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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2011
Wangcai Liao, Houston, TX (US);
Jicong Zhang, Gainsville, FL (US);
Wangcai Liao, Houston, TX (US);
Jicong Zhang, Gainsville, FL (US);
CYBERONICS, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for characterizing a seizure event in a patient, including determining a time of beat sequence of the patient's heart, determining a first HR measure for a first window, determining a second HR measure for a second window, wherein at least a portion of the first window occurs after the second window, determining at least one HR parameter based upon said first HR measure and said second HR measure, identifying an onset of the seizure event in response to determining that at least one HR parameter crosses an onset threshold, identifying an end of the seizure event in response to determining that at least one HR parameter crosses an offset threshold.