Patent ID: 7539535
Filing Date: 2009-05-26
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A process of operating a computer, comprised of a general purpose data processor of known type and a display device, to enable the data processor to execute a plurality of steps in an object program, such that the same results will be produced when using the same given data, comprising the steps of: a. inputting a patient's electrocardiograph signal to the computer via a communications channel, the signal comprising a succession of waves; b. using the data processor to independently isolate the QRS interval from each of the waves of the signal; c. using the data processor to independently analyze data within each of the isolated QRS intervals relating to cardiac function of a patient in real-time, the step of analyzing including band-pass filtering the data between about 150 Hz and about 250 Hz; and d. using the display device to display the analyzed data, the signal, the waves of the signal, the QRS intervals, or any combination beat-by-beat in real-time.