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Granted Patent B2
US 12,605,103 · App. 17/320,778 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

QRS detection and bracketing

Inventors: Trent Fischer (St. Paul, MN); Karen Kleckner (Minneapolis, MN); Daniel S. Flo (Minneapolis, MN); Marc C. Steckler (Circle Pines, MN); Subham Ghosh (Minneapolis, MN)
Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
A61B5/366G16H40/67A61B5/282A61B5/725A61N1/36507
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Patent No.
US 12,605,103
App. No.
17/320,778
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Electrical activity from tissue of a patient is monitored using a plurality of external electrodes to generate a plurality of electrical signals over time. The plurality of electrical signals are filtered using a first filter having a first frequency range to generate a plurality of first filtered signals. The plurality of electrical signals are filtered using a second filter having a second frequency range different than the first frequency range to generate a plurality of second filtered signals. At least one QRS complex is detected based on the plurality of first filtered signals. A QRS peak of the at least one QRS complex is detected based on the plurality of second filtered signals and the detected at least one QRS complex.

Claims (64)

1 . A system for use in cardiac evaluation comprising:

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

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

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

filter the plurality of electrical signals using a first filter having a first frequency range to generate a plurality of first filtered signals;

filter the plurality of electrical signals using a second filter having a second frequency range different than the first frequency range to generate a plurality of second filtered signals;

detect at least one QRS complex based on the plurality of first filtered signals;

detect a QRS peak of the at least one QRS complex based on the plurality of second filtered signals and the detected at least one QRS complex;

generate a dispersion signal from the plurality second filtered signals, wherein the dispersion signal is representative of the dispersion of the plurality second filtered signals over time;

determine a first derivative signal based on the dispersion signal; and

determine a QRS onset time value and a QRS offset time value corresponding to the at least one QRS complex based on the first derivative signal.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the first filter is a bandpass filter configured to filter out frequencies outside of a range of about 10 Hz to about 32 Hz.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the second filter is a bandpass filter configured to filter out frequencies outside of a range of about 0.5 Hz to about 20 Hz.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein detecting the at least one QRS complex comprises:

generating a first dispersion signal based on the plurality of first filtered signals, wherein the first dispersion signal is representative of the dispersion of the plurality first filtered signals over time; and

detecting the at least one QRS complex based on the first dispersion signal.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein detecting the QRS peak comprises:

determining a standard deviation of the plurality of second filtered signals;

initializing a blanking window of a predetermined length based standard deviation; and

detecting the peak amplitude of the plurality of second filtered signals within the blanking window.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing apparatus is further configured to:

determine a threshold function based on the QRS peak, the threshold function configured to provide sensitivity for detecting at least one subsequent QRS complex; and

detect the at least one subsequent QRS complex based on the threshold function.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein determining the QRS onset time value and the QRS offset time value comprises:

determining a first window of the first derivative signal within a first time period before a peak positive value of the first derivative signal;

determining a second window of the first derivative signal within a second time period after a peak negative value of the first derivative signal;

determining the onset time value by determining a last point within the first window that is less than a first threshold; and

determining the offset time value by determining a first point within the second window that is greater than a second threshold.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing apparatus is further configured to determine a plurality of activation times for the at least one QRS complex based on the plurality of cardiac signals within a QRS duration between the QRS onset time value and the QRS offset time value.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the computing apparatus is further configured to determine at least one metric of electrical heterogeneity based on the plurality of activation times.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the electrical activity is representative of depolarization of cardiac tissue that propagates through the torso of the patient.

11 . 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.

12 . 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 over time;

filtering the plurality of electrical signals using a first filter having a first frequency range to generate a plurality of first filtered signals;

filtering the plurality of electrical signals using a second filter having a second frequency range different than the first frequency range to generate a plurality of second filtered signals;

detecting at least one QRS complex based on the plurality of first filtered signals;

detecting a QRS peak based on the plurality of second filtered signals and the detected at least one QRS complex;

generating a dispersion signal from the plurality second filtered signals, wherein the dispersion signal is representative of the dispersion of the plurality second filtered signals over time;

determining a first derivative signal based on the dispersion signal; and

determining a QRS onset time value and a QRS offset time value corresponding to the at least one QRS complex based on the first derivative signal.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

determining a threshold function based on the QRS peak; and

detecting at least one subsequent QRS complex based on the threshold function.

14 . The method of claim 12 , wherein determining a QRS onset time value and a QRS offset time value comprises:

determining a second window of the first derivative signal within a second time period after a peak negative value of the first derivative signal;

determining the onset time value by determining a last point within the first window that is less than a first threshold; and

determining the offset time value by determining a first point within the second window that is greater than a second threshold.

15 . A system for use in cardiac evaluation comprising:

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

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

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

filter the plurality of electrical signals using a first filter and a second filter to generate a plurality of first filtered signals and plurality of second filtered signals, the first filter and the second filter having different frequency ranges;

detect a QRS peak based on the plurality of first and second filtered signals,

generate a dispersion signal from the plurality second filtered signals, wherein the dispersion signal is representative of the dispersion of the plurality second filtered signals over time;

determine a first derivative signal based on the dispersion signal;

determine a QRS onset time value and a QRS offset time value corresponding to the at least one QRS complex based on the first derivative signal.

16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein determining the QRS onset time value and the QRS offset time value comprises:

determining a first window of the first derivative signal within a first time period before a peak positive value of the first derivative signal;

determining a second window of the first derivative signal within a second time period after a peak negative value of the first derivative signal;

determining the onset time value by determining a last point within the first window that is less than a first threshold; and

determining the offset time value by determining a first point within the second window that is greater than a second threshold.

17 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the computing apparatus is further configured to determine an activation time for the at least one QRS complex within each of the plurality of cardiac signals within a QRS duration between the QRS onset time value and the QRS offset time value.

18 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the computing apparatus is further configured to determine at least one metric of electrical heterogeneity based on the activation time for each of the at least one QRS complex within each of the plurality of cardiac signals.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2021
From: FISCHER, TRENT; KLECKNER, KAREN; FLO, DANIEL S.; STECKLER, MARC C.; GHOSH, SUBHAM
To: MEDTRONIC, INC.
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63034397 · Jun 3, 2020
Provisional Application 63028293 · May 21, 2020
Related Publication 20210361219A1 · Nov 25, 2021
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