Automatic Fibrillation Classification and Identification of Fibrillation Epochs
Summary
The European Patent Office published patent application EP4577117A1 for Vektor Medical, Inc., covering an automated system for classifying and identifying cardiac fibrillation epochs using signal processing and machine learning techniques applied to ECG data. The patent application includes inventors David Marton, Christian Villongco, and Christopher J.T. with IPC classifications in medical diagnostic computing (G16H) and cardiac monitoring (A61B).
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The EPO published patent application EP4577117A1 for Vektor Medical covering automated fibrillation classification and identification of fibrillation epochs. This is a standard patent publication granting IP rights with no compliance implications.
For affected parties, this patent publication does not create any regulatory obligations or compliance deadlines. Healthcare technology companies, medical device manufacturers, and clinical software developers in the EU may wish to review the patent claims for freedom-to-operate considerations when developing similar cardiac monitoring or arrhythmia detection systems.
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AUTOMATIC FIBRILLATION CLASSIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF FIBRILLATION EPOCHS
Publication EP4577117A1 Kind: A1 Apr 08, 2026
Applicants
Vektor Medical, Inc.
Inventors
DAVID MARTON, Christian, VILLONGCO, Christopher J.t.
IPC Classifications
A61B 5/361 20210101AFI20260305BHEP G16H 50/50 20180101ALI20260305BHEP A61B 5/363 20210101ALI20260305BHEP
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AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, ME, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR
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