LONG-TERM MONITORING FOR DISCRIMINATION OF DIFFERENT HEART RHYTHMS

摘要

A method, system, and device for detection of an arrhythmia, and discrimination between different types of arrhythmia, for example to determine whether to administer an electric shock to the heart, the device comprising a wearable monitor with electrodes that detect the electrical activity of a beating heart, attached to an embedded monitoring system having an amplifier, a microprocessor, a data storage device, and a power supply, all disposed on a substrate having large distal end portions that attach to the electrodes and a narrow intermediate portion that attaches to the monitoring system.

主权项

1. A wearable cardiac arrhythmia monitoring and detection device comprising:
an elongate substrate having an enlarged first end incorporating a first electrode, an enlarged second end incorporating a second electrode, and a narrower intermediate portion connecting the first and second ends, the narrower portion incorporating an integrated monitoring device; wherein the integrated monitoring device comprises: (i) an amplifier configured to receive and amplify electrocardiography data from the first and second electrodes; (ii) a programmable microprocessor configured to receive the electrocardiography data from the amplifier and to analyze the received data; (iii) a data storage device configured to receive and store at least a portion of the electrocardiography data from the programmable microprocessor; and (iv) a power supply.