Method and apparatus for recording and analyzing body surface electrocardiographic peak maps
US5054496A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 13, 1989 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 13, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/6805
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The peak potential values of each cardioelectric wave components detected from the body surface are uniquely presented as a few iso-potential and isochronous contour maps by the electrocardiac peak mapping (EPM) method and apparatus described. The change in the size and the contour of the relevant EPM maps provides a simple, non-invasive, yet sensitive means for clinical diagnosis of at least the following heart diseases: PA1 1) the locations and sizes of myocardial infarction (hereafter, MI), PA1 2) primary and second cardiomyopathies, PA1 3) locations and sizes of "non-Q-wave MI", which can not be diagnosed by conventional electrocardiography, and PA1 4) various intracardiac conduction blocks and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, PA1 5) various repolarization abnormalities and their quantitative analysis. The EPM apparatus comprises an elastic Waistcoat with embodied special electrodes, signal preprocessors, a multiplexer, a main differential amplifier, and a general purpose computer with appropriate software. The EPM analysis includes the identification of the peak potential and peak time displacement, the contruction of the isopotential and isochronous maps and the diagnosis of h…
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