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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Shantanu Sarkar, Roseville, MN (US);
Daniel L Hansen, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Grant A Neitzell, Fridley, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/046 (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 5/0456 (2013.01); A61B 5/686 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and medical device for determining a P-wave of a cardiac signal that includes sensing the cardiac signal, determining a P-wave sensing window in response to the sensed cardiac signal, the P-wave sensing window having a first portion and a second portion, determining signal characteristics of the sensed cardiac signal within the first portion and within the second portion, comparing the determined signal characteristics, and determining the P-wave in response to the comparing.