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Surgery > Diagnostic Testing > Cardiovascular > Heart > Detecting Heartbeat Electric Signal Detecting Heartbeat Electric SignalDetecting Heartbeat Electric Signal patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.01/04/07 - 20070004987 - Device for acquiring electric signals coming from the human body and more particularly from the heart A device for acquiring electric signals of the human body from a patient's heart includes at least two independent connection elements that each has supports that are provided each with electrodes. The electrodes are attached to an electric cable with parallel strands, which is connected to an input of an ... 12/28/06 - 20060293604 - Evaluating a patient condition using autonomic balance information in implatable cardiac devices Systems and methods for evaluating a patient condition using autonomic balance information involve providing an implantable cardiac device that acquires a cardiac waveform from a patient. One or more characteristics associated with autonomic balance of the patient are detected and used to evaluate a patient condition, such as sleep onset, ... 12/28/06 - 20060293603 - Medical system with a multi-dot electrode, where the sub-signals are combined into a synthetic reference Medical system for detecting heart events including an electrode lead provided with a multi-dot electrode unit that comprises at least three dot electrodes, said multi-dot electrode unit is adapted to be used for intra-corporal sensing of heart signals. The heart signals sensed by each of the dot electrodes am applied ... 12/14/06 - 20060281997 - Arrhythmogenic risk management tools and methods of use Novel approaches to identifying and managing cardiac arrhymogenic risks associated with prolongation and/or dispersion of ventricular repolarization, torsadogenic risks and QT prolongation risks. ... 12/14/06 - 20060281996 - Method of electrocardiogram (ecg) anaylysis and device thereof An analysis method of electrocardiogram (ECG) and the device thereof are provided. The method diagnoses a subject by non-invasive method to see whether the subject is at high risk of high mountain disease (HMD). The ECG analysis method comprises: first, detecting the ECG of the subject; transforming the ECG to ... 12/07/06 - 20060276715 - Electrode for measuring electrocardiogram and electrocardiogram device including the same An electrode for measuring an electrocardiogram. The electrode comprises a signal detector operable to detect an electrocardiogram signal. An electrolytic gel is coated onto a first surface of the signal detector. The gel is electrically conductive and operable to adhere to a skin. A controller connector is electrically connected to ... 11/30/06 - 20060270938 - Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and ultrasound diagnostic method By automating the procedure of operation in measuring, the user is enabled to measure each object of measuring without being forced to give an instruction or do setting for each object of measuring, thereby operability is improved. There are provided a setting accepting unit which accepts setting of the number ... 11/30/06 - 20060270937 - Automated template generation algorithm for implantable device A method of generating a template in an implantable medical device for implantation within a patient, and a processor readable medium for performing the method, that includes generating a template from collected events corresponding to the patient, delaying the generation of the template for a first predetermined time period in ... 11/23/06 - 20060264770 - Method and device for determining the presence of an ischemic area in the heart of a human being or an animal The invention relates to a method for determining the presence of an ischemic area in the heart of a patient, comprising the steps of A placing several sense electrodes at different positions on the patient's body; B obtaining electrocardiogram (ECG) signals from the heart via each sense electrode; C determining ... 11/23/06 - 20060264769 - Method and apparatus for rapid interpretive analysis of electrocardiographic waveforms A method for analyzing a subject-visit group of ECG waveforms captured digitally on an electrocardiograph machine, on a Holter monitor device or digitized from paper electrocardiograms. A cardiologist selects a subject-visit group from a number of subject-visit groups, and each ECG waveform of the subject-visit group is scanned for artifact. ... 11/23/06 - 20060264768 - Method and apparatus for sequenced extraction from electrocardiogramic waveforms A method for extracting segments from an electrocardiogram tracing is disclosed. The method selects an electrocardiogram tracing for segment extraction, and associates a dosing time or other time point with the electrocardiogram tracing to align an extraction template within the electrocardiogram tracing for segment extraction. The electrocardiogram tracing is scanned ... 11/23/06 - 20060264767 - Programmable ecg sensor patch The invention provides a disposable programmable ECG sensor patch for the non-invasive detection of risk patterns according to programmed criteria. The patch is programmed by a medical professional to select one or more monitoring parameters for detection and alarm indication. One application is to detect changes in the ECG due ... 11/02/06 - 20060247545 - Method and system for generating an echocardiogram report An echocardiogram report generation method and system are disclosed for creating a complete medical report describing an echocardiogram without dictation, transcription or typing. The report is tailored to describe an individual patient and generated in complete grammatically complex sentences in response to the user's input with a text report that ... 10/19/06 - 20060235320 - Ecg rhythm advisory method A method of automatically determining which type of treatment is most appropriate for a cardiac arrest victim, the method comprising transforming one or more time domain electrocardiogram (ECG) signals into a frequency domain representation comprising a plurality of discrete frequency bands, combining the discrete frequency bands into a plurality of ... 10/19/06 - 20060235319 - Trainable diagnostic system and method of use A trainable, adaptable system for analyzing functional or structural clinical data can be used to identify a given pathology based on functional data. The system includes a signal processor that receives functional data from a device monitoring a subject and normalizes the functional data over at least one cycle of ... 10/19/06 - 20060235318 - Bipolar, non-vectorial electrocardiography The present invention consists of analyzing the changes of electrical potential that occur in the body in synchronization with the contraction of the heart generated by the conduction of the monophasic electrical potentials occur during the contraction of the different structures that comprise the heart by the different muscular masses ... 