Systems and methods for blood pressure measurement with psychological status validation
First Claim
1. A system for validating a psychological status with respect to a blood pressure measurement, the system comprising:
- a pressure sensor platform adapted for measuring continual pressure pulse of a subject and providing pressure pulse data for the subject from the measured continual pressure pulse, wherein the pressure pulse data comprises data for a plurality of pressure waveforms associated with beat-to-beat blood pressure values of the subject;
data feature identification logic configured to identify peaks and troughs of the plurality of pressure waveforms;
measurement logic configured to derive a blood pressure measurement for the subject from the pressure pulse data and to derive heart rate variability data and blood pressure variability data from the pressure pulse data using the identified peaks and troughs of the plurality of pressure waveforms; and
analysis logic configured to analyze the heart rate variability data and blood pressure variability data and determine if one or more psychological influencing factors is present with respect to the subject, wherein the analysis logic provides information regarding validity of the blood pressure measurement based on the determination if one or more psychological influencing factors is present and outputs a signal indicating invalidity of the blood pressure measurement when the analysis logic determines that the one or more psychological influencing factors is present and indicating validity of the blood pressure measurement when the analysis logic determines that the one or more psychological influencing factors is not present; and
wherein the analysis logic is configured to trigger one or more additional measurements for deriving an additional blood pressure measurement for the subject in response to the signal indicating invalidity of the blood pressure measurement and to cause the blood pressure measurement to be recorded in response to the signal indicating validity of the blood pressure measurement.
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Abstract
Techniques for effectively and accurately measuring psychological influencing factors, such as the white coat effect and mental stress, that may affect or otherwise influence biometric measurements, such as blood pressure measurements, are described. Embodiments of a measurement validation system herein may utilize a method for determining an artery location on a living subject'"'"'s skin and positioning a tonometry pressure sensor on the artery location for tonometric blood pressure measurement to obtain pressure pulse data for a subject. In operation according to embodiments, measurement logic of a measurement validation system may utilize the pressure pulse data to extract blood pressure data, heart rate data, blood pressure variability data, and heart rate variability data. The foregoing data may be utilized in identifying whether the blood pressure measurement properly and accurately reflects the situation of the subject.
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1. A system for validating a psychological status with respect to a blood pressure measurement, the system comprising:
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a pressure sensor platform adapted for measuring continual pressure pulse of a subject and providing pressure pulse data for the subject from the measured continual pressure pulse, wherein the pressure pulse data comprises data for a plurality of pressure waveforms associated with beat-to-beat blood pressure values of the subject; data feature identification logic configured to identify peaks and troughs of the plurality of pressure waveforms; measurement logic configured to derive a blood pressure measurement for the subject from the pressure pulse data and to derive heart rate variability data and blood pressure variability data from the pressure pulse data using the identified peaks and troughs of the plurality of pressure waveforms; and analysis logic configured to analyze the heart rate variability data and blood pressure variability data and determine if one or more psychological influencing factors is present with respect to the subject, wherein the analysis logic provides information regarding validity of the blood pressure measurement based on the determination if one or more psychological influencing factors is present and outputs a signal indicating invalidity of the blood pressure measurement when the analysis logic determines that the one or more psychological influencing factors is present and indicating validity of the blood pressure measurement when the analysis logic determines that the one or more psychological influencing factors is not present; and wherein the analysis logic is configured to trigger one or more additional measurements for deriving an additional blood pressure measurement for the subject in response to the signal indicating invalidity of the blood pressure measurement and to cause the blood pressure measurement to be recorded in response to the signal indicating validity of the blood pressure measurement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for validating a psychological status with respect to a blood pressure measurement, the method comprising:
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providing pressure pulse data from a measured continual pressure pulse of a subject, wherein the pressure pulse data comprises data for a plurality of pressure waveforms associated with beat-to-beat blood pressure values of the subject; identifying peaks and troughs of the plurality of pressure waveforms; calculating a blood pressure measurement for the subject from the pressure pulse data; calculating heart rate variability data from the pressure pulse data using the identified peaks and troughs; calculating blood pressure variability data from the pressure pulse data using the identified peaks and troughs; analyzing the calculated heart rate variability data and blood pressure variability data; determining if one or more psychological influencing factors is present with respect to the subject based on the analyzing; providing a signal regarding validity of the blood pressure measurement based on the determination if one or more psychological influencing factors is present, wherein the signal indicates invalidity of the blood pressure measurement when the one or more psychological influencing factors is determined to be present with respect to the subject and the signal indicates validity of the blood pressure measurement when the one or more psychological influencing factors is determined not to be present with respect to the subject; and triggering one or more additional pressure pulse measurements for calculating an additional blood pressure measurement for the subject in response to the signal indicating invalidity of the blood pressure measurement and recording the blood pressure measurement in response to the signal indicating validity of the blood pressure measurement. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for validating a psychological status with respect to a blood pressure measurement, the system comprising:
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a pressure sensor platform adapted for measuring continual pressure pulse of a subject and providing pressure pulse data for the subject from the measured continual pressure pulse, wherein the pressure pulse data comprises data for a plurality of pressure waveforms associated with beat-to-beat blood pressure values of the subject; data feature identification logic configured to identify peaks and troughs of the plurality of pressure waveforms; measurement logic configured to calculate heart rate variability data and blood pressure variability data from beat-to-beat differences in data of the pressure pulse data, wherein the blood pressure measurement is also calculated from the pressure pulse data using the identified peaks and troughs of the plurality of pressure waveforms; and analysis logic configured to analyze the calculated heart rate variability data and blood pressure variability data and determine if one or more psychological influencing factors is present with respect to the subject, wherein the analysis logic provides a signal regarding validity of the blood pressure measurement based on the determination if one or more psychological influencing factors is present, wherein the signal indicates invalidity of the blood pressure measurement when the one or more psychological influencing factors is determined to be present with respect to the subject and the signal indicates validity of the blood pressure measurement when the one or more psychological influencing factors is determined not to be present with respect to the subject; and wherein the analysis logic is configured to trigger one or more additional measurements for calculating an additional blood pressure measurement for the subject in response to the signal indicating invalidity of the blood pressure measurement and to cause the blood pressure measurement to be recorded in response to the signal indicating validity of the blood pressure measurement. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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