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US 12,383,183 · App. 17/143,474 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Disturbance detection and removal in cardiac signals

Inventors: Brandon K. Hoglund (North Oaks, MN); Karen J. Kleckner (Blaine, MN); Marc C. Steckler (Lino Lakes, MN); Trent M. Fischer (St. Paul, MN); Subham Ghosh (Blaine, MN); Irah-Vanesa H. Comia (Tigard, OR)
Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
A61B5/308A61B5/282A61B5/33A61B5/349A61B5/353A61B5/7214A61B5/7217A61B2562/043
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Patent No.
US 12,383,183
App. No.
17/143,474
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods are described herein for detecting disturbances in cardiac signals. An electrode apparatus includes a plurality of external electrodes to be disposed proximate a patient's skin. A computing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The computing apparatus is operably coupled to the electrode apparatus. The computing apparatus is configured to monitor electrical activity from tissue of a patient using a plurality of external electrodes to generate a plurality of electrical signals. At least one of the electrical signals of the plurality of electrical signals is filtered. At least one disturbance in the at least one electrical signal is detected using the at least one filtered signal. A temporal location of the at least one disturbance in the at least one electrical signal is determined based on a time that the at least one filtered signal crosses a predetermined threshold.

Claims (45)

1. A system for use in cardiac evaluation comprising:

a display apparatus configured to display a graphical user interface;

an electrode apparatus comprising a plurality of external electrodes configured to be disposed proximate a patient's skin; and

a computing apparatus comprising processing circuitry, the computing apparatus operably coupled to the display apparatus and the electrode apparatus and configured to:

monitor electrical activity from tissue of the patient using a plurality of external electrodes to generate a plurality of electrical signals;

filter at least one of the electrical signals of the plurality of electrical signals;

detect at least one disturbance in the at least one electrical signal using the at least one filtered signal;

determine a temporal location of the at least one disturbance in the at least one electrical signal based on a time that the at least one filtered signal crosses a predetermined threshold;

remove the at least one disturbance from the at least one electrical signal by smoothing the at least one disturbance using the temporal location of the at least one disturbance;

determine a plurality of cardiac activation times based on the plurality of electrical signals following the removal of the at least one disturbance from the at least one electrical signal; and

display one or more of a graphical map of electrical activation and at least one metric based on the determined plurality of cardiac activation times on the graphical user interface of the display apparatus.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of cardiac activation times are representative of depolarization of cardiac tissue that propagates through the torso of the patient.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of external electrodes comprises a plurality of surface electrodes to be located proximate skin of the patient's torso.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined threshold is based on a sampling rate of the at least one electrical signal.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein removing the at least one disturbance from the at least one electrical signal by smoothing the at least one disturbance using the temporal location of the at least one disturbance comprises smoothing the at least one electrical signal within a window starting at a predetermined time period before the temporal location of the at least one disturbance and extending a predetermined amount of time after the temporal location of the at least one disturbance.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein removing the at least one disturbance from the at least one electrical signal by smoothing the at least one disturbance using the temporal location of the at least one disturbance comprises:

determining temporal locations of the at least one disturbance in at least two electrical signals; and

smoothing the plurality of electrical signals at the temporal locations of the at least one disturbance in the at least two signals.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing apparatus is configured to filter the at least one electrical signal using a second difference filter.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing apparatus is configured to determine the predetermined threshold based on a predetermined pulse width range.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing apparatus is configured to determine the temporal location of the at least one disturbance within a predetermined window, the predetermined window based on an amplitude of the at least one electrical signal.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one disturbance comprises one or more of a pacing spike and muscle generated noise.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one metric comprises electrical heterogeneity information.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the electrical heterogeneity information comprises a standard deviation of activation times.

13. A method for use in cardiac evaluation comprising:

monitoring electrical activity from tissue of a patient using a plurality of external electrodes to generate a plurality of electrical signals;

filtering at least one electrical signal of the plurality of electrical signals;

detecting at least one disturbance in the at least one electrical signal using the at least one filtered signal;

determining a temporal location of the at least one disturbance in the at least one electrical signal based on a time that the at least one filtered signal crosses a predetermined threshold;

removing the at least one disturbance from the at least one electrical signal by smoothing the at least one disturbance using the temporal location of the at least one disturbance;

determining a plurality of cardiac activation times based on the plurality of electrical signals following the removal of the at least one disturbance from the at least one electrical signal; and

displaying one or more of a graphical map of electrical activation and at least one metric based on the determined plurality of cardiac activation times on a graphical user interface.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of cardiac activation times are representative of depolarization of cardiac tissue that propagates through the torso of the patient.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of external electrodes comprises a plurality of surface electrodes to be located proximate skin of the patient's torso.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the predetermined threshold is based on a sampling rate of the at least one electrical signal.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein removing the at least one disturbance from the at least one electrical signal by smoothing the at least one disturbance using the temporal location of the at least one disturbance comprises smoothing the at least one electrical signal within a window starting at a predetermined time period before the temporal location of the at least one disturbance and extending a predetermined amount of time after the temporal location of the at least one disturbance.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein detecting the at least one disturbance in the at least one electrical signal using the at least one filtered signal comprises:

detecting at least a first disturbance and a second disturbance in the at least one electrical signal, the second disturbance occurring after the first disturbance,

wherein determining a temporal location of the at least one disturbance in the at least one electrical signal comprises:

determining a temporal location of the first disturbance and the second disturbance, and

wherein the removing the at least one disturbance from the at least one electrical signal by smoothing the at least one disturbance using the temporal location of the at least one disturbance comprises removing the first disturbance and the second disturbance by smoothing the at least one electrical signal within a window starting at a predetermined amount of time before the temporal location of the first disturbance and extending a predetermined amount of time after the second disturbance.

19. The method of claim 13 , wherein determining the temporal location of the at least one disturbance comprises determining temporal locations of the at least one disturbance in at least two electrical signals, and wherein the removing the at least one disturbance from the at least one electrical signal by smoothing the at least one disturbance using the temporal location of the at least one disturbance comprises smoothing the plurality of electrical signals at the temporal locations of the at least one disturbance in the at least two electrical signals.

20. The method of claim 13 , wherein filtering the at least one electrical signal comprises filtering the at least one signal using a second difference filter.

21. The method of claim 13 , wherein the at least one metric comprises electrical heterogeneity information.

22. The method of claim 21 , wherein the electrical heterogeneity information comprises a standard deviation of activation times.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2021
From: HOGLUND, BRANDON K.; KLECKNER, KAREN J.; STECKLER, MARC C.; FISCHER, TRENT M.; GHOSH, SUBHAM; COMIA, IRAH-VANESA H.
To: MEDTRONIC, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62968008 · Jan 30, 2020
Related Publication 20210236038A1 · Aug 5, 2021
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