Patent ID: 11911168
Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 22:
23. A system comprising:
an electrode apparatus comprising a plurality of external electrodes to be disposed proximate a patient's skin, wherein the plurality of external electrodes comprise a plurality of left external electrodes positioned to the left side of the patient's torso;
a display comprising a graphical user interface to present information for use in assisting a user in assessing whether the patient would benefit from cardiac conduction system pacing therapy; and
a computing apparatus comprising processing circuitry and coupled to the electrode apparatus and the display and configured to:
allow the user to initiate, on the graphical user interface, a cardiac conduction system pacing therapy benefit determination,
in response to the user initiating the cardiac conduction system pacing therapy benefit determination, measure surrogate cardiac electrical activation times using the plurality external electrodes of the electrode apparatus during intrinsic activation of the patient's heart, wherein the surrogate cardiac electrical activation times are representative of depolarization of cardiac tissue that propagates through the torso of the patient,
generate electrical heterogeneity information (EHI) based on the measured surrogate cardiac electrical activation times, wherein the EHI comprises one or more left metrics generated based on left-sided activation times of the surrogate cardiac electrical activation times measured using the plurality of left external electrodes, and
display, on the graphical user interface, an indication of whether the cardiac conduction system pacing therapy would benefit the patient based on at least the one or more left metrics.