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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2014
Applicants:

The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);

Topera, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sanjiv Narayan, La Jolla, CA (US);

Carey Robert Briggs, La Jolla, CA (US);

Ruchir Sehra, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0452 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/042 (2006.01); A61B 5/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02405 (2013.01); A61B 5/0006 (2013.01); A61B 5/02444 (2013.01); A61B 5/044 (2013.01); A61B 5/04012 (2013.01); A61B 5/0422 (2013.01); A61B 5/0452 (2013.01); A61B 5/6852 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0475 (2013.01); A61B 2562/04 (2013.01);
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.


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