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US 2010/0249542 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for detection of syncopes
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsJeroen Adrianus Johannes Thijs, Jens Muehlsteff
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Abstract
Apparatus for detecting impending vasovagal syncopes includes a plurality of ECG sensors (12), one of which is located close to the heart and a remote pulse sensor (22) located away from the heart. A processing unit (30) measures the pulse transit time for a pulse to travel from the heart ECG sensor to the remote pulse sensor.
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Apparatus for detecting impending vasovagal syncopes, comprising:
- a plurality of wearable sensors (8) for arrangement on a human body, the sensors including a plurality of ECG sensors (12), one of the sensors being a heart sensor for arrangement in a vicinity of the heart when the sensors are arranged on the body;
- a remote pulse sensor (22) for arrangement on the human body away from the heart;
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- a processing unit (30) arranged to receive data from the ECG sensors (12) and the remote pulse sensors, to determine a pulse transit time for a pulse to travel from the heart ECG sensor to the remote pulse sensor, and to determine a presence or advent of a vasovagal syncope from the pulse transit time.
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A method of processing data from a subject, comprising:
- arranging a plurality of sensors over a body of the subject, the sensors including at least one heart sensor for arrangement in a vicinity of the heart and a remote pulse sensor (22) arranged on the human body away from the heart;
- receiving data from the sensors;
- determining a pulse transit time for a pulse to travel from the heart sensor to the remote pulse sensor;
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- comparing a ratio of the pulse transit time and a reference pulse transit time.
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