Utilization of heart rate variability in animals
First Claim
1. A method for detection of a preselected condition unrelated to cardiac arrhythmia in a subject non-human animal from a preselected animal species using heart rate variability analysis comprising the steps of:
- a. determining interbeat interval data for the subject non-human animal over a preselected period of time; and
b. analyzing the determined interbeat interval data from the subject non-human animal to identify the subject animal'"'"'s interbeat interval data for a selected heart rate variability (HRV) parameter and thereby determine whether the preselected condition unrelated to cardiac arrhythmia exists, wherein the analyzing step further comprises utilizing an established substantially normal range of values based on at least one of frequency response or time domain response, and an optimal balance profile for the selected heart rate variability parameter of the preselected animal species for clinical evaluation of the preselected animal species, and wherein the determined interbeat interval data is analyzed to determine heart rate variability data for at least one selected heart rate variability parameter to detect the preselected condition unrelated to cardiac arrhythmia.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Provided is a method for detection of a preselected condition such as subclinical stress or pain in a subject animal using heart rate variability. The method comprises the steps of determining a heart rate and/or inter-beat interval for the subject animal over a preselected period of time to determine the subject animal'"'"'s heart rate data. The method further comprises analyzing the heart rate or inter-beat data from the subject animal to identify a set of heart rate variability data for the subject animal for a selected heart rate variability parameter such as a frequency domain or time domain parameter such as LF/HF ratio. The heart rate variability data from the selected animal can be compared to substantially normal values established for the selected animal species or compared to the subject animal'"'"'s own previously identified substantially normal values or HRV pattern over a period of time and thereby determine whether the preselected condition exists.
59 Citations
34 Claims
-
1. A method for detection of a preselected condition unrelated to cardiac arrhythmia in a subject non-human animal from a preselected animal species using heart rate variability analysis comprising the steps of:
-
a. determining interbeat interval data for the subject non-human animal over a preselected period of time; and b. analyzing the determined interbeat interval data from the subject non-human animal to identify the subject animal'"'"'s interbeat interval data for a selected heart rate variability (HRV) parameter and thereby determine whether the preselected condition unrelated to cardiac arrhythmia exists, wherein the analyzing step further comprises utilizing an established substantially normal range of values based on at least one of frequency response or time domain response, and an optimal balance profile for the selected heart rate variability parameter of the preselected animal species for clinical evaluation of the preselected animal species, and wherein the determined interbeat interval data is analyzed to determine heart rate variability data for at least one selected heart rate variability parameter to detect the preselected condition unrelated to cardiac arrhythmia. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
-
-
28. A method of detecting a health condition unrelated to cardiac arrhythmia in a selected non-human species, the method comprising:
-
determining interbeat interval data from a subject non-human animal over a preselected period of time, the interbeat interval data comprising heart rate variability (HRV) data from the subject animal of the selected non-human species; performing analysis of the collected HRV data to identify time domain and frequency domain signal component parameters of the collected HRV data; comparing the analysis of the collected HRV data against corresponding analysis of collected HRV data based on at least one of frequency response or time domain response, and an optimal balance profile from at least one substantially normal condition animal of the selected non-human species for clinical evaluation; and detecting an abnormal health condition unrelated to cardiac arrhythmia in the subject non-human animal based on the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
-
Specification