10/19/06 - 20060235317 - Electrocardiograph device having additional lead function and method for obtaining additional-lead electrocardiogram There are provided an electrocardiograph with an extended lead function and an extended lead ECG deriving method capable of easily deriving an ECG signal of an extended lead ECG by an arithmetic operation, based on ECG signals of a standard 12-lead ECG measured by a potential detector 10. An ECG ... 10/19/06 - 20060235316 - Cardiac monitoring apparatus and method The present invention pertains to a monitor that includes a cardiac sensor (36) responsive to a user's heart beat. The monitor includes a processor coupled to the sensor for generating heart-rate or other cardiac data. These data can be stored in a memory. The monitor is physically supported by and ... 10/19/06 - 20060235315 - Method, apparatus and system for characterizing sleep A method of determining sleep stages from signals of electrical activity recorded of a chest of a sleeping subject, the signals being measured over a plurality of epochs. The method comprising: (a) extracting a series of cardiac R-R intervals from the signals and obtaining a time-frequency decomposition from the series ... 10/12/06 - 20060229524 - Method for the accurate placement of ekg electrodes A method is provided for the accurate placement and replacement of EKG electrodes on a patient. In accordance with the invention, the method comprises marking the position of the EKG electrodes with a removable tattoo so that on a subsequent run the electrodes can be replaced at their original locations ... 10/12/06 - 20060229523 - Portable cardiac monitor including a range limiter A system and method for obtaining ECG signals from an ambulatory patient are disclosed herein. The system is configured to be inexpensive, small, and robust for outpatient monitoring. The system is configured to be a low power consuming device. The system provides options for a variety of settings and real-time ... 10/12/06 - 20060229522 - Portable cardiac monitor including rf communication A system and method for obtaining ECG signals from an ambulatory patient are disclosed herein. The system is configured to be inexpensive, small, and robust for outpatient monitoring. The system is configured to be a low power consuming device. The system provides options for a variety of settings and real-time ... 10/12/06 - 20060229521 - Portable cardiac monitor A system and method for obtaining ECG signals from an ambulatory patient are disclosed herein. The system is configured to be inexpensive, small, and robust for outpatient monitoring. The system is configured to be a low power consuming device. The system provides options for a variety of settings and real-time ... 10/05/06 - 20060224072 - Disposable extended wear heart monitor patch The invention provides a disposable sensor patch for non-invasive monitoring and recording of infrequent cardiac events. The patch is thin and flexible for comfortable wear on the person's chest for automatic analysis and recording of ECG. The patch is inexpensive and simple for self-administration. The patch incorporates a battery, ECG ... 10/05/06 - 20060224071 - Reduced electrode electrocardiography system Electrocardio-graphic (ECG) signals such as the standard 12-lead are synthesised from a novel reduced electrode set. Signals are received from a group of electrodes connected to predetermined locations on a human body, and deriving at least one further ECG signal using predetermined transformation(s) (130) on said first set of ECG ... 09/28/06 - 20060217623 - Method and system for processing electrocardiograms In a method and system for processing an electrocardiogram (ECG), digital ECG data are received. The digital ECG data evinces a plurality of a patient's heartbeats detected during an ECG. Digital annotation data are generated representing marking to be shown on an ECG tracing of the plurality of heartbeats. An ... 09/28/06 - 20060217622 - Method and system to stabilize and preserve iron artefacts A method, system and device to use a dilute alkaline solution held at sub-critical temperature and pressure conditions to remove rapidly chloride ions from corroded iron artifacts. ... 09/28/06 - 20060217621 - Blending cardiac rhythm detection processes Systems and methods are described for classifying a cardiac rhythm. A cardiac rhythm is classified using a classification process that includes a plurality of cardiac rhythm discriminators. Each rhythm discriminator provides an independent classification of the cardiac rhythm. The classification process is modified if the modification is likely to produce ... 09/28/06 - 20060217620 - Apparatus and method for cordless recording and telecommunication transmission of three special ecg leads and their processing The invention is related to a device and method for cordless recording, telecommunication transmission, and processing of three special ECG leads by the means of the mobile device (1) and diagnostic-calibration center (2) where the reconstruction of standard ECG leads is performed. Reconstruction parameters are determined previously by calibration for ... 08/31/06 - 20060195036 - Heartbeat measuring device To provide a heartbeat measuring device in which a ferrite antenna is accommodated in and fixed to a case without using a complicated fixing structure and while being adapted so as not to undergo an influence of an external impact. A transmitting ferrite antenna of a heart rate transmitter of ... 08/17/06 - 20060184056 - Apparatus for detecting sleep apnea using electrocardiogram signals An apparatus for diagnosing sleep apnea only uses an electrocardiogram signal and a computer processor and associated computer code that are configured to analyze the electrocardiogram signal and classify each time period of the electrocardiogram signal as either apneic or normal. A diagnostic measure of sleep apnea for the human ... 08/10/06 - 20060178587 - Conductance-imaging catheter and determination of cavitary volume Systems and methods for calibrating calculations based on catheter-originated measurements. One embodiment comprises a method for calibrating volume calculations for a fluid-filled cavity, such as a heart chamber. In this method, a first catheter configured to measure electrical characteristics and a second catheter configured to measure geometric characteristics are inserted ... 08/03/06 - 20060173372 - Method and apparatus for determining alternans data of an ecg signal Method and apparatus for determining alternans data of an ECG signal. The method can include determining at least one value representing at least one morphology feature of each beat of the ECG signal and generating a set of data points based on a total quantity of values and a total ... 08/03/06 - 20060173371 - Method and apparatus for determining alternans data of an ecg signal Method and apparatus for determining alternans data of an ECG signal. The method can include determining at least one value representing at least one morphology feature of each beat of the ECG signal and generating a set of data points based on a total quantity of values and a total ... 