Method of noninvasively determining a patient's susceptibility to arrhythmia
US6512945B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 9, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 18, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/4519
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and method for detecting a patient's susceptibility to arrhythmias and cardiac tissue abnormality is disclosed. The method consists of using a computer 27, a display 23, software loaded onto the computer that generates graphical user interfaces (GUIs), an electronic interface 18, and a plurality of electrodes. The electronics interface 18 is in electronic communication with the computer 27, and further in electronic communication with the electrodes that are placed by self-adhesion at predetermined locations on a test subject 35. According to one aspect of the invention, the method enables a user, typically a medical professional, to initiate, with minimal input, certain diagnostic tests involving observing and analyzing a series of QRS complexes 130, some of which are biased with a subpacing current, and others of which are unbiased. The signals are then compared, and the differences are analyzed to detect a patient's susceptibility to arrhythmias and cardiac tissue abnormality.
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