Patent ID: 8131352
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for approximating a target detection rate for a neurological event with a neurological event detector intended for use with a human patient, comprising: identifying a target detection rate for the neurological event; monitoring electrographic signals incident on the neurological event detector; comparing, with a processor, each electrographic signal to a threshold value for a parameter the variation of which has a predictable effect on a detection rate of the neurological event; measuring a rate at which the electrographic signals exceed the threshold value to determine a measured detection rate; comparing the measured detection rate to the target detection rate; and automatically adjusting the threshold value to minimize a difference between the measured detection rate and the target detection rate based on the parameter and the predictable effect that the variation of the parameter has on the rate of detection of the neurological event.