Abstract:
The use of two separate ensemble averagers for processing a detected waveform for use in calculating oxygen saturation and a pulse rate. The ensemble averager used for calculating oxygen saturation operates on a signal which has been normalized, while the ensemble averager for the pulse rate calculation operates on a signal which has not been normalized. The metrics chosen for the two paths through the two ensemble averagers can be varied to optimize the ensemble averaging for oxygen saturation or pulse rate calculations.
Abstract:
The use of two separate ensemble averagers for processing a detected waveform for use in calculating oxygen saturation and a pulse rate. The ensemble averager used for calculating oxygen saturation operates on a signal which has been normalized, while the ensemble averager for the pulse rate calculation operates on a signal which has not been normalized. The metrics chosen for the two paths through the two ensemble averagers can be varied to optimize the ensemble averaging for oxygen saturation or pulse rate calculations.
Abstract:
There is provided a system and method for secure voice identification in a medical device. More specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a method (60) comprising receiving an audio signal (61), identifying one or more frequency components of the received audio signal (62), determining a permission level associated with the one or more frequency components (64), determining a medical device command associated with the one or more frequency components (66), wherein the medical device command has a permission level, and executing the medical device command (70) if the permission level of the medical device command is at or below the permission level (68) associated with the one or more frequency components.
Abstract:
Methods and systems for calculating body fluid metrics are provided. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present technique, there is provided a method (50) for calculating body fluid metrics by acquiring an absorbance spectrum of a subject's tissue over a range of near-infrared light (56), performing a multi-linear regression of the absorbance spectrum of the subject's tissue in relation to absorbance spectra of tissue constituents (60), and calculating body fluid metrics based on the results of the multi-linear regression (66). A system (20) is provided having a sensor (24) for emitting the light into the subject's tissue and detecting reflected, scattered, or transmitted light, a spectrometer (40) for processing the detected light and generating the absorbance spectrum of the subject's tissue, memory (44) for storing absorbance spectra of the tissue constituents and a multi-linear regression model, and a processor (42) for performing the multi-linear regression and calculating the body fluid metrics.
Abstract:
A system (10) and method (40) are provided for a water reserve index. The method 40 includes determining a lean water fraction of tissue for at least one tissue site (42) and determining skin thickness for the at least one tissue site (44). The lean water fraction and skin thickness are combined to produce a water reserve estimate (46).
Abstract:
An airway device is provided that may track the flow of respiratory gases through the device with sensing elements at a plurality of locations along the gas flow path of the device. Such a device may be useful for assessing a variety of clinical states, for adjusting patient ventilator settings, or for determining whether or not an airway device has been properly inserted into a patient airway.