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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:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2003
Applicant:
Tran Thong, Portland, OR (US);
Inventor:
Tran Thong, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0452 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention is for a method for predicting an imminent episode of ventricular tachyarrhythmia by an analysis of the variations in the heart beat frequency during otherwise normal appearing sinus rhythm in the normal beat frequency range. The analysis is based on detecting a prolonged pattern of increasing heart beat rate. When the method is implemented by hardware it can initiate, or cause to be initiated, preventive therapies. A further implementation can cause the patient or attendant to be notified of imminent ventricular tachyarrhythmia. Both implantable and external devices are considered.