Non-invasive cardiac monitor and methods of using continuously recorded cardiac data

US8150502B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · US

Inventors

• Uday N. Kumar · San Francisco, US
• Kit Yee Au-Yeung · San Francisco, US
• John W. White · Menlo Park, US
• Joseph Knight · Durham, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 6, 2007
• Grant date: Apr 3, 2012
• Expiry date: Nov 20, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H15/00
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide methods of obtaining continuous cardiac information from a mammal. First, attach a self-contained, wearable, portable continuous cardiac monitor to the mammal to create a chamber containing electrodes used to detect cardiac signals from the mammal. Next, continuously detect without analyzing the cardiac signals from the mammal for at least 24 hours. Next, store information related to substantially all detected cardiac signals in the cardiac monitor.