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Use of external respiratory therapy device to detect cardiac electrical activity

  • US 7,364,547 B2
  • Filed: 08/19/2004
  • Issued: 04/29/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A medical system, comprising:

  • one or more sensors coupled to an external respiratory therapy device, the one or more sensors configured to sense electrical activity of a heart and to generate a cardiac electrical signal based on the sensed electrical activity; and

    the external respiratory therapy device comprising;

    a cardiac event detector coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to diagnose one or more cardiac disorders based on the sensed electrical activity;

    a respiratory event detector configured to detect respiratory events; and

    an event processor configured to compare the cardiac disorders and the respiratory events.

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