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System for, and method of, monitoring heartbeats of a patient

  • US 20060129052A1
  • Filed: 12/09/2004
  • Published: 06/15/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a method of determining characteristics of a patient'"'"'s heart, the steps of:

  • providing signals indicating characteristics of a patient'"'"'s present heartbeats, providing signals indicating characteristics of previous heartbeats of the patient, comparing characteristics of the patient'"'"'s present and previous heartbeats to select one of the patient'"'"'s previous heartbeats closest in characteristics to the characteristics of the patient'"'"'s present heartbeats, providing heartbeats of third parties, each of the heartbeats being indicative of a normal heartbeat or of a heart problem different from heart problems indicated by other heartbeats of the third parties, and comparing the selected one of the patient'"'"'s previous heartbeats and the heartbeats of the third parties to select one of the heartbeats of the third parties closest in characteristics to the characteristics of the selected one of the patient'"'"'s previous heartbeats.

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