Patent ID: 9468761
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: A61B,A61N

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory computer readable program storage unit encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform a method for determining a time of beat sequence of the patient's heart, comprising: obtaining a time series of fiducial time markers for candidate heart beats; identifying valid heart beats from said candidate heart beats by subjecting a plurality of said candidate heart beats to at least one beat validity test, said at least one beat validity test comprising at least one interbeat interval test applied to a candidate heart beat interval derived from a candidate heart beat and at least one prior heart beat; accepting as accepted valid heart beats the candidate heart beats that pass said at least one beat validity test, wherein a constraint used in defining said pass is modified after a time period since the most recent prior valid heart beat reaches or exceeds a constraint modification time threshold; detecting an epileptic seizure using a seizure detection algorithm based on said accepted valid heart beats; and performing at least one responsive action selected from the group consisting of