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

US8244335B2 · 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: Aug 14, 2012
• Expiry date: Jan 21, 2029

Classification

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

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of analyzing cardiac information by collecting a plurality of self-contained, wearable, portable cardiac monitors each of the cardiac monitors electronically storing at least 24 hours of continuously detected and unanalyzed cardiac signals from a mammal. Next, retrieving cardiac information stored in each of the plurality of self-contained portable cardiac monitors. Next, forwarding retrieved cardiac information.