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Apparatus and method for detecting atrial fibrillation

  • US 20040230109A1
  • Filed: 09/17/2003
  • Published: 11/18/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for detecting atrial fibrillation, comprising repetitively obtaining a plurality of groups of n successive RR intervals from a patient'"'"'s heart potentials, n being a natural number greater than 1, defining a plurality of points in an n-dimensional space of numbers, each point representing one of said groups of n successive RR intervals, to form a characteristic distribution of said points, comparing said characteristic distribution with at least one normal distribution derived from a healthy heart, and generating at least one state signal representing the state of the heart from said deviation.

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