DEVICE FOR DETECTING DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENTS

• US 20100191137A1
• Filed: 01/25/2010
• Published: 07/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ceske Vysoke Uceni Technicke V Praze, Fakulta Biomedicinskeho Inzenyrstvi
• Original Assignee: Ceske Vysoke Uceni Technicke V Praze Fakulta Biomedicinskeho Inzenyrstvi (Czech Technical, University (290275) (Independent Bank Group Incorporated)
• Inventors: FIALA, Radek, KASPAR, Jan, VITEZNIK, Martin, SMRCKA, Pavel, HANA, Karel, ROSINA, Jozef, KNEPPO, Peter, MUZIK, Jan, BRADA, Jiri
• Application Number:
  US12/692,684
• Publication Number:
  US 20100191137A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/534
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/1233 with circuits for assuring patient safety
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/1492 having a flexible, catheter-like structure, e.g. for heart ablation A61B18/1477 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00214 Expandable means emitting energy, e.g. by elements carried thereon
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00357 Endocardium
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00375 Ostium, e.g. ostium of pulmonary vein or artery
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00898 Alarms or notifications created in response to an abnormal condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/028 Microscale sensors, e.g. electromechanical sensors [MEMS]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/113 occurring during breathing

Abstract

A device for detecting diaphragm movements includes an accelerometric sensor with a fixture for attachment to the user'"'"'s chest and a conductor connected to the control module. The device is useful for detecting diaphragm movements during invasive curative procedures on the human heart, in particular during operations of atrial fibrillation.

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