Patent ID: 9066663
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A monitor for monitoring the heart of a patient, the monitor comprising a sensor for producing a first waveform of the patient's actual heart rhythm, a processing unit that is configured to generate first data pertaining to the first waveform of the patient's actual heart rhythm and to store second data pertaining to a second waveform of a simulated ideal heart rhythm that is simulated using an idealized model, said second data representing a peak mathematical function which is independent of fundamental frequency and which comprises a series of decaying pointed peaks of fixed width separated by a frequency, f, which is equal to the frequency of the peak of greatest magnitude, wherein the processing unit processes the first data as well as the second data for the first and second waveforms and produces an output dependent on differences between the first and second waveforms.