Real-time, high frequency QRS electrocardiograph with reduced amplitude zone detection
First Claim
1. A process of operating a computer, comprised of a general purpose data processor of known type and a display device, to enable the data processor to execute a plurality of steps in an object program, such that the same results will be produced when using the same given data, comprising the steps of:
- a. inputting a patient'"'"'s electrocardiograph signal to the computer via a communications channel, the signal comprising a succession of waves;
b. using the data processor to independently isolate the QRS interval from each of the waves of the signal;
c. using the data processor to independently analyze data within each of the isolatedQRS intervals relating to cardiac function of a patient in real-time, the step of analyzing including band-pass filtering the data between about 150 Hz and about 250 Hz; and
d. using the display device to display the analyzed data, the signal, the waves of the signal, the QRS intervals, or any combination beat-by-beat in real-time.
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Abstract
Real time cardiac electrical data are received from a patient, manipulated to determine various useful aspects of the ECG signal, and displayed in real time in a useful form on a computer screen or monitor. The monitor displays the high frequency data from the QRS complex in units of microvolts, juxtaposed with a display of conventional ECG data in units of millivolts or microvolts. The high frequency data are analyzed for their root mean square (RMS) voltage values and the discrete RMS values and related parameters are displayed in real time. The high frequency data from the QRS complex are analyzed with imbedded algorithms to determine the presence or absence of reduced amplitude zones, referred to herein as “RAZs”. RAZs are displayed as “go, no-go” signals on the computer monitor. The RMS and related values of the high frequency components are displayed as time varying signals, and the presence or absence of RAZs may be similarly displayed over time.
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1. A process of operating a computer, comprised of a general purpose data processor of known type and a display device, to enable the data processor to execute a plurality of steps in an object program, such that the same results will be produced when using the same given data, comprising the steps of:
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a. inputting a patient'"'"'s electrocardiograph signal to the computer via a communications channel, the signal comprising a succession of waves; b. using the data processor to independently isolate the QRS interval from each of the waves of the signal; c. using the data processor to independently analyze data within each of the isolated QRS intervals relating to cardiac function of a patient in real-time, the step of analyzing including band-pass filtering the data between about 150 Hz and about 250 Hz; and d. using the display device to display the analyzed data, the signal, the waves of the signal, the QRS intervals, or any combination beat-by-beat in real-time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A process of operating a computer, comprised of a general purpose data processor of known type, to enable the data processor to execute a plurality of steps in an object program, such that the same results will be produced when using the same given data, comprising the steps of:
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a. inputting a patient'"'"'s electrocardiograph signal to the computer via a communications channel, the signal comprising a succession of waves; b. using the data processor to independently isolate the QRS interval from each of the waves of the signal; c. using the data processor to independently analyze data within each of the QRS intervals relating to cardiac function of a patient in real-time, the step of analyzing including band-pass filtering the data between about 150 Hz and about 250 Hz; d. connecting a storage device to the data processor; and e. using the storage device to store the analyzed data, the signal, the waves of the signal, the QRS intervals, or any combination. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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