System for the diagnosis and monitoring of coronary artery disease, acute coronary syndromes, cardiomyopathy and other cardiac conditions
First Claim
Patent Images
1. An electrocardiograph system comprising:
- means for sensing a plurality of electrocardiograph signals, the signals comprising cardiac data and a succession of waves;
means for independently identifying the QRS complex in each wave;
means for signal-averaging the QRS complex in each wave;
means for band-pass filtering the signal-averaged QRS complex in a high frequency range thereby deriving high frequency components of the QRS complex, wherein the means for band-pass filtering passes frequencies from 150 Hz to 250 Hz;
means for detecting a reduced amplitude zone within the high frequency components of the QRS complex in each wave relating to cardiac function, the reduced amplitude zone within the high frequency components of the QRS complex comprising RAZ data;
means for relating at least three of the detected reduced amplitude zones in accordance with predetermined criteria to develop cardiac diagnoses; and
means for displaying the cardiac and RAZ data in real time on a monitor.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Cardiac electrical data are received from a patient, manipulated to determine various useful aspects of the ECG signal, and displayed and stored in a useful form using a computer. The computer monitor displays various useful information, and in particular graphically displays various permutations of reduced amplitude zones and kurtosis that increase the rapidity and accuracy of cardiac diagnoses. New criteria for reduced amplitude zones are defined that enhance the sensitivity and specificity for detecting cardiac abnormalities.
46 Citations
16 Claims
-
1. An electrocardiograph system comprising:
-
means for sensing a plurality of electrocardiograph signals, the signals comprising cardiac data and a succession of waves; means for independently identifying the QRS complex in each wave; means for signal-averaging the QRS complex in each wave; means for band-pass filtering the signal-averaged QRS complex in a high frequency range thereby deriving high frequency components of the QRS complex, wherein the means for band-pass filtering passes frequencies from 150 Hz to 250 Hz; means for detecting a reduced amplitude zone within the high frequency components of the QRS complex in each wave relating to cardiac function, the reduced amplitude zone within the high frequency components of the QRS complex comprising RAZ data; means for relating at least three of the detected reduced amplitude zones in accordance with predetermined criteria to develop cardiac diagnoses; and means for displaying the cardiac and RAZ data in real time on a monitor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
-
Specification