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7620447 Method for assessing the contraction synchronization of a heart  
A method for assessing the contraction synchronization of a heart of a patient using a set of tridimensional images of the heart, the heart having a contraction cycle, the set of tridimensional...
7618377 Galvanic isolation of a medical apparatus  
A medical device, such as an electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring apparatus, provides galvanic isolation between low voltage electronics and a plurality of externally exposed ECG (patient contact)...
7601124 Complexity-based dynamical assay for assessing the toxicity and efficacy of pharmaceutical and other therapeutic interventions  
In a subject undergoing therapeutic intervention, efficacy of the therapeutic intervention is assessed based on a series of physiologic data associated with the subject. The series of physiologic...
7597667 Method for judging irregular heartbeat  
A method for judging irregular heartbeat performs a measurement step to measure a plurality of heartbeat pulses within a time period for a user, and to measure inter-pulse durations and total pulse...
7582061 Method and apparatus for morphology-based arrhythmia classification using cardiac and other physiological signals  
A tachyarrhythmia detection and classification system classifies tachyarrhythmias based on an analysis of morphological features of a cardiac signal enhanced by using one or more physiological...
7578816 Method and system of increasing safety of cardiac ablation procedures  
Method and system of increasing safety of ablation of cardiac arrythmias, especially AVNRT and antero-septal accessory pathway ablations. A computer based system acquires, conditions, and analyzes...
7578794 Apparatus and method for detecting lung sounds using an implanted device  
Adventitious lung sounds indicative of lung congestion are detected using an implantable sensor. The sensor is adapted to be positioned adjacent to a pulmonary system and to output signals...
7577475 System, method, and apparatus for combining information from an implanted device with information from a patient monitoring apparatus  
A data set is generated by an implanted medical device, during operation of the device. The data set includes data characterizing various physiological states of the patient. The data set is...
7574371 Medical diagnosis management system  
A computerized medical diagnosis management system includes a central computer system comprising a data processor; at least one data interface operatively coupled to the data processor and...
7572232 Cardiac signal display and event detection using multiresolution Z-score transform  
A system comprising a medical device including a processor and a Z-score transformation (ZST) module. The system also includes a display in communication with the processor. The processor is...
7572231 Method of and system for signal separation during multivariate physiological monitoring  
Multiple electrode contacts make electrical connections to the anterior and/or posterior chest for multivariate characterization of the electrical activation of the heart. A central processing unit...
7572226 System and method for monitoring autonomic balance and physical activity  
An implantable device monitors the balance between sympathetic tone and parasympathetic tone as a function of an activity level. Cardio-neurological healthy users exhibit a generally sympathetic...
7569019 Analysis and use of cardiographic bioimpedance measurements  
A technique for analyzing cardiographic measurements includes receiving bioimpedance information of a subject and determining a rate of change of blood flow based on the bioimpedance information....
7559900 Cardiac sensing and detection using subcutaneous ECG signals and heart sounds  
A method and device for detecting cardiac signals that includes a first plurality of electrodes that senses cardiac signals and delivers therapy, and a second plurality of electrodes that senses...
7551962 Implantable medical device with voice responding and recording capacity  
An implantable medical device such as a cardiac pacemaker or implantable cardioverter/defibrillator with the capability of receiving communications in the form of speech spoken by the patient. An...
7549959 Stimulation arrangement for measurement of physiological signal reactivity  
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for assessing the reactivity observable in a certain physiological signal, especially the EEG signal, of a subject. In order to obtain a compact...
7537570 Automated mapping of anatomical features of heart chambers  
A method is provided to facilitate the movement of a medical device for automated mapping of anatomical surfaces of a subject's heart with a remote navigation. The method may include one or more...
7537569 Method and apparatus for detection of tachyarrhythmia using cycle lengths  
A multi-layer method for detecting atrial arrhythmias using ventricular cycle length information that includes performing a base layer algorithm for detecting the onset and offset of an atrial...
7527599 Method of determining cardiac indicators  
A system and method for determining indicators of left ventricular function, and for determining the effectiveness of a cardiac therapy are disclosed. The indicators of left ventricular function...
7526333 Sound reproduction system and method based on physical and mental states of a drive  
One of the objects of the present invention is to provide an system which can detects degradation in a driving mental state of a driver, that is, sleepiness, fatigue, fret, and so on during driving...
7520860 Detection of coronary artery disease using an electronic stethoscope  
The disclosure describes an electronic stethoscope system that automatically detects coronary artery disease in patients. The system uses an electronic stethoscope to record acoustic data from the...
7515955 Method and apparatus for adjusting cardiac event detection threshold based on dynamic noise estimation  
An implantable cardiac rhythm management (CRM) device includes a sensing and detection circuit that senses at least one cardiac signal and detects cardiac electrical events from the sensed cardiac...
7513874 Determination of an average hemodynamic index for an active implantable medical device such as cardiac pacemaker, defibrillator, cardiovertor and/or multisite device  
An active implantable medical device such as a cardiac pacemaker, defibrillator, cardiovertor and/or multisite device that is able to determine and average a hemodynamic index parameter. The...
7509166 Automatic baroreflex modulation responsive to adverse event  
An aspect of the present subject matter relates to a system for providing baroreflex stimulation. An embodiment of the system comprises an adverse event detector to sense an adverse event and...
7503898 Methods of and apparatus for monitoring heart motions  
A method of and an apparatus for monitoring the heart motion of a subject employ a probe which can be coupled to the aortic arch or to the thyroid cartilage of the subject for detecting movements...
7500955 Signal compression based on curvature parameters  
For a sampled signal, storing characteristic points generated based on parameters corresponding to curvature of the signal. The characteristic points include a time of occurrence of a lobe in a...
7493164 Application of blood pressure profile parameter to assess circadian state of patients  
A monitoring and/or stimulation device to receive a signal from a lead sensor positioned in the heart of patient. The monitoring and/or stimulation device processes the blood pressure data received...
7490222 High and low power dual CPU cardiograph data processing system with gathering an display  
An electronic data processing device with dual-CPU for processing and sensing information related to heart beatings of a human body includes the first CPU and the second CPU. The first CPU, which...
7485095 Measurement and analysis of trends in physiological and/or health data  
System comprised of a portable medical device and method for registering at least one of electrocardiographic (ECG), magnetocardiographic (MCG), physical activity, body position, respiration,...
7484129 Physiologic event monitoring device having robust internal control  
Categories are established for use in physiological monitoring devices and these categories are prioritized such that data indicative of a critical event self-triggers a communication to an...
7479112 Acoustic physiological sensor  
This document describes, among other things, a body having at least one acoustically detectable property that changes in response to a change in a physiological condition, such as ischemia. The...
7474915 Separating mixed signals containing a distorted signal  
This invention provides a novel technique separating two mixed signals. The method is particularly useful for fetal electrocardiogram estimation. A maternal electrocardiogram signal recorded at the...
7462153 Method and system for modeling cardiovascular disease using a probability regession model  
A method and system for modeling cardiovascular disease using a probability regression model is provided. A parameter estimate of a probability regression model for cardiovascular disease can be...
7462151 Method and apparatus for facilitating physiological coherence and autonomic balance  
Method and apparatus for determining the state of entrainment between biological systems which exhibit oscillatory behavior such as heart rhythms, respiration, blood pressure waves and low...
7441123 Method and apparatus for characterizing and estimating the parameters of histological and physiological biometric markers for authentication  
A plurality of electronic signals corresponding to a histological and/or physiological marker, such as a heartbeat, are obtained, from an individual and are converted into electronic signal form....
7440790 Method and apparatus for monitoring cardiac activity  
A method and apparatus for monitoring cardiac activity starting from a series of images of the heart made by X-rays. Attenuation of the X-rays is sampled on an area subject to repetitive...
7435223 Identifying infants at risk for sudden infant death syndrome  
A method for identifying infants at risk for SIDS includes applying electrodes to an infant, receiving electrical signals from the electrodes, analyzing the received electrical signals to measure...
7435222 Tele-diagnostic device  
A system, probe, and method for collecting a plurality of diagnostic information and transmitting the diagnostic information to a remote location. The system comprises a member contoured to at...
7435220 Monitoring, system for cardiac surgical operations with cardiopulmonary bypass  
A monitoring system for cardiac operations with cardiopulmonary bypass comprising: a processor operatively connected to a heart-lung machine; a pump flow detecting device connected to a pump of the...
7430447 Evoked response and impedance measures for monitoring heart failure and respiration  
An exemplary method includes acquiring impedance values over one or more respiratory cycles, determining an impedance span based on the impedance values and, based at least in part on the impedance...
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...
7412458 Method, systems and apparatuses for managing specialized healthcare needs  
The present invention provides a healthcare management system for specialized healthcare needs. The healthcare management system may include at least one database. The healthcare management system...
7412395 Automated scheduling of emergency procedure based on identification of high-risk patient  
A system and a method for scheduling an emergency procedure in response to detecting that a patient has a high probability of acute myocardial infarction. The system is able to identify patients...
7410467 Active implantable medical device including means for the evaluation of intracardiac volume  
An active implantable medical device having a plurality of connection terminals able to be connected to electrodes placed in at least three distinct respective sites in a myocardium; circuits for...
7409241 Monitoring the sympathico-vagal activity by analysis of endocardiac acceleration in an active implantable medical device  
An active implantable medical device having a function for monitoring the sympathico-vagal activity by an analysis of endocardiac acceleration. The device collects at least one physiological...
7404802 Trending of systolic murmur intensity for monitoring cardiac disease with implantable device  
Described is an implantable device configured to monitor for changes in the intensity and/or duration of a systolic murmur such as mitral regurgitation by means of an acoustic sensor. Such changes...
7395109 System for, and method of, monitoring heartbeats of a patient  
Heart monitor signals indicating a patient's heart characteristics are amplified without affecting the signal characteristics. The amplified heart monitor signals with atypical characteristics are...
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...
7392077 Method for treating a patient at risk of loss of cardiac function by cardiac ischemia  
Various methods and devices for treating a patient who has lost, or is at risk of losing cardiac function by cardiac ischemia are disclosed. Treatment includes first imaging a patient's heart, or a...
7386340 System for the diagnosis and monitoring of coronary artery disease, acute coronary syndromes, cardiomyopathy and other cardiac conditions  
Cardiac electrical data are received from a patient, manipulated to determine various useful aspects of the ECG signal, and displayed and stored in a useful form using a computer. The computer...