Method and apparatus for monitoring heart rate and abnormal respiration
CA 2429237 C · Owner: Strobel, Ursula · Inventors: Cho, Yong Kyun; Jensen, Donald N.; Ruetz, Linda L.
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An implantable device having enhanced capabilities for monitoring a patient's heart rate and respiration trends over extended periods of time is disclosed. The information collected by the implantable device (10) may be stored and telemetered to an associated external device such as a devive programmer (420) for display and analysis. Heart rates are measured by measuring the time intervals between sensed depolarizations of a chamber of the patient's heart and preceding sensed depolarizations or delivered pacing pulses. Intervals may be measured in the ventricle and/or atrium of the patient's heart. According to another aspect of the invention, an implanted impedance sensor is …
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- Filed December 5, 2000 and granted May 14, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 5, 2020.
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