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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2012
Shivkumar Sabesan, Houston, TX (US);
Shivkumar Sabesan, Houston, TX (US);
CYBERONICS, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for detecting seizure events are disclosed, having at least one accelerometer to be positioned on a patient and configured to collect acceleration data and a processor in communication with the at least one accelerometer and configured to receive acceleration data from the at least one accelerometer. The processor may apply at least one non-linear operator to the acceleration data to determine whether the acceleration data indicates an event, such application including calculation of a non-linear energy of the acceleration data and performance of at least one secondary analysis to determine whether the event is a seizure.