System for Cardiac Status Determination
First Claim
1. A system for heart performance characterization and abnormality detection, comprising:
- an interface for receiving a set of sampled data values representing patient blood pressure occurring during individual heart cycles of a plurality of sequential heart cycles;
a signal processor for generating a mathematical distribution using the received sampled data set and calculating,(a) a first value substantially comprising an average of the sampled data set,(b) a second value substantially comprising a distribution value at a first deviation point from the average of the data set and(c) a ratio of the first and second value as a representation of blood pressure variation; and
a comparator for comparing said ratio with a threshold value to provide a comparison indicator; and
a patient monitor for in response to said comparison indicator indicating said ratio exceeds the threshold value, generating an alert message associated with the threshold.
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Abstract
A system improves detection and diagnosis of blood pressure based cardiac function and tissue activities by analyzing and characterizing cardiac blood pressure signals (including non-invasive and invasive blood pressure, discrete values and continuous waveforms) using pressure signal variation and variability calculation and evaluation. The system combines blood pressure analysis with multi clinical related factors and parameters to detect and quantify cardiac health status and arrhythmia severity. The system determines an accurate time, location and severity of cardiac pathology and events by calculating blood pressure variability and statistical variation. The accurately and reliably identifies cardiac disorders, differentiates cardiac arrhythmias, characterizes pathological severity, predicts the life-threatening events, and supports evaluation of drug delivery effects.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for heart performance characterization and abnormality detection, comprising:
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an interface for receiving a set of sampled data values representing patient blood pressure occurring during individual heart cycles of a plurality of sequential heart cycles; a signal processor for generating a mathematical distribution using the received sampled data set and calculating, (a) a first value substantially comprising an average of the sampled data set, (b) a second value substantially comprising a distribution value at a first deviation point from the average of the data set and (c) a ratio of the first and second value as a representation of blood pressure variation; and a comparator for comparing said ratio with a threshold value to provide a comparison indicator; and a patient monitor for in response to said comparison indicator indicating said ratio exceeds the threshold value, generating an alert message associated with the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method employed by at least one processing device for heart performance characterization and abnormality detection, comprising the activities of:
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receiving a set of sampled data values representing patient blood pressure occurring during individual heart cycles of a plurality of sequential heart cycles; generating a mathematical distribution using the received sampled data set and calculating, (a) a first value substantially comprising a distribution value at a first deviation point from the average of the data set, (b) a second value substantially comprising a distribution value at a first deviation point from the average of the data set and (c) a ratio of the first and second value as a representation of blood pressure variation; and comparing said ratio with a threshold value to provide a comparison indicator; and in response to said comparison indicator indicating said ratio exceeds the threshold value, generating an alert message associated with the threshold.
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18. A method employed by at least one processing device for heart performance characterization and abnormality detection, comprising the activities of:
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receiving a set of sampled data values representing patient blood pressure occurring during individual heart cycles of a plurality of sequential heart cycles; generating a spectrum from the received sampled data set and calculating, (a) a first value substantially comprising a frequency spectrum value at a first peak point, (b) a second value substantially comprising a frequency spectrum value at a second peak point, and (c) a ratio of the first and second value as a representation of blood pressure variation; and comparing said ratio with a threshold value to provide a comparison indicator; and in response to said comparison indicator indicating said ratio exceeds the threshold value, generating an alert message associated with the threshold.
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