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Active implantable medical device with holter recording functions

US8064992B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 3, 2004
Grant dateNov 22, 2011
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61N1/3702
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This device collects and analyzes general data on the state of the patient, and collects continuously a monitored signal representative of a physiological function. It includes a memory with a first zone for the durable memorizing of these data, and analyzes in real time the monitored signal to detect there the occurrence of a particular event. The memory includes a second zone for the continuous memorizing of the monitored signal over a first period of time, the memorizing being started on detection of a particular event. The device can also collect context information representative of circumstances possibly related to the occurrence of the particular event. The memory then includes a third zone, for the conditional memorizing of this information on detection of an event, for a second period of time shorter than the first period. The monitored signal can, for example, be a ventilatory signal, in which case the event is a hypopnea and/or a apnea, the context information include a ventricular and/or atrial electrogram, events markers of the heartbeat rate and/or a signal of the peak endocardial acceleration. The monitored signal can be also an electrogram signal, a signal of the pe…

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