Apparatus, software, and methods for cardiac pulse detection using a piezoelectric sensor
First Claim
1. A medical device for detecting the presence of a cardiac pulse, comprising:
- a piezoelectric sensor having a transducing element configured for placement on the surface of a patient'"'"'s body, the transducing element being adapted to sense movement in the patient'"'"'s body due to a cardiac pulse and produce piezoelectric signal data in response thereto; and
processing circuitry configured to analyze the piezoelectric signal data for a feature indicative of the presence of a cardiac pulse and determine whether a cardiac pulse is present based on the feature.
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Abstract
Signal data obtained from a piezoelectric sensor placed on a patient'"'"'s body is used to detect the presence of a cardiac pulse. The piezoelectric sensor has a transducing element adapted to sense movement due to a cardiac pulse and produce piezoelectric signal data in response thereto. Processing circuitry analyzes the piezoelectric signal data for a feature indicative of a cardiac pulse and determines whether a cardiac pulse is present in the patient based on the feature. In one aspect, the feature may be a temporal feature such as a relative change in energy. In another aspect, the feature may be a spectral feature such as the energy or frequency of a peak in the energy spectrum of the signal. In yet another aspect, the feature may be obtained by comparing the piezoelectric signal data with a previously-identified pattern known to predict the presence of a cardiac pulse. Multiple features may also be obtained from the piezoelectric signal data and classified to determine the presence of a cardiac pulse.
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123 Claims
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1. A medical device for detecting the presence of a cardiac pulse, comprising:
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a piezoelectric sensor having a transducing element configured for placement on the surface of a patient'"'"'s body, the transducing element being adapted to sense movement in the patient'"'"'s body due to a cardiac pulse and produce piezoelectric signal data in response thereto; and
processing circuitry configured to analyze the piezoelectric signal data for a feature indicative of the presence of a cardiac pulse and determine whether a cardiac pulse is present based on the feature. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 31, 32, 36, 38, 40, 41, 46, 47, 49)
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87. A method of determining the presence of a cardiac pulse, comprising:
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obtaining piezoelectric signal data from a sensor having a piezoelectric transducing element placed on the surface of a patient'"'"'s body;
analyzing the piezoelectric signal data for a feature indicative of the presence of a cardiac pulse; and
determining whether a cardiac pulse is present in the patient based on the feature in the piezoelectric signal data. - View Dependent Claims (88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 111, 112, 114, 117, 118)
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119. A method for delivering electrotherapy that provides pacing stimuli and seeks capture of a cardiac pulse in a patient, the method comprising:
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delivering a pacing stimulus to the patient;
obtaining piezoelectric signal data from a sensor having a piezoelectric transducing element placed on the surface of the patient'"'"'s body;
analyzing the piezoelectric signal data to determine whether a cardiac pulse occurred in the patient after delivery of the pacing stimulus; and
if a cardiac pulse did not occur in the patient after delivery of the pacing stimulus, increasing the current of further pacing stimuli to be delivered to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (122)
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