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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185192 | Correcting for distortion in a tracking system A volume of a patient can be mapped with a system operable to identify a plurality of locations and save a plurality of locations of a mapping instrument. The mapping instrument can include one or more electrodes that can sense a voltage that can be correlated to a ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8170655 | Module and device for discerning therapeutic signals from noise in physiological data A data acquisition module for use in monitoring a plurality of physiological signals is disclosed herein. The data acquisition module may include a first signal processing path for biopotential data, a second signal processing path for therapeutic event data, and a ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8103335 | Cardiogram waveform correcting and displaying device and a method of correcting and displaying cardiogram waveforms A cardiogram waveform correcting and displaying device is disclosed that is capable of facilitating visibility of cardiogram waveforms. A first filtering system 58-1 through nth filtering system 58-n are low-cut filters, each having a fir... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099158 | System and method for selecting end of diastole and end of systole frames A method and apparatus for automatically selecting an end of diastole image frame and an end of systole image frame for cardiac analysis. In the method and apparatus, a plurality of image frames of a heart having a contrast medium injected into the heart and an elec... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8060193 | Systems and methods for graphic display of ST-segment deviation Systems and methods are provided for monitoring a patient and graphically representing ST-segment deviations. A receiver acquires, from a plurality of leads, electrocardiogram (ECG) signals that each includes an ST-segment. A processor processes the ECG signals to d... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8036735 | System for evaluating performance of an implantable medical device A system evaluates the performance of an implantable medical device, such as by using a remote external server and a user interface and stored historical physiological data of a population of congestive heart failure (CHF) patients. A processor is coupled to a patie... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032208 | System and method for displaying a histogram of cardiac events Systems, devices and methods are provided for displaying statistical distributions of cardiac events. A device embodiment comprises circuitry adapted to communicate with a medical device that is adapted to acquire data regarding cardiac events occurring at two or mo... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7966062 | Multi-color overlay system for processing and displaying electrocardiac signals In one aspect, a method for displaying closely proximate cardiac signals is provided and can include the steps of: (a) identifying one or more overlapping portions of a template signal and a data signal; (b) processing the overlapping portion so as to have a first c... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962203 | Arrhythmia display Systems, devices, structures, and methods are provided to present a visual display based on data from an implantable medical device. The display includes a chart showing the frequency of a detected type of arrhythmia over a predetermined period of time. ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7945315 | System for analysis of electrograms A system for use in analysis of electrograms comprising: an input signal generator (302); an input electrode (304) for applying an input signal to a driving region of a heart (316); an output electrode (306a-c) for receiving... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941209 | Signal analysis method Improvement in the reliability of segmentation of a signal, such as an ECG signal, is achieved through the use of duration constraints. The signal is analysed using a hidden Markov model. The duration constraints specify minimum allowed durations for specific states... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7933644 | Instantaneous autonomic nervous function and cardiac predictability based on heart and pulse rate variability analysis A system and method that can simultaneously acquire electrocardiogram or pulse rate data (42, 44, 46), dynamically perform time-frequency (70) and chaotic analysis (60) in real-time, visually display the results in a convenient graphical format ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7925337 | Systems and methods for graphic display of ST-segment deviation Systems and methods are provided for monitoring a patient and graphically representing ST-segment deviations. A receiver acquires, from a plurality of leads, electrocardiogram (ECG) signals that each includes an ST-segment. A processor processes the ECG signals to d... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7907996 | System and method for processing and presenting arrhythmia information to facilitate heart arrhythmia identification and treatment A system and method for presenting information relating to heart data can involve operations including identifying arrhythmia events in physiological data obtained for a living being, receiving human assessments of at least a portion of the arrhythmia events, determ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7907995 | Electrocardiography chart apparatus and method thereof An electrocardiogram (ECG) chart device and method capable of easily assisting with the diagnosis of heart disease. Hexagonal radar charts displayed on a screen act as indicators of feature values corresponding to data obtained from each of 12 electrode leads and co... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7860560 | Method for evaluating heart rate variability The heartbeat frequency is not constant but subject to natural variations. This change in heartbeat frequency is called the heart rate variability (HRV). A method is provided for online-displaying a HRV biofeedback signal by which the cardiovascular state of a patie... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7813792 | Method and apparatus for analyzing and editing ECG morphology and time series A method and apparatus for analyzing the QT interval characteristics of ECG signal data having a succession of waveforms produced by the beating of the heart. ECG signal data is obtained from a patient. The R-R interval and the QT intervals of the waveforms of the E... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7801596 | Physician's programmer for implantable devices having cardiac diagnostic and patient alerting capabilities A programmer is provided for an implantable medical device capable of detecting cardiac events in a human patient. The programmer has a two-way wireless data communication mechanism with the implantable medical device and a graphical user interface is included which... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7783341 | Method and apparatus for discerning therapeutic signals from noise in physiological data A data acquisition module for use in monitoring a plurality of physiological signals is disclosed herein. The data acquisition module may include a first signal processing path for biopotential data, a second signal processing path for therapeutic event data, and a ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7783342 | System and method for inferring disease similarity by shape matching of ECG time series A method for inferring disease similarity by similarity retrieval of electrocardiogram time-series, comprising: acquiring user ECG waveforms correspondingly depicting many cardiac cycles of the heart of many users stored in a database; pre-processing each of the use... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7778699 | System and method for trigger-specific recording of cardiac signals using an implantable medical device Techniques are provided for controlling the recording of intracardiac electrograms (IEGMs) within an implantable medical device such as a pacemaker, wherein the device is capable of recording different channels of IEGMs in response to different diagnostic triggers. ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7774051 | System and method for mapping electrophysiology information onto complex geometry The instant invention relates to an electrophysiology apparatus and method used to measure electrical activity occurring in a portion of tissue of a patient and to visualize the electrical activity and/or information related to the electrical activity. In particular... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7761143 | Medical telemetry system A medical telemetry system includes a first detection section for detecting a first vital sign signal using a first sensor, a transmitter 10 which modulates a signal detected by the first detection section and transmits the modulated signal by radio wave tran... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7756573 | Implantable medical device diagnostic data acquisition and storage A method carried out by a therapeutic implantable medical device includes detecting a plurality of physiologic episodes of interest, recording a single set of diagnostic data indicative of physiologic activity, determining that the single set of diagnostic data corr... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7715909 | SCG point pick process device and method A seismocardiograph using multiple accelerometer sensors to identify cardiac valve opening and closing times. A methodology for selecting event times is also disclosed. ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7596406 | Device for recording electrophysiological signals and for displaying the signals or signal information elements which are derived therefrom Device for recording electrophysiological signals and for displaying the signals or signal information elements which are derived therefrom, comprising a catheter which includes a plurality of electrodes arranged in a distributed manner for signal recording and a re... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7532924 | Cardiac rhythm management system with exercise test interface This document discusses, among other things, cardiac rhythm management systems, devices, and methods providing an exercise test interface. A patient exercise episode is identified using at least one predetermined criteria. Data associated with the episode is obtaine... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7489963 | Method of correcting for phase error induced by a down sampling routine A method and apparatus of correcting a data signal sampled at a first rate to a data signal displayed on a video monitor at a second rate is claimed. A data signal is received at a first rate. The data signal is separated into data windows. The minimum and maximum v... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7444179 | Devices, systems and methods for characterization of ventricular fibrillation and for treatment of ventricular fibrillation A method of determining a state of ventricular fibrillation, includes: measuring the rhythm of the heart during ventricular fibrillation for a period of time; creating a lagged phase space reconstruction of the measured rhythm; determining a first value related to t... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7424139 | Virtual cosmetic and reconstructive systems, methods, and apparatuses The virtual surgery systems, methods, and apparatuses that provide for the prediction, evaluation, and validation of various cosmetic and reconstructive surgical procedures. The virtual surgery systems, methods, and apparatuses utilize a scanner, measurement softwar... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421292 | System and method for controlling the recording of diagnostic medical data in an implantable medical device Techniques are provided for controlling the recording of diagnostic data, such as intracardiac electrogram (IEGM) data, so as to reduce device power consumption. In one technique, the risk of onset of an arrhythmia is evaluated and the recording of diagnostic data i... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7406348 | System and method for displaying a histogram of cardiac events Systems, devices and methods are provided for displaying statistical distributions of cardiac events. A device embodiment comprises circuitry adapted to communicate with a medical device that is adapted to acquire data regarding cardiac events occurring at two or mo... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7395107 | Magnetocardiograph In magnetocardiography, an assisting technique for a doctor diagnosing a heart disease will be provided. In the magnetocardiography, magnetism to be generated from a subject's heart is measured by a magnetic sensor, and from this measured data, a position of center ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7383081 | Training device and method A wristop heart rate monitor comprising a dial, which comprises a current heart rate indicator, which is responsive to a heart rate signal measured from a user of the wristop heart rate monitor and functionally connected to a heart rate scale, and a reference indica... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7361188 | Portable cardiac monitor A system and method for obtaining ECG signals from an ambulatory patient are disclosed herein. The system is configured to be inexpensive, small, and robust for outpatient monitoring. The system is configured to be a low power consuming device. The system provides o... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363079 | Power qualifier for electrical stimulation configurations At least one system and at least one method permit a clinician to view or hear power consumption data during a Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) system fitting procedure. For example, a clinician's programming computer includes a display of power consumption for each ef... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359837 | Peak data retention of signal data in an implantable medical device Methods and apparatus for storing data records associated with an extreme value are disclosed. Signal data is stored in a first buffer of a set of buffers. If a local extreme value for the first buffer exceeds a global extreme value, signal data is stored in a secon... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351208 | Respiration monitoring system and method An impedance variation respiration monitor determines the variation in human body impedance between two electrodes coupled to the surface of the body. One of the two electrodes is attached to the thorax below the armpit and the other of the two electrodes is attache... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353057 | Apparatus and method for detecting atrial fibrillation A lightweight, battery-operated, voltage-stabilized, bioelectronic and non-invasive measuring apparatus derives the electrical heart potentials using measuring electrodes fixed to the patient and uses electronic numerical evaluation to produce therefrom an electroni... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353063 | Generating and communicating web content from within an implantable medical device Methods, systems, and computer program products for generating and communicating web content from within an implantable medical device are provided. A method includes collecting data from a memory and/or subsystem of an implantable medical device. Upon collecting th... | 04/01/2008 |
