Precordior Oy

Turun Yliopisto

Tuomas Valtonen

Tero Koivisto

Mikko Pankaala

Ari Paasio

Mikko Pänkäälä

Kati Sairanen

Juhani Airaksinen

Joona Marku

Peter Virta

Tom Kuusela

Tero Hurnanen

Mojtaba Jafari Tadi

Mikko PÄNKÄÄLÄ

An apparatus for producing information indicative of cardiac malfunctions, for example atrial fibrillation, includes a processing system for processing an analysis signal produced by a sensor system responsive to motion including cardiovascular motion. The processing system is configured to form a first indicator quantity indicating degree of concentration of the autocorrelation of the analysis signal to a point corresponding to zero time difference between analysis signal samples whose mutual correlation is expressed by the autocorrelation and a second indicator quantity indicating the spectral entropy of the analysis signal. The processing system is configured to determine an indicator of cardiac malfunction on the basis of at least the first indicator quantity and the second indicator quantity.

Method and apparatus for producing information indicative of cardiac malfunctions

An apparatus for determining information indicative of cardiac malfunctions and abnormalities includes a processing device () configured to detect amplitude variation from a signal indicative of cardiovascular motion, where the amplitude variation element variation of the amplitude of a wave pattern, e.g. the AO-peak, repeating on the heart-beat rate on the signal. The processing device is configured to determine, at least partly on the basis of the detected amplitude variation, an indicator of cardiac malfunction and abnormality.

Method and apparatus for determining information indicative of cardiac malfunctions and abnormalities

An apparatus for determining information indicative of cardiac malfunctions includes a processing device () configured to detect whether the time-trend of a signal indicative of cardiovascular motion manifests an indicative phenomenon where the amplitude of a first heartbeat is greater than the amplitude of a second heartbeat and the temporary heartbeat rate is greater prior to the first heartbeat than prior to the second heartbeat. The processing device is further configured to produce an indicator of cardiac malfunction, e.g. an indicator of atrial fibrillation, in response to a situation in which the indicative phenomenon is detected to be present.

Method and apparatus for determining information indicative of cardiac malfunctions

An apparatus for determining information indicative of cardiac malfunctions and abnormalities includes a processing device () configured to extract, from a signal indicative of electromagnetic phenomena related to cardiac activity, a first wave pattern repeating on a heart-beat rate and, from a signal indicative of cardiovascular motion, a second wave pattern repeating on the heart-beat rate. The processing device is configured to form timing data such that each timing value of the timing data is indicative of a time period from a reference point of the first wave pattern belonging to one heart-beat period to a reference point of the second wave pattern belonging to the same heart-beat period. The processing device is configured to determine, at least partly on the basis of the timing data, an indicator of cardiac malfunction and abnormality.

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Tuomas Valtonen