Arrangement for predicting tachyarrhythmia

US7181270B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Biotronik Mess -und Therapiegeraede GmbH & Co. Ingenieurbuero Berlin · DE

Inventors

• Guenter Breithardt · Munster, DE
• Thomas Fetsch · Stockdorf, DE
• Joerg Fregien · Spremberg - Grodk, DE
• Thomas Doerr · Berlin, DE
• Tino Hauser · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 9, 2002
• Grant date: Feb 20, 2007
• Expiry date: Jun 25, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/3621
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An arrangement 10 for predicting tachyarrhythmia of a heart has a detection means 12 and an evaluation unit 18. The detection means 12 picks up electrical signals from the heart. The evaluation unit 18, which is connected to the detection means, determines a rate value that depends upon the respective heart rate. The evaluation unit also evaluate a plurality of correspondingly determined rates values, to determine a heart rate variability value that depends on the variability of the detected rate values, wherein the evaluation unit 18 responds to a rise in the heart rate variability value.