Method and apparatus for selecting a sensing vector configuration in a medical device
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorXusheng 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 a sensing vector metric in response to the sensed cardiac signals, determining a morphology metric associated with a morphology of the sensed cardiac signals, determining vector selection metrics in response to the determined sensing vector metric and the determined morphology setting, and selecting a sensing vector of the plurality of sensing vectors in response to the determined vector selection metrics.
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 a sensing vector metric in response to the sensed cardiac signals;
- determining a morphology metric associated with a morphology of the sensed cardiac signals;
- determining vector selection metrics in response to the determined sensing vector metric and the determined morphology setting;
- and
- selecting a sensing vector of the plurality of sensing vectors in response to the determined vector selection metrics.
A medical device, 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 a sensing vector metric in response to the sensed cardiac signals, determine a morphology metric associated with a morphology of the sensed cardiac signals, determine vector selection metrics in response to the determined sensing vector metric and the determined morphology setting, and select a sensing vector of the plurality of sensing vectors in response to the determined vector selection metrics.
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 a sensing vector metric in response to the sensed cardiac signals;
- determining a morphology metric associated with a morphology of the sensed cardiac signals;
- determining vector selection metrics in response to the determined sensing vector metric and the determined morphology setting;
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- selecting a sensing vector of the plurality of sensing vectors in response to the determined vector selection metrics.
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