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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2003
Applicants:
Nirav V. Sheth, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Eduardo N. Warman, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Michael F. Hess, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Nirav V. Sheth, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Eduardo N. Warman, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Michael F. Hess, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for discriminating arrhythmias that includes sensing a heart rate indicative of an arrhythmia associated with a first portion of a heart, determining regularity of the sensed heart rate, determining an event interval variability associated with a second portion of the heart, and classifying the arrhythmia in response to the determined event interval variability.