08/03/06 - 20060173370 - Method for recognizing heartbeat and for calculating quantities acquired from that The present invention relates to a method for recognizing and measuring heartbeat in physical training, in which method individual heartbeats are recognized and measured from the electrical signal of the heart, the EKG signal, on the area of waist and/or on the body area below the waist by means of ... 08/03/06 - 20060173369 - Monitoring of atrial activation The invention relates to a method and system for monitoring atrial activation in a patient. In the method, a moment of occurrence and a wave form are predicted for a subsequent P wave based on a sequence of P waves already received in ECG signal data obtained from the patient. ... 08/03/06 - 20060173368 - Low frequency analysis of cardiac electrical signals for detecting heart diseases, especially the coronary artery diseases A method and system for detecting heart diseases, especially the coronary artery diseases, comprises the steps of obtaining twelve (12) lead cardiac electrical signals from a patient, mathematically transforming the time-domain wave signals into twelve (12) frequency-domain amplitude spectra with one for each of the 12 leads, selecting a number ... 07/20/06 - 20060161068 - Venturi ecg electrode system The present invention provides for an ECG electrode system that includes the use of electrodes adapted to attach to the body via suction. The invention includes a lightweight and compact air pump in combination with air connection hoses, a lightweight air distribution unit, associated electrode tubes, and respective electrodes adapted ... 07/20/06 - 20060161067 - Complexity scores for electrocardiography reading sessions A system allows for the prioritization of ECGs. This can be performed by the ECG management system and/or at the instruction of the cardiologist or other reader. In a current implementation, the system will allow for the sorting of the ECGs so that the more complex interpretations are presented first, ... 07/20/06 - 20060161066 - Feature-based editing for electrocardiography A method and system for generating electrocardiogram reports allows for the editing of features in the electrocardiogram interpretation process. This improves the accuracy of machine interpretation of the ECG data thereby facilitating the analysis and generation of the final report by the physician. The present method and system are most ... 07/20/06 - 20060161065 - Similarity scores for electrocardiography An ECG management system provides a computer-assisted Quality Assurance step in an ECG management system. This step is preferably performed prior to releasing ECGs to the cardiologists for interpretation placement in the patient's permanent records. It involve comparing the ECG wave data to previously collected ECG data for the same ... 07/20/06 - 20060161064 - Computer-assisted detection of systolic murmurs associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy A method for assisting in the diagnosis of heart murmurs. The method calculates a normalized measure of mid-range energy for at least one systolic or diastolic interval in a sequence of heartbeats and displays the mid-range energy measure of the systolic and/or diastolic interval in a graphical form. The sequence ... 07/13/06 - 20060155200 - Method for prediction of cardiac disease A method for screening patients for heart failure such as left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) comprises measuring a biomarker and taking an ECG measurement and combining both as factors to obtain a result indicative of the probability of the patient having heart failure. As a result the level of accuracy ... 07/13/06 - 20060155199 - Frequency processing of an rr series in an analogue cardiac signal The RR series, which is constituted by a plurality of samples respectively defining the time intervals between pairs of successive heart beats, is filtered by means of a digital bandpass filter (Fk) presenting a predefined bandwidth [fc, f′c], and preferably by means of an IIR recursive selective filter, and a ... 07/06/06 - 20060149156 - Method and apparatus for transfer of captured electrocardiogram data A method for transfer of electrocardiograph data between a remote processor connected to a central processor via a network. Identification information concerning a test subject associated with electrocardiograph data stored on a portable storage medium is entered into a remote processor. The remote processor extracts the electrocardiograph data from the ... 06/22/06 - 20060135875 - Apparatus and methods for risk stratification of patients with chest pain of suspected cardiac origin The subject invention relates to the detection, diagnosis and risk stratification of clinical events such as acute coronary syndrome, in patients with signs and symptoms of suspected cardiac origin. In one embodiment, a clinical event in a patient is diagnosed by obtaining the patient's ECG, and at least one in ... 06/22/06 - 20060135874 - Life sign detection and real-time reporting module A life sign detection and real-time reporting module is provided, including a housing case installed with a life sign detector, and a signal processing circuit connected to the life sign detector to receive signals and stores the signals in a memory. The signal processing circuit includes a personal data memory ... 06/15/06 - 20060129052 - System for, and method of, monitoring heartbeats of a patient A heart monitor acquires signals representing a patient's heart characteristics. The signals are amplified without affecting the original signal characteristics. The heartbeat signals with unusual characteristics are then transmitted to a processing station. The station also contains, in a pattern recognition platform, the patient's previously generated heartbeat signals. The station ... 06/01/06 - 20060116592 - Method and apparatus for detection and monitoring of t-wave alternans A system and method are provided for assessing T-wave alternans (TWA) using cardiac EGM signals received from implanted electrodes. A T-wave signal parameter is measured from signals received by an automatic gain control sense amplifier. A TWA measurement is computed from a beat-by-beat comparison of T-wave parameter measurements or using ... 05/25/06 - 20060111640 - Wireless transmitted electrocardiogram monitoring device A wireless transmitted electrocardiogram monitoring device is disclosed. A conductive fabric of the device features on that it is used to be a sensing component with characters of comfort, air permeability, softness, and stretchability thus achieves long-term signal measurement. The processing and transmission method of electrocardiogram signals is characterized in ... 05/04/06 - 20060094970 - Techniques for selective channel processing and data retention in an implantable medical device Methods and apparatus for storing data records associated with a medical monitoring event in a data structure. An implanted device obtains data and stores the data in the data record in a first data structure that is age-based. Before an oldest data record is lost, the oldest data record may ... 