Patent ID: 7160254
Filing Date: 2007-01-09
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of detecting and interpreting myoelectrical activity from a contractile, hollow internal bodily organ, the method including: using electrodes to obtain first signals over time relating to myoelectrical activity of contractile, hollow internal bodily organ of a patient, providing a respiration sensor to obtain, simultaneously with the first signals, second signals relating to respiration of the patient, establishing an initial voltage range of the first and second signals for a specific amount of time thereby defining a normal operating voltage range specific to a patient under study, determining, via a processor, minutes when artifact occurs in both the first and second signals based on the normal operating voltage range, determining, via the processor and absent manual interpretation, whether there are artifact free minutes of the first and second signals, changing a condition of the patient after determining that there are sufficient artifact free minutes, recording, in memory, the first and second signals simultaneously for a period of time after changing the condition of the patient, determining, via the processor and absent manual interpretation, whether artifact occurs in the recorded first and second signals based on a comparison with the normal operating voltage range, selecting, via the processor and absent manual interpretation, artifact free minutes of the recorded first and second signals for analysis, and analyzing, via the processor and absent manual interpretation, the selected minutes to automatically determine a diagnosis of the condition of the organ.