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Cardiac arrhythmia detection and recording

  • US 4,457,315 A
  • Filed: 10/22/1979
  • Issued: 07/03/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Portable apparatus for detecting and recording arrhythmia in cardiac rhythm signals of ambulatory patients comprisinga battery,electrode means adapted for placement on a said ambulatory patient for developing electrical signals indicative of said cardiac rhythm signals,first means powered by said battery and responsive exclusively to portions of said electrical signals normally indicative of ventricular depolarization and independent of other portions of said electrical signals for detecting cardiac arrhythmia,said first means comprising second means responsive exclusively to time duration of said portions of said electrical signals normally indicative of ventricular depolarization for generating a first control signal and third means responsive exclusively to time intervals between said ventricular depolarization portions of said electrical signals for generating a second control signal,said first means including said second means and said third means being responsive exclusively to temporal characteristics of said portions of said electrical signals normally indicative of ventricular depolarization and being independent of amplitude of said electrical signals,fourth means responsive to occurrence of either said first or said second control signal for generating an alarm signal of predetermined time duration,a magnetic tape cassette recorder powered by said battery and responsive to said alarm signal for recording both said ventricular depolarization portions and said other portions of said electrical signals for a limited time corresponding to said predetermined time duration and bracketing arrhythmia detected by said first means,such that said recorder is operative to record said signals and drain battery power when arrhythmia are detected and is normally otherwise inoperative, andhousing means adapted to be portably worn by a said ambulatory patient and enclosing said battery, said first means, said fourth means and said recorder.

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