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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark R Pommrehn, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
James E Brewer, Maplewood, MN (US);
Mark W Kroll, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
Vital Heart Systems, Inc., Beverly, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128696 ; 128703 ; 128704 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting heart disease from an electrocardiogram (ECG) is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of acquiring the ECG signals, correcting for signal variability caused by breathing, and calculating the level of remaining variability due to myocardial function. The apparatus comprises a signal input system, a storage system, a microprocessor and an output system. The microprocessor has program logic for processing signal data in accordance with the above method.