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

US8160682B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

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

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 6, 2007
• Grant date: Apr 17, 2012
• Expiry date: Feb 3, 2029

Classification

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

Abstract

One embodiment of the invention is a cardiac monitor having a housing; a plurality of electrodes within and extending from the housing; a state machine within the housing configured to digitialize and store in memory signals from the plurality of electrodes; a sealing surface and an adhesive on the sealing surface configured to form a watertight perimeter around the plurality of electrodes when the housing is affixed to a mammal. Another embodiment of the invention provides a continuous cardiac monitor having a housing; a surface on the housing adapted to be sealably engaged to a mammal; an adhesive on the surface that is adapted to remain affixed to the mammal for at least 7 days; at least two electrodes within the housing positioned to detect a cardiac information of the mammal while the surface is sealably engaged to the mammal; an electronic memory within the housing wherein, the electronic memory is sized to store at least 24 hours of continuous cardiac information; and wiring within the housing connecting the electronic memory to the electrodes.