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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:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Applied Biomedical Systems Bv, Maastricht, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/046 (2006.01); A61B 5/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/0404 (2006.01); A61B 5/042 (2006.01); A61B 5/0456 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/046 (2013.01); A61B 5/04012 (2013.01); A61B 5/0404 (2013.01); A61B 5/042 (2013.01); A61B 5/0456 (2013.01); A61B 5/7405 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of methods, systems and devices for detecting atrial fibrillation (AF) in a patient. According to one embodiment, a hand-held atrial fibrillation detection device acquires an electrocardiogram (ECG) from the patient over a predetermined period of time. After acquiring the ECG from the patient, the device processes and analyzes the ECG and makes a determination of whether or not the patient has AF.