Implantable cardiac stimulation device and method for detecting asymptomatic diabetes
First Claim
1. In an implantable cardiac stimulation device, a system for detecting asymptomatic diabetes in a patient, the system comprising:
- a pulse generator that generates pacing pulses for delivery to a heart;
a sensing circuit that senses internal cardiac signals of the heart;
circuitry connected to the pulse generator and the sensing circuit that is operative to measure at least one characteristic of the internal cardiac signals to provide measured values, and wherein the circuitry is further operative to process the measured values to determine whether the patient has asymptomatic diabetes; and
a memory circuit connected to the circuitry and that is operative to store the measured values.
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Abstract
An implantable cardiac stimulation device for determining whether a patient has asymptomatic diabetes. A pulse generator delivers pacing pulses to the heart. A sensing circuit senses internal cardiac signals. A processor is programmed to measure at least one characteristic of the cardiac signals, which are processed to determine whether the patient has asymptomatic diabetes. Relative changes in the measured characteristics over time are indicative of whether the patient has asymptomatic diabetes. The measured characteristics may include, alone or in combination, T-wave morphology, corrected QT internal, QT dispersion and signal averaged QRS width.
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1. In an implantable cardiac stimulation device, a system for detecting asymptomatic diabetes in a patient, the system comprising:
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a pulse generator that generates pacing pulses for delivery to a heart; a sensing circuit that senses internal cardiac signals of the heart; circuitry connected to the pulse generator and the sensing circuit that is operative to measure at least one characteristic of the internal cardiac signals to provide measured values, and wherein the circuitry is further operative to process the measured values to determine whether the patient has asymptomatic diabetes; and a memory circuit connected to the circuitry and that is operative to store the measured values. - 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)
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24. In an implantable cardiac stimulation device, a method for detecting asymptomatic diabetes in a patient, the method comprising:
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sensing cardiac signals of the patient'"'"'s heart using the implantable cardiac stimulation device; measuring at least one characteristic of the cardiac signals to provide measured values; and analyzing the measured values to determine whether the patient has asymptomatic diabetes. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. In an implantable cardiac stimulation device, a system for detecting asymptomatic diabetes in a patient, the system comprising:
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means for sensing cardiac signals of the heart; means for measuring at least one characteristic of the cardiac signals to provide measured values; and means for processing the measured values to determine whether the patient has asymptomatic diabetes. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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