Automatic external defibrillator having a ventricular fibrillation detector
US6263238A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 16, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 17, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 16, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/3925
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In an automatic external defibrillator (AED) having a ventricular fibrillation detector, the ventricular fibrillation detector may generally be defined as a filter containing both an adaptive non-linear section and a linear section. The non-linear section is preferably a complex-domain neural network that can be trained to differentiate between various rhythm patterns and produce linear data for input to the linear section. The linear section is preferably an ongoing, continuous operation based on a sliding window of a predetermined time period, e.g., a tapped time-delay filter. In combination the non-linear section and linear section of the filter operate to detect and extract artifacts from a patient's ECG signal in a substantially accurate fashion so that the determination to deliver a defibrillation pulse may be accurately made.
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