Non-invasive blood pressure measurement system
First Claim
1. An electronic method for monitoring blood pressure of a patient, the method comprising:
- receiving physiological electrical information associated with a patient, the physiological electrical information configured to reflect electrical activity of the patient'"'"'s heart;
receiving a cardiac ejection information associated with the patient, the cardiac ejection information reflecting ejection of blood from the patient'"'"'s heart;
receiving arterial pulse information associated with a limb of the patient from an acoustic sensor;
determining an arterial pulse wave transit time (PWTT) measurement that compensates for a pre-ejection period of a cardiac cycle associated with the patient'"'"'s heart, based at least partly on the physiological electrical information, the cardiac ejection information, and the arterial pulse information;
receiving a heart rate signal that is correlated with a set of arterial PWTT measurements, including the arterial PWTT measurement;
determining a variability in the received heart rate signal;
adjusting an averaging parameter for an averaging filter configured to be applied to the set of arterial PWTT measurements based on the variability;
applying the averaging filter to the set of arterial PWTT measurements to thereby selectively reduce noise in the set of arterial PWTT measurements; and
monitoring blood pressure of the patient based on the application of the averaging filter to the set of arterial PWTT measurements.
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Abstract
A system for non-invasively determining an indication of an individual'"'"'s blood pressure is described. In certain embodiments, the system calculates pulse wave transit time using two acoustic sensors. The system can include a first acoustic sensor configured to monitor heart sounds of the patient corresponding to ventricular systole and diastole and a second acoustic sensor configured to monitor arterial pulse sounds at an arterial location remote from the heart. The system can advantageously calculate a arterial pulse wave transit time (PWTT) that does not include the pre-ejection period time delay. In certain embodiments, the system further includes a processor that calculates the arterial PWTT obtained from the acoustic sensors. The system can use this arterial PWTT to determine whether to trigger an occlusive cuff measurement.
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1. An electronic method for monitoring blood pressure of a patient, the method comprising:
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receiving physiological electrical information associated with a patient, the physiological electrical information configured to reflect electrical activity of the patient'"'"'s heart; receiving a cardiac ejection information associated with the patient, the cardiac ejection information reflecting ejection of blood from the patient'"'"'s heart; receiving arterial pulse information associated with a limb of the patient from an acoustic sensor; determining an arterial pulse wave transit time (PWTT) measurement that compensates for a pre-ejection period of a cardiac cycle associated with the patient'"'"'s heart, based at least partly on the physiological electrical information, the cardiac ejection information, and the arterial pulse information; receiving a heart rate signal that is correlated with a set of arterial PWTT measurements, including the arterial PWTT measurement; determining a variability in the received heart rate signal; adjusting an averaging parameter for an averaging filter configured to be applied to the set of arterial PWTT measurements based on the variability; applying the averaging filter to the set of arterial PWTT measurements to thereby selectively reduce noise in the set of arterial PWTT measurements; and monitoring blood pressure of the patient based on the application of the averaging filter to the set of arterial PWTT measurements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An electronic method for monitoring blood pressure of a patient, the method comprising:
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receiving physiological electrical information associated with a patient, the physiological electrical information configured to reflect electrical activity of the patient'"'"'s heart; receiving a cardiac ejection information associated with the patient, the cardiac ejection information reflecting ejection of blood from the patient'"'"'s heart; receiving arterial pulse information associated with a limb of the patient from an acoustic sensor; determining an arterial pulse wave transit time (PWTT) measurement that compensates for a pre-ejection period of a cardiac cycle associated with the patient'"'"'s heart, based at least partly on the physiological electrical information, the cardiac ejection information, and the arterial pulse information; receiving a respiratory rate signal that is correlated with a set of arterial PWTT measurements, including the arterial PWTT measurement; determining a variability in the received respiratory rate signal; adjusting an averaging parameter for an averaging filter configured to be applied to the set of arterial PWTT measurements based on the variability; applying the averaging filter to the set of arterial PWTT measurements to thereby selectively reduce noise in the set of arterial PWTT measurements; and monitoring blood pressure of the patient based on the application of the averaging filter to the set of arterial PWTT measurements. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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