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Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2008
Applicants:

Cem Shaquer, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Jong Gill, Valencia, CA (US);

Fujian Qu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Cem Shaquer, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Jong Gill, Valencia, CA (US);

Fujian Qu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Detection of atrial fibrillation involves detecting a plurality of ventricular events and obtaining a series of probabilities of AF, each corresponding to a probability of AF for a different beat window having a plurality of ventricular events. AF onset is detected when one or each of a plurality of consecutive AF probabilities satisfies an AF trigger threshold. AF termination is detected when one or each of a plurality of consecutive AF probabilities does not satisfy the AF trigger threshold. Upon detection of AF onset, ventricular events are processed to detect for a sudden onset of irregularity of the ventricular events. AF onset is confirmed when sudden onset is detected and overturned when sudden onset is not detected.


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