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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:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2006
Applicants:
George N. Zantos, Medford, MA (US);
Patricia Hanlon-pena, Kingwood, TX (US);
Inventors:
George N. Zantos, Medford, MA (US);
Patricia Hanlon-Pena, Kingwood, TX (US);
Assignee:
Arrow International, Inc., Reading, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0456 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for generating a trigger from the R wave of an electrocardiogram (ECG) waveform using a threshold that adapts to the slope of the R wave while still within the leading edge of the R wave.