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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2009
Applicants:
Mikko Tulppo, Oulu, FI;
Arto Hautala, Oulu, FI;
Antti Kiviniemi, Oulu, FI;
Hannu Kinnunen, Oulu, FI;
Jukka Jaatinen, Kempele, FI;
Inventors:
Mikko Tulppo, Oulu, FI;
Arto Hautala, Oulu, FI;
Antti Kiviniemi, Oulu, FI;
Hannu Kinnunen, Oulu, FI;
Jukka Jaatinen, Kempele, FI;
Assignee:
Polar Electro Oy, Kempele, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus, a method and a computer program for the determination of sympathetic activity are disclosed. The method comprises: receiving heart activity data of a person; determining a recovery heart rate change speed during a recovery heart rate period in the heart activity data; and determining a sympathetic activity state of the sympathetic nervous system of the person based on the determined recovery heart rate change speed.