Method and apparatus for detecting and discriminating arrhythmias
US7076290B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 10, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 25, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H50/20
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus and method for discriminating arrhythmias that includes sensing a heart rate indicative of an arrhythmia associated with a first portion of a heart, determining regularity of the sensed heart rate, determining an event interval variability associated with a second portion of the heart, and classifying the arrhythmia in response to the determined event interval variability.
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