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Long term cardiac monitor

  • US 7,117,031 B2
  • Filed: 01/16/2004
  • Issued: 10/03/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A long-term monitor using scheduled short-term acquisition of data from a patient for determining whether an arrhythmia selected from the group consisting of at least one of atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, a prolonged QT interval, atrial tachycardia, PVC'"'"'s, and ventricular pauses exists, the monitor comprising:

  • (a) a first and second momentary contact electrode for momentarily receiving ECG signals from the patient;

    (b) a detector circuit communicating with the first and second electrodes and executing a stored program to;

    (i) receive the ECG signals from the patient touching the first and second momentary contact electrodes;

    (ii) detect a likelihood that the patient is experiencing at least one of the arrhythmias;

    (iii) provide a first output signal to the patient if the likelihood is above a predetermined threshold and otherwise providing to the patient a second output signal indicating that the likelihood is not above the predetermined threshold; and

    wherein the electrodes are capacitively coupled.

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