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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2006
Applicants:
William Ryan Overall, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Daniel Francis, Los Altos, CA (US);
Aimee Brigitte Angel, Atherton, CA (US);
R. Hardwin Mead, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
William Ryan Overall, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Daniel Francis, Los Altos, CA (US);
Aimee Brigitte Angel, Atherton, CA (US);
R. Hardwin Mead, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/103 (2006.01); A61B 5/02 (2006.01); A61N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems, devices and methods for detecting and monitoring cardiac dysfunction. The devices include motion sensors for detecting signals representative of the total movement of the heart, and of the apex of the heart in particular.