05/04/06 - 20060094969 - Heart rate monitor, method and computer software product The invention provides a heart rate monitor, a method and a computer software product. The method determines from the user's electrocardiogram a reference value of a heart rate variable characterizing the heart rate; determines at least one environmental parameter value obtainable from air pressure using air pressure measurement; associates the ... 05/04/06 - 20060094968 - Data compression method for implantable medical devices A method of data compression of physiological signals for use in implantable medical devices (IMDs) in which temporal information in the input data points is retained in the compressed sample points with a potential loss of amplitude precision. The data compression method includes distributing the stream of data samples or ... 04/27/06 - 20060089559 - Realtime monitoring and analysis of heart-beat dynamics A system for estimating a statistic associated with a cardiac signal having periodic events includes a clock and a digital filter. The clock determines an extent of a censored interval beginning at a most recent event and ending at a time selected from a continuum of times. The digital filter ... 04/27/06 - 20060089558 - Physiological parameter monitoring and data collection system and method A physiological parameter monitoring system and method is described. The system includes a plurality of sensors configured to obtain from a subject at least one observable voltage containing two or more signals. The system also includes a data manager and a data auxiliary device. The data manager is in communication ... 04/20/06 - 20060084881 - Monitoring physiological activity using partial state space reconstruction Systems and techniques relating to monitoring physiological activity using partial state space reconstruction. In general, in one aspect, a partial state space is produced using an orthogonal, frequency-independent transform, such as Hilbert transform. The partial state space can then be analyzed using state space techniques to identify physiological information for ... 04/20/06 - 20060084880 - System for bioelectrical interaction with an individual with a simplified electrode fixation A wearable system (1) arranged to enable a bioelectrical interaction with an individual when being brought into a contact with the individual's skin (S). The system (1) comprises an electronic device with electrodes (3) to enable said interaction. The electrodes (3) are shaped to enable the fixation of the device ... 04/13/06 - 20060079796 - Method and system for verifying the integrity of normal sinus rhythm templates A method and system for verifying the integrity of normal sinus rhythm (NSR) templates and updating the NSR template after selected time intervals. At selected time intervals after establishing a NSR template, cardiac complexes are sensed and values for one or more cardiac parameters are measured. The values of the ... 04/13/06 - 20060079795 - System and method for interpreting electrocardiograms A system and method for interpreting electrocardiogram data. A system is provided that clusters raw electrocardiogram (EKG) data into clusters of EKG data; generates a predictive model for each cluster of EKG data; compares inputted patient EKG data with the clusters of EKG data to identify a matching cluster of ... 03/30/06 - 20060069320 - Body worn sensor and device harness A body worn harness supporting biosensors and devices in a form fitting structure for medical long-term ambulatory operation. The supported devices provide processing, storage, and communicating of the biosensor data captured. Integrated body motion generators generate power. In addition rapid acting zero insertion force mechanical and electrical connectors are provided ... 03/23/06 - 20060064027 - Implantable medical device with his-purkinje activity detection Implantable medical devices having two or more leads can utilize digital signal processing to sample and filter the acquired data. The processed data is utilized to identify electrical activity in cardiac tissue remote from the lead location. An atrial lead and a ventricular lead are used to acquire data and ... 03/16/06 - 20060058695 - Apparatus of an improvement on the structure of chest cardiogram sensor An apparatus of an improvement on the structure of chest cardiogram sensor fastened directly on the user's chest combines from shell{grave over ( )}electric board{grave over ( )}two fixed belts{grave over ( )}two or multiple pieces of independent electric conductivity rubber plate, by which electric board fitted in the shell ... 03/16/06 - 20060058694 - Electrodynamic sensors and applications thereof An electrodynamic sensor comprises a high input impedance electrometer adapted to measure small electrical potentials originating from an object under test and having a pair of input probes, characterised in that at least one of said pair of input probes has no direct electrical contact with said object, wherein the ... 03/09/06 - 20060052717 - Method and system for evaluating cardiac ischemia The present invention relates to methods and systems for evaluating abnormalities in electrocardiograms (ECGs), including abnormalities associates with cardiac ischemia. More particularly, the present invention relates to an automated system and method for interpreting any abnormalities present in an electrocardiogram (ECG), including those abnormalities associated with cardiac ischemia. In one ... 03/02/06 - 20060047212 - Method for deriving standard 12-lead electrocardiogram, and monitoring apparatus using the same Four first electrodes are attached on the vicinity of a lower right end of a right clavicle, the vicinity of a lower left end of a left clavicle, the vicinity of a position on a right anterior axillary line at the level of a right lowermost rib, a the vicinity ... 03/02/06 - 20060047211 - Portable electrocardiograph In a portable electrocardiograph, combinations of analysis results corresponding to analysis items of an electrocardiographic waveform based on electrocardiography and display contents are stored in advance in association with each other. Thereby, the portable electrocardiograph analyzes obtained electrocardiographic waveform data to classify the electrocardiographic waveform data by the analysis items ... 03/02/06 - 20060047210 - Portable electrocardiograph and processing method A portable electrocardiograph includes an electrode unit brought into contact with a living body of a subject, a processing circuit measuring an electrical signal detected by the electrode unit with being in contact with the living body as an electrocardiographic waveform, and a display unit displaying a measurement result of ... 02/09/06 - 20060030782 - Heart disease detection patch The invention provides a disposable sensor patch for the non-invasive detection of heart disease. The patch is placed on a person's chest area for automatic analysis of ECG. The heart condition is indicated via an indicator integrated within the patch. The patch is inexpensive and simple for self-administration. In one ... 02/09/06 - 20060030781 - Emergency heart sensor patch The invention provides a disposable sensor patch for the non-invasive detection and indication of a heart condition during a medical emergency. The patch is placed on the chest area for sensing and analyzing a surface electrocardiogram (ECG). The heart condition is rapidly indicated via an indicator integrated in the patch. ... 