Implantable ambulatory electrocardiogram monitor

Patent 5113869 Issued on May 19, 1992. Estimated Expiration Date:

August 21, 2010. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Telectronics Pacing Systems, Inc.

Application

No. 570379 filed on 08/21/1990

US Classes:

600/508, Heart128/903, RADIO TELEMETRY600/518Tachycardia or fibrillation detected

Examiners

Primary: Kamm, William E.
Assistant: Getzow, Scott M.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Gottlieb, Rackman & Reisman

Foreign Patent References

0001708 EP. 05/13/1979
029804 EP. 01/13/1987
2060174 GB. 04/13/1981

International Class

A61N 001/05

Abstract

An implanted programmable ambulatory electrocardiography (AECG) patient monitoring device that senses and analyzes electrocardiographic signals from at least one subcutaneous precordial sensor chronically and frequently to detect electrocardiogram and physiological signal characteristics predictive of malignant cardiac arrhythmias. The device includes telemetric capabilities to communicate a warning signal to an external device when such arrhythmias are predicted.

Other References

J. D. Meindl et al., "Implantable Telemetry in Biomedical Research;" IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. BME-31, No. 12, Dec. 1984, pp. 817-82