Systems, methods and computer program products for heart monitoring
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring a patient'"'"'s heart, comprising:
- a registering unit configured to be implanted into the patient'"'"'s body, said registering unit comprising a first controller in electrical communication with the patient'"'"'s heart, said first controller being configured to register an electrical signal emitted by the patient'"'"'s heart; and
a second controller in operable communication with said first controller, said second controller being configured to receive the data from said first controller corresponding to the registered electrical signal and to compare the registered electrical signal to a baseline electrical signal emitted by the patient'"'"'s heart to determine whether the patient'"'"'s heart is functioning properly,wherein in comparing the registered and baseline electrical signals, said second controller is configured to generate a template of an intracardiac electrogram for each of the registered electrical signal and a baseline electrical signal and to compare the templates to determine whether the patient'"'"'s heart is functioning properly,wherein said second controller is configured to determine whether a predetermined critical match-percent threshold has been exceeded based on a comparison of the templates for the registered electrical signal and the baseline electrical signal,wherein the critical match-percent threshold comprises at least 70% correlation between the templates for the registered electrical signal and the baseline electrical signal, andwherein a critical-match percent threshold less than 70% indicates that the heart is not functioning properly.
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Abstract
The present invention provides systems, methods and computer program products for monitoring a heart. According to one embodiment, the system includes an implantable registering unit. The registering unit comprises a first controller structured to register an electrical signal from the heart. The system includes a second controller in operable communication with the first controller. The second controller comprises a data repository structured to receive data corresponding to the registered electrical signal and being structured to store the data. The data repository stores data corresponding to a baseline electrical signal of the heart. The second controller is structured to receive the data from the first controller corresponding to the registered electrical signal and to compare the registered electrical signal to the baseline electrical signal to determine whether the heart is functioning properly.
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15 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring a patient'"'"'s heart, comprising:
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a registering unit configured to be implanted into the patient'"'"'s body, said registering unit comprising a first controller in electrical communication with the patient'"'"'s heart, said first controller being configured to register an electrical signal emitted by the patient'"'"'s heart; and a second controller in operable communication with said first controller, said second controller being configured to receive the data from said first controller corresponding to the registered electrical signal and to compare the registered electrical signal to a baseline electrical signal emitted by the patient'"'"'s heart to determine whether the patient'"'"'s heart is functioning properly, wherein in comparing the registered and baseline electrical signals, said second controller is configured to generate a template of an intracardiac electrogram for each of the registered electrical signal and a baseline electrical signal and to compare the templates to determine whether the patient'"'"'s heart is functioning properly, wherein said second controller is configured to determine whether a predetermined critical match-percent threshold has been exceeded based on a comparison of the templates for the registered electrical signal and the baseline electrical signal, wherein the critical match-percent threshold comprises at least 70% correlation between the templates for the registered electrical signal and the baseline electrical signal, and wherein a critical-match percent threshold less than 70% indicates that the heart is not functioning properly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for monitoring a patient'"'"'s heart, comprising:
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a registering unit configured to be implanted into the patient'"'"'s body, said registering unit comprising a first controller in electrical communication with the patient'"'"'s heart, said first controller being configured to register an electrical signal emitted by the patient'"'"'s heart; and a second controller in operable communication with said first controller, said second controller being configured to receive the data from said first controller corresponding to the registered electrical signal and to compare the registered electrical signal to a baseline electrical signal emitted by the patient'"'"'s heart to determine whether the patient'"'"'s heart is functioning properly, wherein said second controller is configured to compare the registered electrical signal to the baseline electrical signal following a heart transplant in order to determine whether the patient'"'"'s transplanted heart is being rejected.
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