Method and apparatus for selecting a sensing vector configuration in a medical device
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorsSaul E. Greenhut, Robert W. Stadler, Xusheng Zhang
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Abstract
A method and medical device for determining sensing vectors that includes sensing cardiac signals from a plurality of electrodes, the plurality of electrodes forming a plurality of sensing vectors, determining signal differences during a detection window in each of the plurality of sensing vectors, ranking sensing vectors of the plurality of sensing vectors in response to the determined signal differences, and selecting one or more sensing vectors of the plurality of sensing vectors in response to the determined rankings.
Claims21
A method of determining sensing vectors in a medical device, comprising:
- sensing cardiac signals from a plurality of electrodes, the plurality of electrodes forming a plurality of sensing vectors;
- determining signal differences during a detection window in each of the plurality of sensing vectors;
- ranking sensing vectors of the plurality of sensing vectors in response to the determined signal differences;
- and
- selecting one or more sensing vectors of the plurality of sensing vectors in response to the determined rankings.
A medical device for determining sensing vectors, comprising:
- a plurality of electrodes capable of forming a plurality of sensing vectors for sensing cardiac signals;
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- a processor configured to determine signal differences during a detection window for each of the plurality of sensing vectors, rank sensing vectors of the plurality of sensing vectors in response to the determined signal differences, and select one or more sensing vectors of the plurality of sensing vectors in response to the determined rankings.
A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for causing a processor included in a medical device to perform a method for determining sensing vectors, the method comprising:
- sensing cardiac signals from a plurality of electrodes, the plurality of electrodes forming a plurality of sensing vectors;
- determining signal differences during a detection window in each of the plurality of sensing vectors;
- ranking sensing vectors of the plurality of sensing vectors in response to the determined signal differences;
- and
- selecting one or more sensing vectors of the plurality of sensing vectors in response to the determined rankings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.