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Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2013
Applicant:

Nihon Kohden Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takashi Kaiami, Tokyo, JP;

Tsuneo Takayanagi, Tokyo, JP;

Masato Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0472 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0452 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0472 (2013.01); A61B 5/0452 (2013.01); A61B 5/7246 (2013.01);
Abstract

A TWA measuring apparatus includes: a grouping section which is configured to group electrocardiogram waveforms of a subject in increments of a first beat number, to generate a plurality of first groups; a storage section which is configured to store the electrocardiogram waveforms; a testing section which is configured to test a statistical intergroup difference of measurement values of the electrocardiogram waveforms of the first groups; a heartbeat condition determining section which is configured to determine that a heartbeat condition is unstable, when a significant statistical difference exists between the first groups; and a TWA measuring section which is configured to measure variation in heartbeat by using the stored electrocardiogram waveforms, when it is determined that the heartbeat condition is unstable.


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