extension and retraction mechanism to automatically take-up of an excess length of at least a first suspended cable bundle into the trough and extend an additional length of the first suspended cable bundle from the trough in response to movement of the patient support table in and out of the bore while (i) maintaining a desired slack in and/or length of the first suspended cable bundle when leads of the first suspended bundle are connected to devices in a control room of the MR suite through an RF shield and (ii) keeping an end of the suspended first cable bundle above a floor of the scanner room substantially at a height associated with a top portion of the patient support table in the scanner room,wherein the patch bay is adapted to connect one or more leads from the first suspended bundle to one or more leads connected to at least one intrabody device to thereby connect a remote device to the at least one intrabody device. 20. A method of performing CT or MR guided cardiac electrophysiology (“EP”), comprising: providing a table with at least one patch bay of connectors;inserting at least one intrabody interventional device into a patient;positioning ECG sensors on and/or in the patient;connecting leads attached to the at least one intrabody device and sensors to the at least one patch bay;attaching at least a first cable bundle with cables to the at least one patch bay to electrically connect the intrabody catheters and the sensors to remote monitoring and/or control components; andextending and retracting lengths of the first cable bundle of cables from inside a ceiling or from a ceiling-mounted cable management system in response to moving the patient on the table longitudinally while maintaining the electrical connections between the intrabody catheters and sensors and the remote components, wherein the cable management system is configured to control slack so that the first cable bundle has substantially the same slack whether the patient support table is located inside or outside an MR or CT scanner by way of the longitudinal movement. 21. The system of claim 20, wherein the at least one patch bay is arranged as at least first and second hubs that incorporate a plurality of adjacent connectors, and wherein at least one of one of the adjacent connectors has circuit components for one or more of RF decoupling, tuning and filtering signal. 22. The system of claim 21, wherein the circuit components include at least one of a PIN diode or a parallel resonance tank circuit tuned to an MR frequency. 23. A system for an MRI diagnostic or interventional procedure, comprising: a patient support table;at least first and second hubs with a respective patch bay of between 12-200 connectors on the patient support table, with at least one of the hubs extending along at least one long side and/or foot end portion of the patient support table, wherein at least one connector and/or or at least one of the first and second patch bays has circuit components for one or more of RF decoupling, tuning and filtering signal and/or comprises a programmable switch;a plurality of first leads extending from the first and second patch bay connectors, at least one that extends to at least one external patient sensor and at least one that extends to at least one intrabody device;a plurality of second leads having opposing first and second ends, the first ends of the second leads connected directly or indirectly to the first and/or second patch bay in communication with a respective one or more of the first leads via the first and/or second patch bay, wherein the plurality of second leads are held in at least one cable bundle comprising a first cable bundle and the first cable bundle extends away from the patch bays with the second ends configured for attachment to remote components held in an adjacent control room through an RF shield associated with an MRI suite; anda cable management system in communication with at least the first cable bundle, wherein the cable management system is configured to extend and retract at least the first cable bundle to provide an adjustable length of at least the first cable bundle in an MRI Scanner room of the MRI suite whereby at least the first cable bundle has substantially the same slack whether the patient support table is located inside or outside a magnet bore of an MRI Scanner in the MRI Scanner room due to longitudinal movement. 24. The system of claim 1, wherein the patient support table comprises a programmable switch with access via a top foot end portion of the patient support table. 25. The system of claim 1, wherein the patient support table provides a plurality of electrical paths of between 5-1000 from at least one patch bay on an end portion of the patient support table and the at least one patch bays to connect the first and second leads.