摘要:
Systems and methods for managing cardiac arrhythmias are discussed. A data management system receives a first detection algorithm including a detection criterion for detecting a cardiac arrhythmia. An arrhythmia detector detects arrhythmia episodes from a physiologic signal using a second detection algorithm that is different from and has a higher sensitivity for detecting the cardiac arrhythmia than the first detection algorithm. The arrhythmia detector assigns a detection indicator to each of the detected arrhythmia episodes. The detection indicator indicates a likelihood that the detected arrhythmia episode satisfies the detection criterion of the first detection algorithm. The system prioritizes the detected arrhythmia episodes according to the assigned detection indicators, and outputs the arrhythmia episodes to a user or a process according to the episode prioritization.
摘要:
Die vorliegende Erfindung dient der Begleitung von Patienten bei der Verbesserung der Symptomatik einer Erkrankung; insbesondere von Patienten, die an einer Herzinsuffizienz leiden. Gegenstände der vorliegenden Erfindung sind ein System und ein Verfahren zur Überwachung des Gesundheitszustands einer Vielzahl an Patienten.
摘要:
A system for monitoring one or more respiratory conditions is disclosed. The system comprises a medical device and an e-tattoo configured to attach to the subject's skin. The medical device is configured to monitor at least one respiratory parameter of a subject and transmit a signal in response to monitoring a trigger event in the at least one respiratory parameter. The e-tattoo is configured to: receive the signal from the medical device; sense at least one environmental parameter in response to receiving the signal; and transmit the at least one environmental parameter.
摘要:
The invention relates to a device (1) for determining diastolic blood pressure in an unobtrusive and painless way such that it can be determined, for instance, during sleep. A PPG signal of the skin of a subject is provided by, for instance, a PPG sensor (4), which has been measured at a measurement location, while a force applied to the skin at a force application location has been increased, wherein the measurement location and the force application location are the same or the force application location is proximal relative to the measurement location. A force value of the increasing force is determined by a force value determination unit (6), at which an amplitude of an oscillating component of the PPG signal starts to diminish in reaction to the increasing force, wherein this force value is used by a blood pressure determination unit (8) for determining the diastolic arterial blood pressure.
摘要:
Systems and methods for predicting emotional state, behavioral state, or mood of a subject including a non-contacting physiologic sensing apparatus, as well as, possibly, an image capture sensor or a microphone, which may be incorporated into an article of furniture, for detecting parameters indicative of emotional state of a non-recumbent subject.
摘要:
According to an aspect, there is provided a method of measuring a physiological characteristic of a subject, the method comprising obtaining a set of RF signal measurements for RF signals transmitted into a part of a body of the subject, wherein a RF signal is transmitted sequentially from each of a plurality of transmitting positions with respect to the body of the subject, and wherein each transmitted RF signal is received at a plurality of receiving positions with respect to the body of the subject, wherein each RF signal measurement is based on a comparison of a phase and/or amplitude of each received RF signal to a phase and/or amplitude of the corresponding transmitted RF signal, wherein the set of RF signal measurements comprises a respective subset of RF signal measurements for each transmitted RF signal, wherein the RF signal measurements in a subset correspond to the RF signal measurements for the RF signals received at each of the plurality of receiving positions; applying, by a control unit, a set of time delays, a set of receiver beam steering parameters and a set of transmitter beam steering parameters to the set of RF signal measurements to form a virtual steered beam, wherein the set of time delays comprises a time delay for each subset, wherein each time delay is based on a timing of the transmission of the respective transmitted RF signal; wherein the set of receiver beam steering parameters comprises respective phase and/or amplitude adjustments to be applied to the RF signal measurements in a subset to effect the focusing of a beam formed from the received RF signals for the subset at a measurement position in the body of the subject, and wherein the set of transmitter beam steering parameters comprises respective phase and/or amplitude adjustments to be applied to the subsets to correspond to the focusing of a beam formed from the transmitted RF signals at a measurement position in the body of the subject; and determining, by a control unit, a measurement of the physiological characteristic of the subject from the virtual steered beam.
摘要:
A breath monitoring device including a flow sensor that may measure a respiration rate of a patient and to identify apnea events in the patient's breathing; a CO 2 sensor that may operate at low power and to measure a CO 2 concentration in the patient's breath; and a processor that may integrate the measurements obtained from the flow sensor and the CO 2 sensor and to determine the respiratory status of the patient based on the integration.
摘要:
Described here are systems and methods for monitoring airflow changes in a patient's airway during a medical procedure or as a general patient monitoring tool. Doppler ultrasound signals are acquired from the tracheal wall of the patient and parameters from those Doppler ultrasound signals are compared to baseline parameters. When a threshold change is detected, an alarm can be provided to a user to indicate respiratory compromise, which can include early airway compromise or airway obstruction.
摘要:
There is provided a method and apparatus for determining respiratory information for a subject. One or more physiological signals indicative of at least one physiological characteristic of the subject is acquired (202) and contextual information relating to at least one of the subject and the one or more physiological signals is obtained (204). Based on the contextual information, at least one signal processing algorithm for each of the one or more physiological signals is selected (206), the at least one signal processing algorithm being adapted to determine respiratory information. Respiratory information for the subject is determined based on the one or more physiological signals using the at least one signal processing algorithm selected for the one or more physiological signals (208).