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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Inventors:
Allen Keel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rupinder Bharmi, Canyon Country, CA (US);
Stuart Rosenberg, Castaic, CA (US);
Hedi Razavi, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0402 (2006.01); A61B 5/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0456 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02028 (2013.01); A61B 5/04007 (2013.01); A61B 5/0402 (2013.01); A61B 5/06 (2013.01); A61B 5/1072 (2013.01); A61B 5/1102 (2013.01); A61B 5/6851 (2013.01); A61B 5/6852 (2013.01); A61B 5/7225 (2013.01); A61B 5/6869 (2013.01); A61B 5/6885 (2013.01); A61B 5/0053 (2013.01); A61B 5/0456 (2013.01); A61B 5/062 (2013.01); A61B 5/107 (2013.01); A61B 5/1107 (2013.01); A61B 5/1114 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for quantifying myocardial kinetics by positioning two sensors on a myocardial substrate site so that one sensor is directly opposing the other along a ventricular wall; tracking a relative displacement between the two sensors; and determining whether there is an infarct based on the tracked relative displacement.