Abstract:
A method and a device for recording at least one signal from an object. The method comprises the following steps. Providing a recording device comprising at least one electrode and/or a sensor, a preamplifier, microprocessor, A/D-converter, memory and a power source, attaching the recording device on the surface of the object, activating data collection from the signal obtained from the object when the recording device is in contact to the surface, letting the data collection run continuously for a preset time characteristic for the purpose of the study and returning the recording device to a service provider for calculating and analyzing the results off-line with computer programs.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a portable collection container (5) for a test person, and a method for measuring and analyzing the expiration gas collected into the container (5). The container (5) is made of laminate. In the method, the container when discharged by low pressure suction, is folded into its original folded state.
Abstract:
A method for recognizing and identifying emergency situations in an anesthesia system measures a plurality of variables associated with an anesthesia delivery, the measurement values of said measured variables are formed into pattern vectors characterizing the instantaneous states of the system, the system is trained prior to the actual measurement situation with a reference material comprising pattern vectors corresponding to actual situations, and on the basis of measured pattern vectors corresponding to actual situations, and on the basis of measured pattern vectors and trained material, the emergency situations are recognized and possibly identified. The reference material is trained to the system using self-organizing maps, and the pattern vectors formed from the measurement results are compared with weight vectors (m.sub.1) of the self-organizing map to recognize and identify the emergency situations.
Abstract:
A gas collector unit to be fitted over the head of a patient for measuring oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide output and respiratory quotient, said unit comprising a clear, substantially half-ellipsoidal plastic canopy (1), a cylinder of plastic sheeting (8), which is airtightly seamed to its edges and whose mouth (10) can be airtightly sealed around the neck of a patient, as well as hose couplings (2) and (3) and flow diffusers (6) and (7) associated therewith. The free volume of a canopy with a patient's head therein is less than a third of the amount air flowing through the canopy per minute and that the free cross-sectional area of a canopy perpendicular to flow is dimensioned in a manner that the average speed of air flow over the face is higher than 4 cm/s and the CO.sub.2 -content of inhalation air is less than 0.2%.