Abstract:
Method and device for monitoring the cardiac activity of one or a plurality of persons comprising the presetting of a range (8, 9) of pulse-rates, the detection of heart-beats and the calculation of the pulse-rate of the monitor person and the provision to the monitored person of a signal (13) allowing said person to situate the value of his or her pulse-rate calculated with respect to sais preset pulse-rate range.
Abstract:
In order to measure a pulse rate according to the near-infrared-photoplethysmography method, a sensor (1) comprising an emitter (6) and a receiver (7) is placed on the forehead, precisely over the glabella. The measured values can be transmitted to a display device (10) by telemetry (9, 10).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus in connection with measuring the heartbeat rate of a person. In the method, the ECG signal of the person and the timing moment of at least one ECG signal waveform, such as the QRS complex, are measured with a heartbeat rate monitor. The average heartbeat rate frequency of the heartbeat rate is calculated from the ECG signal. Heartbeat rate variation information proportional to the magnitude of the heartbeat rate variation or to that of the total or partial power of a spectrum derived from the heartbeat rate is provided by means of a mathematical function, said heartbeat rate variation information being displayed on the display (10) of the heartbeat rate monitor together with the average heartbeat rate frequency.
Abstract:
Portable device especially for continuously measuring a patient's blood pressure, and possibly his heart rate. The device includes a self-contained portable housing (41) comprising: means (111) for storing at least one reference information (110) representing the patient's blood pressure (12) in a predetermined state, a sensor (11) responsive to the patient's blood pressure variations (12), supplying a signal (13) corresponding to the instantaneous blood pressure; means (14) for processing said signal (13) corresponding to the instantaneous blood pressure, supplying at least information (16) corresponding to the patient's blood pressure; and means (19) for determining the patient's blood pressure, as a function of the reference data (110) and of the data (16) corresponding to the blood pressure variations.
Abstract:
A cuff of a sphygmomanometer capable of judging systolic and diastolic pressures with high accuracy. The cuff (10) comprises a rigid curved plate (10a), an outer cloth (10b) surrounding the outer periphery of the curved plate (10a), an inner cloth (10c) sewn to the outer cloth (10b) so as to surround the inner periphery of the curved plate (10a), an air bag (10d) provided on the inner side of the inner cloth (10c), and a fastener (10e) attached to the outer periphery of the outer cloth (10b). The air bag (10d) comprises a transparent bag body (10g) containing reinforcing fibers (10f) incorporated thereinto to a grid pattern. An optical distance sensor (12) comprises a photocoupler (12a) attached to the outer side of the bag body (10g) and a reflective plate (12b) attached to the inner side of the bag body (10g) so as to oppose the photocoupler (12a). The photocoupler (12a) is provided with a light emitting diode and a phototransistor, and the light emitted by the diode is reflected on the reflective plate (12b) and falls on the phototransistor. The magnitude of the output of the phototransistor varies in accordance with the distance between the photocoupler (12a) and the reflective plate (12b).
Abstract:
A convenient, low cost, heart rate monitor. In one embodiment, a digital filter structure (64) includes a low pass filter having a notch at 60 Hz and a bandpass filter which amplifies signals in a frequency range from 10 Hz to 40 Hz and has a notch at 60 Hz. This digital filter has a recursive structure and uses integer coefficients to simplify and speed up the calculations. A four bit microcontroller (70) may implement the digital filter. The output of the digital filter is subject to enhancement signal processing to emphasize QRS complexes indicative of human heartbeats.
Abstract:
A method and an apparatus for measuring quantities relating to a person's cardiac activity, such as for example quantities proportional to heart rate, cardiac stroke volume and cardiac output. A person is positioned on a measuring support (S), so that a blood flow pulse caused by a stroke of heart is matched by a change in a person's weight (G). Said change of weight is recorded and the recorded changes of weight are used for deriving information about a person's cardiac activity, such as for example about stroke volume and cardiac output as well as heart rate.
Abstract:
A pulse responsive device, e.g. a pulse rate meter or pulse oximetry device comprises a light emitter (20) and a light sensor (21) for receiving light from the emitter after transmission through or reflection from body tissue, to give an electrical signal varying according to blood flow pulsations. A movement transducer gives an electrical signal representing body movements or vibrations but independent of blood flow pulsations: this transducer may comprise a light emitter (22) and sensor (23) responsive to a different wavelength from the elements (20, 21). The device compares the two electrical signals to cancel out the movement or vibration noise from the signal from the sensor (21).
Abstract:
A personal monitor (10, 100, 200) for work and heat stress has a heart beat sensor (12) producing output electrical signals indicating a user's heart beats. A memory (127) stores heart beat information corresponding to the heart beat signals produced over predetermined time intervals. A microprocessor (126) is connected to receive the heart beat information from the memory (127). The microprocessor (126) analyzes the heart beat information incrementally over the predetermined time intervals under program control to obtain a physiological demand during the predetermined time intervals and compares the obtained physiological demand against a stored physiological demand limit. Light emitting diodes (208) and a sound producing diaphragm (186) provide indications to the user when the stored physiological demand limit has been exceeded. The microprocessor (126) controls operation of the LEDs (208) and the diaphragm (186).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for identifying a heartbeat. In the method, an arterial pressure signal is measured in the form of multichannel measurement, and the required signal-processing operations, such as filtration, are carried out if necessary. The method also comprises carrying out signal detection and decision-making concerning the acceptance as a heartbeat signal. According to the invention, the signal detection includes multichannel channel-specific detection for the purpose of identifying signal components of different channels, and the obtained channel-specific detected channel signals are used as input data during the decision-making stage.