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Method of and apparatus for detecting arrhythmia and fibrillation

  • US 20030055351A1
  • Filed: 10/30/2002
  • Published: 03/20/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1999
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of verifying regular cardiac activity, said method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) determining a plurality of time intervals each corresponding to a respective time period between successive ones of a sequence of heartbeats;

    (b) determining a mean and a standard deviation of said plurality of time intervals; and

    (c) determining, when a quotient formed by dividing said standard deviation by said mean is less than a threshold value, that the cardiac activity is regular.

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