Patent ID: 8485979
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. An implantable device for implantation in a head of a patient, the device comprising: a biocompatible housing adapted to be implanted beneath a patient's scalp; a cardiac monitoring element, the cardiac monitoring element adapted to sense cardiac activity to generate a cardiac signal; a brain monitoring element operatively coupled to the housing, the brain monitoring element adapted to sense brain activity to generate a brain signal; and a processor at least partially housed within the housing, the processor configured to wherein the processor is further configured to perform the following: (a) for each of the one or more identified neurological events, determine whether the neurological event is within a specified time period of one of the one or more identified cardiac events; and (b) for each of the one or more identified cardiac events, determine whether the cardiac event is within a specified time period of one of the one or more identified neurological events.