Patent · US Expired

Field delivery safety system using detection of atypical ECG

US6480737B1 · kind B1 · utility

26Cited by

7References

34Claims

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Assignee

Impulse Dynamics NV · NL

Inventors

Shai Policker · Tenafly, US
Yuval Mika · Closter, US
David Prutchi · Lake Jackson, US
Itzhak Shemer · Jerusalem, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 28, 2001
Grant date	Nov 12, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 28, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N1/368
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Apparatus for applying a non-excitatory signal to a heart, comprising: at least one electrode, a power source, a wide-field ECG sensor that receives a wide-field ECG signal containing contributions from non-local sized portions of the heart, a controller for selectively electrifying said at least one electrode with a non-excitatory signal from said power source, and a safety filter that inhibits said electrifying responsive to said wide-field ECG signal.

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