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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
David J. Shine, Hamden, CT (US);
Assignee:
GE Marquette Medical Systems, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/04 ;
Abstract
A method of detecting heart beat coincidence includes receiving first and second signals from first and second heart beat sources. The method further includes detecting first heart beat occurrences on the first signal, each first heart beat occurrence having a respective time associated therewith and detecting second heart beat occurrences on the second signal, each second heart beat occurrence having a respective time associated therewith. The method further includes comparing the times of the first and second heart beat occurrences to detect coincidence.