02/02/06 - 20060025697 - Use of patterns in processing on mobile monitoring device and computer system A system include circuitry to receive information from a mobile device including ECG data representative of a beating heart, circuitry to analyze the ECG data using at least one pattern to detect a notable finding in the ECG data and circuitry to determine at least one pattern to send to ... 02/02/06 - 20060025696 - Cooperative processing with mobile monitoring device and computer system An arrangement includes a mobile device executing a process to detect an episode in electrical signals representative of a beating heart. The mobile device determines that the detected episode is a notable finding and sends data corresponding to the notable finding to a second system. The second system analyzes the ... 02/02/06 - 20060025695 - Method for deriving standard 12-lead electrocardiogram, and electrocardiograph using the same In order to derive a standard 12-lead electrocardiogram, ones of limb leads and chest leads which constitute a lead system for the standard 12-lead electrocardiogram using 10 electrodes are selected. Electrocardiographic waveforms corresponding to the selected ones of the limb leads and the chest leads are obtained, as measured electrocardiographic ... 01/26/06 - 20060020218 - Method and apparatus for continuous electrode impedance monitoring In one embodiment, the present invention includes a test signal generator capable of producing an impedance test signal comprising of a sine wave having a known frequency. The test signal generator may include a crystal oscillator, a counter, and a lookup table. The lookup table output is applied to a ... 01/26/06 - 20060020217 - Wireless self-adhesive heartbeat detector A wireless self-adhesive heartbeat detector includes two terminals with one positive pole and one negative pole. The detector comprises a glue layer to attach to a human body so as to measure the heartbeat of the person. This design does not use any traditional string or tape, thus the user ... 01/19/06 - 20060015033 - Ecg electrode characterization and compensation Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with electrocardiogram electrode characterization and compensation are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes a characterization logic configured to generate signals designed to facilitate characterizing an electrocardiogram electrode. The characterization logic may also be configured to analyze signals produced in response to introducing the ... 01/12/06 - 20060009701 - Method of monitoring human relaxation level, and user-operated heart rate monitor A method of monitoring a human relaxation level and a user-operated heart rate monitor are provided. The user-operated heart rate monitor comprises a timing instant determining means for determining a plurality of heart beat timing instants from a user's electrocardiogram; a relaxation calculating means for calculating an instantaneous relaxation measure ... 01/05/06 - 20060004295 - Electrode connectivity determination system An electrode connectivity determination system is coupled to a plurality of patient attachable electrodes. Such a system includes a comparator for performing a comparison of a low frequency differential signal derived from at least two of the patient attachable electrodes with a predetermined threshold signal and a decision processor for ... 12/29/05 - 20050288599 - High density atrial fibrillation cycle length (afcl) detection and mapping system Systems and methods to assist in locating the focus of an atrial fibrillation include the association of atrial fibrillation cycle length values and statistics relating thereto with temporal locations on an electrogram of a given electrode, and/or the coordination of electrode locations with respective the spectral analyses of electrogram signals ... 12/15/05 - 20050277840 - Method and system for processing periodic physiological signals A system for processing periodic physiological signals includes: at least a sensor, a physiological signal-digitizing device, and a digitized signals processing unit and establishes a parameterized database according to Pji, Sji, the relationship between Pji and Sji and the change with respect to time or locations for evaluating the physiological ... // - 1 - ... 11/17/05 - 20050256416 - Heart rate detecting and displaying device A heart rate device includes a watch member having an area to show digit number of heart rates of users, and having another area to show status of the heart rates with different colors. An attaching device may be used to attach the watch member to the users, and may ... 11/17/05 - 20050256415 - Ecg rhythm advisory method A method of automatically determining which type of treatment is most appropriate for a cardiac arrest victim, the method comprising transforming one or more time domain electrocardiogram (ECG) signals into a frequency domain representation comprising a plurality of discrete frequency bands, combining the discrete frequency bands into a plurality of ... 11/17/05 - 20050256414 - Procedure for detection of stress by segmentation and analyzing a heart beat signal The invention relates a procedure for the detection of stress state, wherein ambulatory heart beat signal is measured. In the first phase segments are defined from heart beat signal with a chosen rule for segmentation. Then at least one segment describing a physiological state with elevated cardiac activity due to ... 11/17/05 - 20050256413 - Apparatus for analyzing cardiac events An apparatus for detecting cardiac events in electrograms has a feature extraction unit that derives features of the cardiac events for discriminating among different types of cardiac events. A clustering unit groups cardiac events with similar features into respective clusters defined by predetermined cluster features. The feature extraction unit determines ... 11/10/05 - 20050251058 - Organism information measuring device To prevent a generation of an interference between a data reception operation and a notification operation in an organism information measuring device of an electromagnetic induction system. When a detected signal that a heart beat detecting part has transmitted is received by a reception section by electromagnetic induction, a control ... 11/10/05 - 20050251057 - Method and apparatus for facilitating the provision of healthcare services The invention concerns a method and apparatus for facilitating the provision of health care services using, for example, an application service provider. In one embodiment of the invention, a server computer, physiological testing unit and one or more computer program products coordinate with one another to perform the following tasks. ... 11/10/05 - 20050251056 - Method and apparatus for processing respiration data and assessing autonomic function Embodiments of the invention concern methods and apparatuses for deriving respiratory data from both single lead and multi-lead ECG data recordings. Other embodiments of the invention address the assessment of respiration rate from respiratory data such as respiratory data derived from ECG data. Still other embodiments of the invention address ... 