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US 2019/0290153 A1Published application
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
1-21. (canceled)
22:
- A method comprising:
- sensing a plurality of cardiac signals on a plurality of sensing vectors formed from a plurality of electrodes, each of the cardiac signals sensed on a respective one of the plurality of sensing vectors;
- determining, for each of the plurality of sensing vectors, a respective sensing vector metric of the respective sensed cardiac signal, wherein determining each of the sensing vector metrics comprises comparing an amplitude of the respective sensed cardiac signal to an amplitude threshold;
- determining, for each of the plurality of sensing vectors, a respective morphology metric associated with a morphology of the respective sensed cardiac signal;
- determining, for each of the plurality of sensing vectors, a respective vector selection metric based on at least the determined sensing vector metric and the determined morphology metric;
- and
- selecting a sensing vector of the plurality of sensing vectors based on at least the determined selection metrics.
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- The method of claim 22, wherein determining each of the respective morphology metrics associated with the morphology of the respective sensed cardiac signal comprises determining a count of pulses satisfying at least one narrow pulse criterion in the respective sensed cardiac signal.
24:
- The method of claim 22, wherein determining each of the respective morphology metrics associated with the morphology of the respective sensed cardiac signal comprises comparing a pulse width of a pulse of the respective sensed cardiac signal to a morphology pulse width threshold.
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- The method of claim 22, wherein determining each of the respective morphology metrics associated with the morphology of the respective sensed cardiac signal comprises comparing the amplitude of a pulse of the respective sensed cardiac signal to a morphology amplitude threshold.
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- The method of claim 22, wherein determining each of the respective morphology metrics associated with the morphology of the respective sensed cardiac signal comprises:
- comparing a pulse width of a pulse of the respective sensed cardiac signal to a morphology pulse width threshold;
- and
- comparing the amplitude of the pulse of the respective sensed cardiac signal to a morphology amplitude threshold.
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27:
- The method of claim 22, wherein determining each of the sensing vector metrics further comprises:
- setting a sensing vector window, wherein the sensing vector window comprises a start point that is a first predetermined duration after an R-wave of the respective sensed cardiac signal and an end point that is a second predetermined duration after the start point;
- and
- comparing the amplitude of the respective sensed cardiac signal within the sensing vector window to the amplitude threshold.
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28:
- The method of claim 27,
- wherein the start point of the sensing vector window is greater than or equal to 150 milliseconds and less than or equal to 180 milliseconds after the R-wave of the respective sensed cardiac signal, and
- wherein the end point of the sensing vector window is about 200 milliseconds after the start point.
29:
- The method of claim 27,
- wherein the start point of the sensing vector window is at a time after an R-wave of the respective sensed cardiac signal and prior to a T-wave of the respective sensed cardiac signal, and
- wherein the end point of the sensing vector window is at a time after the T-wave of the respective sensed cardiac signal.
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- The method of claim 22, wherein comparing the amplitude of the respective sensed cardiac signal to the amplitude threshold comprises determining a minimum difference between the amplitude of the respective sensed cardiac signal and the amplitude threshold.
31:
- A system comprising:
- a sense amplifier configured to sense a plurality of cardiac signals on a plurality of sensing vectors formed from a plurality of electrodes, each of the cardiac signals sensed on a respective one of the plurality of sensing vectors;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to:
- determine, for each of the plurality of sensing vectors, a respective sensing vector metric of the respective sensed cardiac signal, wherein determining each of the sensing vector metrics comprises comparing an amplitude of the respective sensed cardiac signal to an amplitude threshold;
- determine, for each of the plurality of sensing vectors, a respective morphology metric associated with a morphology of the respective sensed cardiac signal;
- determine, for each of the plurality of sensing vectors, a respective vector selection metric based on at least the determined sensing vector metric and the determined morphology metric;
- and
- select a sensing vector of the plurality of sensing vectors based on at least the determined selection metrics.
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- The system of claim 31, wherein to determine each of the respective morphology metrics associated with the morphology of the respective sensed cardiac signal, the processing circuitry is configured to determine a count of pulses satisfying at least one narrow pulse criterion in the respective sensed cardiac signal.
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- The system of claim 31, wherein to determine each of the respective morphology metrics associated with the morphology of the respective sensed cardiac signal, the processing circuitry is configured to compare a pulse width of a pulse of the respective sensed cardiac signal to a morphology pulse width threshold.
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- The system of claim 31, wherein to determine each of the respective morphology metrics associated with the morphology of the respective sensed cardiac signal, the processing circuitry is configured to compare the amplitude of a pulse of the respective sensed cardiac signal to a morphology amplitude threshold.
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- The system of claim 31, to wherein determine each of the respective morphology metrics associated with the morphology of the respective sensed cardiac signal, the processing circuitry is configured to:
- compare a pulse width of a pulse of the respective sensed cardiac signal to a morphology pulse width threshold;
- and
- compare the amplitude of the pulse of the respective sensed cardiac signal to a morphology amplitude threshold.
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36:
- The system of claim 31, wherein to determine each of the sensing vector metrics, the processing circuitry is further configured to:
- set a sensing vector window, wherein the sensing vector window comprises a start point that is a first predetermined duration after an R-wave of the respective sensed cardiac signal and an end point that is a second predetermined duration after the start point;
- and
- compare the amplitude of the respective sensed cardiac signal within the sensing vector window to the amplitude threshold.
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37:
- The system of claim 36,
- wherein the start point of the sensing vector window is greater than or equal to 150 milliseconds and less than or equal to 180 milliseconds after the R-wave of the respective sensed cardiac signal, and
- wherein the end point of the sensing vector window is about 200 milliseconds after the start point.
38:
- The system of claim 36,
- wherein the start point of the sensing vector window is at a time after an R-wave of the respective sensed cardiac signal and prior to a T-wave of the respective sensed cardiac signal, and
- wherein the end point of the sensing vector window is at a time after the T-wave of the respective sensed cardiac signal.
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- The system of claim 31, wherein to compare the amplitude of the respective sensed cardiac signal to the amplitude threshold, the processing circuitry is configured to determine a minimum difference between the amplitude of the respective sensed cardiac signal and the amplitude threshold.
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- A non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, are configured to cause processing circuitry to:
- sense a plurality of cardiac signals on a plurality of sensing vectors formed from a plurality of electrodes, each of the cardiac signals sensed on a respective one of the plurality of sensing vectors;
- determine, for each of the plurality of sensing vectors, a respective sensing vector metric of the respective sensed cardiac signal, wherein determining each of the sensing vector metrics comprises comparing an amplitude of the respective sensed cardiac signal to an amplitude threshold;
- determine, for each of the plurality of sensing vectors, a respective morphology metric associated with a morphology of the respective sensed cardiac signal;
- determine, for each of the plurality of sensing vectors, a respective vector selection metric based on at least the determined sensing vector metric and the determined morphology metric;
- and
- select a sensing vector of the plurality of sensing vectors based on at least the determined selection metrics.
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- The computer-readable medium of claim 40, wherein to determine each of the respective morphology metrics associated with the morphology of the respective sensed cardiac signal, the processing circuitry is configured to determine a count of pulses satisfying at least one narrow pulse criterion in the respective sensed cardiac signal.