Patents by Inventor Thomas Bork Hardahl

Thomas Bork Hardahl has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8260406
    Abstract: A system and a method for analysis of ECG curvature, which system involves a mathematical analysis comprising the following features where a number of different parameters are isolated and stored in a computer, where a first number of parameters are selected from at least one main group, where the selected parameters are combined in at least a first mathematical analysis. It is the object of the invention to improve mathematical analysis of ECG curvature particular for complex parts of the curvature such as notches or concavities. This can be achieved by selecting parameters from groups of symmetry, flatness, duration and/or complexity, using the parameters as input to an algorithm, where concavity intervals are evaluated on subsegments of the ECG segment and form the basis of up and downwards concavity quantification, where the system based on an algorithm detects and quantifies concavity on ECG curvatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Aalborg Universitet
    Inventors: Thomas Bork Hardahl, Claus Graff, Mads Peter Andersen, Egon Toft, Johannes Jan Struijk, Joel Q. Xue
  • Patent number: 7991458
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system or method for analyzing drug influence on ECG curvature and Long QT Syndrome. The system has an input means connected to an ECG source, where different parameters of a received ECG curvature are indicated and/or isolated for indicating possible symptoms which relate to certain diseases that influence the ECG curvature. The aim of the invention is to achieve a system and a method for diagnosing Long QT Syndrome in an objective, fast and effect way by indication of a number of symptoms derivable from an ECG curve. Further aim is to achieve an effective test of drug influence on ECG curvature. The system analyzes the QT curvature of the ECG curvature for indicating Long QT Syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Aalborg Universitet
    Inventors: Thomas Bork Hardahl, Claus Graff, Mads Peter Andersen, Egon Toft, Johannes Jan Struijk, Joergen Kim Kanters
  • Patent number: 7840259
    Abstract: A method for evaluating an electrocardiogram is disclosed herein. The method includes measuring an electrical activity of a patient, processing the measured electrical activity to form a multi-lead signal, and extracting a segment of the multi-lead signal. The method for evaluating an electrocardiogram also includes transforming the segment of the multi-lead signal into a synthesized signal that is most representative of the patient's electrical activity, and evaluating the synthesized signal. A corresponding system for evaluating an electrocardiogram is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Joel Qiuzhen Xue, Johannes Jan Struijk, Mads Peter Andersen, Claus Graff, Thomas Bork Hardahl
  • Publication number: 20100069767
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and a method for analysis of ECG curvature, which system involves a mathematical analysis, which analysis comprises the following features where a number of different parameters are isolated and stored in computer means, where a first number of parameters are selected from at least one main group, where the selected parameters are combined in at least a first mathematical analysis. It is the object of the invention to improve mathematical analysis of ECG curvature particular for complex parts of the curvature such as notches or concavities. It is a further object of the invention to improve automatic quantification of symmetry, flatness and durations of ECG curvature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: AALBORG UNIVERSITET
    Inventors: Thomas Bork Hardahl, Claus Graff, Mads Peter Andersen, Egon Toft, Johannes Jan Struijk, Joel Q. Xue
  • Patent number: 7477936
    Abstract: A system or a method for analysing ECG curvature wherein at least one among a number of different parameters is isolated, for indicating symptoms of diseases having influence on the ECG curvature. The system and method provides for objective, fast and effective indication of a number of symptoms derivable from an ECG curve which may be indicative of one or more diseases. This can be achieved when a first number of selected parameters are combined in at least a first mathematical analysis, where the result of the analysis can be represented as a point in a coordinate system comprising at least two axes where the system can compare the actual placement in the coordinate system with a number of reference parameters stored in the system for indicating diseases having influence on the ECG curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Aalborg Universitet
    Inventors: Thomas Bork Hardahl, Claus Graff, Mads Peter Andersen, Egon Toft, Johannes Jan Struijk, Jørgen Kim Kanters
  • Publication number: 20080154143
    Abstract: A method for evaluating an electrocardiogram is disclosed herein. The method includes measuring an electrical activity of a patient, processing the measured electrical activity to form a multi-lead signal, and extracting a segment of the multi-lead signal. The method for evaluating an electrocardiogram also includes transforming the segment of the multi-lead signal into a synthesized signal that is most representative of the patient's electrical activity, and evaluating the synthesized signal. A corresponding system for evaluating an electrocardiogram is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Joel Qiuzhen Xue, Johannes Jan Struijk, Mads Peter Andersen, Claus Graff, Thomas Bork Hardahl