11/10/05 - 20050251055 - Method and apparatus for detecting physiologic signals The invention analyzes relationships between factors, within a patient population, to identify autonomic dysfunction patterns. Patient test results are then compared with the identified patterns to determine the patient's autonomic function. The invention can continually amend the patient population with new test results to create increasingly accurate normative data sets ... 11/10/05 - 20050251054 - Method and apparatus for measurement of autonomic nervous system function The invention analyzes relationships between factors, within a patient population, to identify autonomic dysfunction patterns. Patient test results are then compared with the identified patterns to determine the patient's autonomic function. The invention can continually amend the patient population with new test results to create increasingly accurate normative data sets ... 10/27/05 - 20050240112 - System and method for detecting and locating heart disease A method is delineated for detecting and locating coronary artery and heart disease comprising the steps of obtaining electrocardiograph (EKG) signals from a patient, modifying the EKG signals, and establishing a base value for use in evaluating modified EKG signals. The step of modifying includes the steps of amplifying the ... 10/27/05 - 20050240111 - Method of managing health and system for performing the same A system of managing health comprises a medical terminal, a cellular phone, a satellite, and a medical server. The medical terminal measures health condition of a patient, and generates a measure signal having information concerning the measure result. The cellular phone generates a health information signal having information concerning health ... 10/20/05 - 20050234355 - System and method for sudden cardiac death prediction A device that calculates a sudden cardiac death score based on acquired patient data. A system and method that combines independent indications of sudden cardiac death to predict sudden cardiac death. The system can include various cardiology test systems interconnected to a sudden cardiac death prediction system. ... 10/20/05 - 20050234354 - System and method for assessing a patient's risk of sudden cardiac death A system and method for assessing a patient's risk of sudden cardiac death. One method of the invention can include acquiring patient data at one of a plurality of healthcare locations, identifying the patient as being worthy of an on-going sudden cardiac death risk assessment based on the acquired patient ... 10/20/05 - 20050234353 - Method and apparatus for analysis of non-invasive cardiac parameters Method and apparatus for assessing a patient's cardiac vulnerability to sudden cardiac death. The method can include defining a relationship between depolarization and repolarization, determining a first value representative of the relationship for a first beat, determining a second value representative of the relationship for a second beat, and analyzing ... 10/13/05 - 20050228305 - Electocardiogram analysis device and method thereof An electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis device and method capable of easily aiding in the diagnosis of heart disease. A CPU of ECG radar chart device runs 12-lead ECG on a patient. The CPU extracts identified values (which are based on P wave, Q wave, R wave, S wave, ST segment, or ... 10/06/05 - 20050222508 - Cardiac diagnostic system and method Computer method and apparatus of analyzing ECG signals of a subject include receiving a subject electrocardiogram signal and comparing it against signal patterns of known cardiac syndromes. A library of example predefined signals is employed. Distance measures indicating similarity of the subject signal to the example predefined signals are produced ... 10/06/05 - 20050222507 - Computer method and system for reading and analyzing ecg signals Computer method and apparatus for reading and analyzing ECG signals includes applying a plurality of heart condition detectors to a subject ECG signal. Each detector produces a respective indication of likelihood of certain heart conditions existing in the subject. A lattice having annotations of the different detector heart conditions is ... 09/22/05 - 20050209523 - Biological information measurement device connection unit A cradle includes a holding portion receiving and holding a device main body of a portable electrocardiograph, a connection terminal electrically connected to an external terminal unit and connected to an output terminal provided in the device main body of the portable electrocardiograph while the device main body of the ... 09/08/05 - 20050197587 - Determining a surface geometry of an object Methods for determining a surface geometry of an object, including determining a first projection matrix based on a first imaging device, determining a second projection matrix based on a second imaging device, obtaining at least one first two-dimensional (2D) image of the object using the first imaging device, obtaining at ... 09/08/05 - 20050197586 - Method of and system for signal separation during multivariate physiological monitoring Multiple electrode contacts make electrical connections to the anterior and/or posterior chest for multivariate characterization of the electrical activation of the heart. A central processing unit derives synthetic composite electrographic signals as well as flag signals for specific purposes. A preferred embodiment uses this system to trigger or gate magnetic ... 09/01/05 - 20050192505 - Method for discriminating between ventricular and supraventricular arrhythmias The present invention is directed toward a detection architecture for use in implantable cardiac rhythm devices. The detection architecture of the present invention provides methods and devices for discriminating between arrhythmias. Moreover, by exploiting the enhanced specificity in the origin of the identified arrhythmia, the detection architecture can better discriminate ... 09/01/05 - 20050192504 - Cardiac rhythm management system with noise detector A system, method, or device determines whether noise is present on a sampled and/or digitized sensed intrinsic cardiac signal based on a moving count of turning/inflection points of the signal. If noise is detected, the manner in which the cardiac signal is acquired, or the manner in which the device ... 09/01/05 - 20050192503 - Diagnostic method utilizing standard lead ecg signals A new and superior strategy for analyzing electrocardiograms (ECG) is disclosed. The strategy utilizes standard leads obtained from only limb electrodes from a conventional electrocardiography system. The strategy determines new additional leads which are utilized in a new calculation of values which upon appropriate analysis, provide new information as to ... 