Patent ID: 7749171

Claim:
A method for detecting an A-wave, the method comprising: applying a series of stimuli to a nerve; recording a series of evoked bioelectrical responses; identifying one or more attributes in each of the responses; utilizing each of the one or more attributes of each of the responses to create a new data set; creating a search window that is smaller than the new data set; searching the new data set for trends by: sequentially applying the search window across the new data set; and analyzing the search window by counting the number of data points contained within the search window at each separate, sequential search window position; analyzing the new data set by: registering a positive for an A-wave component if the number of data points contained within the search window at each separate, sequential search window position exceeds a predetermined threshold; and registering a negative for an A-wave component if the number of data points contained within the search window at each separate, sequential search window position does not exceed a predetermined threshold; and consolidating the A-wave components into a single A-wave.