Apparatus and method for detecting cardiac events

US9545215B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Medtronic, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Randal C. Schulhauser · Phoenix, US
• John K. Day · Chandler, US
• Scott Wayne Haskin · Mesa, US
• Tho Huynh · Mesa, US
• Todd A. Kallmyer · Tempe, US
• Brian B. Lee · Golden Valley, US
• Jeffrey O. York · Mesa, US
• William Cope · Maricopa, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 2008
• Grant date: Jan 17, 2017
• Expiry date: May 30, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/37
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method and system which includes a minimally invasive, implantable device with a sensor configured for collecting electrical data associated with cardiac performance, a sensor configured for collecting mechanical data associated with cardiac performance, a sensor for collecting optical data associated with cardiac performance, a sensor for collecting biochemical data associated with cardiac performance, and a processor for deriving cardiac conditions and actuating an alarm upon identifying a cardiac event.