08/18/05 - 20050182335 - Biological information measurement device A portable electrocardiograph serving as a biological information measurement device includes a negative electrode and a positive electrode brought in contact with a living body, a processing circuit processing a biological electric signal detected by these measurement electrodes, an output terminal for supplying the obtained biological information to an external ... 08/18/05 - 20050182334 - Distributed cardiac activity monitoring with selective filtering System and techniques for distributed monitoring of cardiac activity include selective T wave filtering. In general, in one implementation, a distributed cardiac activity monitoring system includes a monitoring apparatus, with a selectively activated T wave filter, and a monitoring station. The monitoring apparatus can include a communications interface, a real-time ... 08/18/05 - 20050182333 - Electrocardiograohy chart apparatus and method thereof An electrocardiogram (ECG) chart device and method capable of easily assisting with the diagnosis of heart disease. Hexagonal radar charts displayed on a screen act as indicators of feature values corresponding to data obtained from each of 12 electrode leads and correlated with the related portions of the heart. For ... 08/11/05 - 20050177053 - Method and system of increasing safety of cardiac ablation procedures Method and system of increasing safety of ablation of cardiac arrythmias, especially AVNRT and antero-septal accessory pathway ablations. A computer based system acquires, conditions, and analyzes the timing relationships between atrial and ventricualr signals during normal sinus (NSR) and junctional rhythms (JR) during ablation. If the timing analyses determines a ... 08/11/05 - 20050177052 - Wireless ecg system A cardiac monitoring system and, more particularly, a wireless electrocardiograph (ECG) system. The present invention detects electrical signals from a patient's heart and transmits the signals digitally to a remote base station via telemetry. The base station converts the digital signals back to an analog electrical signals that can be ... 08/11/05 - 20050177051 - Apparatus and method for monitoring heart rate variability A wrist-worn or arm band worn heart rate variability monitor is provided. Heart rate variability (“HRV”) refers to the variability of the time interval between heartbeats and is a reflection of an individual's current health status. Over time, an individual may use the results of HRV tests to monitor either ... 08/11/05 - 20050177050 - System and method for storing, accessing, and displaying specialized patient information and other medical information The invention provides a system and method of providing a user with specialized patient information comprising: uploading, storing, requesting, receiving, and displaying cardiological patient information for a patient. The display of the cardiological information is configured to optimal care to be provided to a patient. ... 08/11/05 - 20050177049 - System and a method for analyzing ecg curvature A system or a method for analysing ECG curvature is provided, in which where at least one among a number of different parameters is isolated. The system has an input device connected to an ECG source, where the different parameters of a received ECG curvature are indicated and/or isolated and ... 08/11/05 - 20050177048 - Wireless heartbeat signal receiving module with anti-electromagnetic shielding A wireless heartbeat signal receiving module includes a shielding box made of a metal material without magnetic permeability and covering a receiver antenna on a circuit base inside the module. The shielding box is electrically connected to a ground path on the circuit base, so as to effectively isolate the ... 07/28/05 - 20050165319 - Portable ecg device with wireless communication interface to remotely monitor patients and method of use A portable ECG monitor and an overall system for remotely monitoring cardiac function of a patient is disclosed, together with a method of use. The portable ECG includes a multi-lead, multi-channel ECG monitor and a wireless communication device connected to the ECG monitor to receive patient ECG data and transmit ... 07/28/05 - 20050165318 - Portable ecg device with wireless communication interface to remotely monitor patients and method of use A portable ECG monitor and an overall system for remotely monitoring cardiac function of a patient is disclosed, together with a method of use. The portable ECG includes a multi-lead, multi-channel ECG monitor and a wireless communication device connected to the ECG monitor to receive patient ECG data and transmit ... 07/21/05 - 20050159666 - Apparatus and methods for documenting myocardial ischemia Methods and apparatus are provided for documenting the myocardial ischemia of a patient's heart. The apparatus comprises an ECG monitor and data collector configured to receive electrocardial data about the patient's heart. The apparatus further comprises a cardiac marker data collector configured to receive cardiac marker data about the patient's ... 07/21/05 - 20050159665 - Synthesizing a reference value in an electrocardial waveform A method for synthesizing a reference value in an electrocardial waveform includes identifying a triggering event within the electrocardial waveform. The method also includes waiting a period of time after the triggering event until the electrocardial waveform enters an interval of relative inactivity, sampling the electrocardial waveform during the interval ... 07/14/05 - 20050154324 - Device for measuring electrocardiogram with tapeless format and its method The present invention is in relative to a a device for measuring electrocardiogram with tapeless format and its method, especially the electrocardiogram measure device which measures electrocardiogram signals via electrodes with flat shape touching with two roots between total four fingers of two hands or electrodes embedded-in thereon only touching ... 07/14/05 - 20050154323 - Response and locating system and a position indication marker device The invention relates to a response system for detecting, locating and responding to a person in an abnormal physiological condition, said system comprising positioning means (12) arranged to provide an information about an actual location of the person and monitoring means (11) arranged to monitor an abnormality in the physiological ... 07/07/05 - 20050148891 - Storage system, control method for storage system, and storage control unit The present invention relates to a storage system, including a first storage unit having a first storage volume for storing data, and a second storage unit having a second storage volume communicably connected with the first storage unit, wherein the first storage unit further comprises a replication data transmission unit ... 07/07/05 - 20050148890 - Alarm notification system and receiver incorporating multiple functions A medical monitoring system generates notification messages indicating that a patient being monitored may have a condition that requires attention. The system then wirelessly transfers the notification messages to a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device may include a processing circuit configured to receive the notification messages. The processing ... 