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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Topera, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Sanjiv Narayan, La Jolla, CA (US);
Carey Robert Briggs, La Jolla, CA (US);
Ruchir Sehra, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);
Topera, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are provided for identifying a driver of a source associated with a heart rhythm disorder. Data are accessed from a plurality of sensors representing biological activity in the heart. A local first region of the heart that has repeating activation and determine whether the first region controls a second distant region of the heart for at least a predetermined number of beats is identified. The first local region is assigned as a driver of a source of the heart rhythm disorder, the source including the first local region and the second distant region.