Method for Monitoring or Treating Nervous System Disorders
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Abstract
A medical device system that includes a brain monitoring element, cardiac monitoring element and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a brain signal from the brain monitoring element and a cardiac signal from the cardiac monitoring element. The processor is further configured to compare the brain signal to the cardiac signal. A method of comparing a brain signal to a cardiac signal is also provided.
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64 Claims
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39. A method for comparing a brain signal and a cardiac signal, comprising:
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receiving a brain signal for a period of time; receiving a cardiac signal for a period of time; obtaining information identifying one or more neurological events in the brain signal; obtaining information identifying one or more cardiac events in the cardiac signal; and comparing the brain signal and the cardiac signal to determine a relationship between the one or more neurological events and the one or more cardiac events. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A method for comparing a brain signal to a cardiac signal, comprising:
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receiving a brain signal for a period of time; receiving a cardiac signal for a period of time; obtaining information identifying one or more neurological events in the brain signal; obtaining information identifying one or more cardiac events in the cardiac signal; and comparing the brain signal and the cardiac signal to determine a relationship between the one or more neurological events and the one or more cardiac events, the comparing comprising categorizing each of the identified neurological events as cardiac matched when there is a cardiac event within a specified time period of the neurological event; and computing a rate of concordance between the neurological events and the cardiac events based on the number of cardiac matched events and the number of neurological events. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A method for comparing a brain signal to a cardiac signal, comprising:
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receiving a brain signal for a period of time; receiving a cardiac signal for a period of time; obtaining information identifying one or more neurological events in the brain signal; obtaining information identifying one or more cardiac events in the cardiac signal; and comparing the brain signal and the cardiac signal to determine a relationship between the one or more neurological events and the one or more cardiac events, the comparing comprising obtaining information categorizing each cardiac event as one or more of first type cardiac event and second type cardiac event. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64)
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