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Matthias Heinke, Johannes Hörth, Wolfgang Schultz

• The present invention relates to devices for monitoring and optimizing a temporal trigger stability of an extracorporeal circulatory support and to control and regulation units for extracorporeal circulatory support comprising such a device and corresponding methods. Accordingly, a device (10) for monitoring a temporal trigger stability of an extracorporeal circulatory support is suggested, whichThe present invention relates to devices for monitoring and optimizing a temporal trigger stability of an extracorporeal circulatory support and to control and regulation units for extracorporeal circulatory support comprising such a device and corresponding methods. Accordingly, a device (10) for monitoring a temporal trigger stability of an extracorporeal circulatory support is suggested, which is adapted to receive a first data set (14) of a measurement of an ECG signal of a supported patient over a predefined period of time. The device (10) comprises an evaluation unit (16) adapted to determine or identify a plurality of R-triggers (26) from the first data set (14), wherein the evaluation unit (16) is furthermore adapted to receive or provide a second data set (20) comprising evaluated ECG signals and a plurality of R-triggers (28) and to selectively map the second data set (20) onto the first data set (14). The device is furthermore adapted to output a signal (22) indicative of a temporal distance of successive R-triggers (26) from the first data set (14) and successive R-triggers (28) from the second data set (20) being mapped thereon.…