Patents by Inventor Jacob MELGAARD

Jacob MELGAARD 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).

  • Method and device for analyzing a condition of a heart
    Patent number: 11160487
    Abstract: A method for analyzing a condition of a heart, comprises receiving a plurality of electric signals, which are acquired by non-invasive measurement on the skin of a person or animal, each signal representing electrical activity in a respective region of the heart of the person or animal; calculating a derivative value of each signal at a plurality of time instances; selecting a plurality of the calculated derivative values of a first signal and determining a first point in time of a first event based on the selected derivative values; selecting a plurality of the calculated derivative values of a second signal and determining a second point in time of a second event, corresponding to the first event, based on the selected derivative values of the second signal, and calculating at least one measure based on a difference of the first point in time and the second point in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: AALBORG UNIVERSITET
    Inventors: Jacob Melgaard, Johannes Jan Struijk, Claus Graff
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANALYZING A CONDITION OF A HEART
    Publication number: 20190254552
    Abstract: A method for analyzing a condition of a heart, comprises receiving a plurality of electric signals, which are acquired by non-invasive measurement on the skin of a person or animal, each signal representing electrical activity in a respective region of the heart of the person or animal; calculating a derivative value of each signal at a plurality of time instances; selecting a plurality of the calculated derivative values of a first signal and determining a first point in time of a first event based on the selected derivative values; selecting a plurality of the calculated derivative values of a second signal and determining a second point in time of a second event, corresponding to the first event, based on the selected derivative values of the second signal, and calculating at least one measure based on a difference of the first point in time and the second point in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: AALBORG UNIVERSITET
    Inventors: Jacob MELGAARD, Johannes Jan STRUIJK, Claus GRAFF