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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:
Mar. 08, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Saumarez, Old Coulsdon, GB;
Anthony Murphy, Leichhardt, AU;
Assignee:
Telectronics Pacing Systems, Inc., Englewood, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
607-5 ; 607 14 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting and reverting pathological heart rhythms of a patient are disclosed. A plurality of electrical heart rhythm signals of the patient are sensed at two different locations within the heart. The cross-phase spectra of the sensed heart rhythm signals for each heartbeat are calculated and such heart rhythms are classified based upon the information contained in the cross-phase spectra. Appropriate therapy is then delivered to the patient's heart to revert those of the heart rhythms that are classified as pathological.