07/07/05 - 20050148889 - Wristwatch-typed heartbeat sensing device with two pairs of contacts A wristwatch-typed heartbeat sensing device includes a casing which defines a hollow space for the mounting of a circuit board, a pair of top conductive contacts which include a first top conductive contact and a second top conductive contact, the first and second top conductive contacts separately mounted on the ... 07/07/05 - 20050148888 - Analysis method about relationship of beating signal and heart function This is one analysis method about probing into relationship of beating signal and heart function. It is used to deal with one beating signal, which is measured from one subject under any activity condition in a period of time with an electric manometer. And this analysis could be the reference ... 06/30/05 - 20050143670 - Portable electrocardiograph A portable electrocardiograph includes a first electrode on an outer surface of a device main body and a second electrode drawn outside the device main body via a connection cable. The first electrode and the second electrode are brought into contact with a body surface. Then, a potential difference between ... 06/30/05 - 20050143669 - Biological signal detection apparatus holter electrocardiograph and communication system of biological signals An electrode 4 for detecting a biological signal and a loop antenna 3 are integrally mounted on a support 2 placed on the surface of a living body and a transmitter 5 is placed on the support 2. A biological signal detected on the electrode 4 is input through a ... 06/30/05 - 20050143668 - Automatic diagnosing method for autonomic nervous system and device thereof An automatic diagnosing method for the autonomic nervous system and a device thereof are described. The device comprises a sensor, a computing device and an output device. An electrode of the sensor is adhered to the skin surface of a subject to detect and output the heart beat signal of ... 06/30/05 - 20050143667 - Wireless heart rate sensing system and method Disclosed is a wireless heart rate sensing system which comprises: an oscillator for generating signals of a specific frequency; a power divider for dividing power of the signals generated by the oscillator; a transmit antenna for radiating a first signal output by the power divider to a patient's chest; a ... 06/30/05 - 20050143666 - Electrocardiograph The present invention is to provide an electrocardiograph which can measure an electrocardiographic complex easily at occurrence of events in a subject, display it and transmit it. This electrocardiograph is to be constituted of a body case which is held on a chest of a subject and in which an ... 06/23/05 - 20050137484 - Method and apparatus for the early diagnosis of subacute, potentially catastrophic illness In one aspect of the invention, there is provided a method and apparatus for early detection of subacute, potentially catastrophic infectious illness in a premature newborn infant. The method comprises: (a) continuously monitoring heart rate variability in the premature newborn infant; and (b) identifying at least one characteristic abnormality in ... 06/23/05 - 20050137483 - Electrogram signal filtering in systems for detecting ischemia The present invention is a system that utilizes optimized high pass or band pass filtering to provide accurate detection of changes in the ST segment of an electrogram as detected by an implanted cardiosaver system, which ST segment changes are indicative of coronary ischemia. To accurately detect changes in the ... 06/23/05 - 20050137482 - Method and arrangement for predicting perioperative myocardial ischemia A method and an arrangement for predicting perioperative myocardial ischemia. In the invention heart rate measurements are carried out for example at night- and day-time before the operation to obtain heart rate data. The heart rate data obtained is carried to a device configured to carry out heart rate variability ... 06/09/05 - 20050124902 - Electrical and audio anatomy-signal sensor system A sensor system for the combined, simultaneous, common-axis collection of heart-produced acoustical and electrical signals. The system includes (a) a hollow-interior body of revolution possessing an axis of revolution which is substantially coincident with the common signal-collection axis, (b) an electrode structure mounted on the outside of the body and ... 06/09/05 - 20050124901 - Method and apparatus for electrophysiological and hemodynamic real-time assessment of cardiovascular fitness of a user The invention relates to a method and apparatus for real-time assessment of one or more electrical and one or more hemodynamic parameters for the evaluation of cardiovascular fitness. The invention comprises simultaneous analysis of electrical (ECG) and hemodynamic (Impedance Cardiogram—ICG) activities of the heart by evaluating said activities using characteristic ... 06/09/05 - 20050124900 - Method and apparatus for detecting change in physiologic parameters A method and apparatus for detection of changes in physiologic parameters of a patient that includes generating measured physiologic parameters, generating an adaptive baseline trend of the measured physiologic parameters corresponding to a first time period, generating a short term trend of the measured physiologic parameters corresponding to a second ... 06/02/05 - 20050119582 - Biological signal detection apparatus holter electrocardiograph and communication system of biological signals An electrode 4 for detecting a biological signal and a loop antenna 3 are integrally mounted on a support 2 placed on the surface of a living body and a transmitter 5 is placed on the support 2. A biological signal detected on the electrode 4 is input through a ... 06/02/05 - 20050119581 - Biological signal detection apparatus holter electrocardiograph and communication system of biological signals A communication system has a Holter electrocardiograph having a biological signal detection apparatus having a transmitter 10 for processing and telemetering signals detected by a plurality of electrodes supported on supports for detecting biological signals, a receiver 14 for receiving the signal telemetered from the transmitter, demodulating the received signal, ... 06/02/05 - 20050119580 - Controlling access to a medical monitoring system Systems and techniques for remote medical monitoring. In one implementation, a method includes monitoring a first medical condition of an individual, the monitoring being initiated remotely by a monitoring service, receiving a query relating to a second medical condition of the individual, transmitting a response to the query to the ... 06/02/05 - 20050119579 - Cardiac event detector A detector for detecting a cardiac event in an IEGM has a bank of digital filters composed of at least two filters with substantially different impulse responses corresponding to different properties of the cardiac event. The filters respectively filter different portions of the IEGM and respectively emit a value per ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |