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Systems and methods for detecting strokes

  • US 10,537,262 B2
  • Filed: 05/14/2015
  • Issued: 01/21/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for detecting a type of stroke, comprising:

  • a heart-monitoring device configured to acquire heart data regarding a heart rhythm of a patient,andwherein the heart-monitoring device acquires heart data using micro impulse radar; and

    a processing circuit configured to;

    receive the heart data and determine an occurrence of atrial fibrillation based on the heart data;

    receive physiological data regarding a physiological characteristic of the patient and determine an occurrence of a stroke based on the physiological data,determine that the stroke was an embolic stroke based on whether the atrial fibrillation and the stroke occurred within a predetermined time period; and

    control operation of a computing device to provide an output based on the determination that the stroke was an embolic stroke,wherein the output comprising at least one of a sound, a visual indicator, and information regarding the stroke experienced by the patient transmitted to a device.

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