Belt for electro impedance measurement and method using such belt
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1. An electro impedance measuring system, comprising:
- a belt for placing electrodes around the thorax of a patient, the belt comprising;
an electrode array comprising a plurality of spaced apart electrodes for electro impedance imaging; and
a support structure comprising a belt, on which the electrode array is arranged, having two angulated legs on which the plurality of spaced apart electrodes are aligned, the two angulated legs spread out from an apex of the support structure at a first angle, such that, when the belt is placed around a thorax of a patient, the electrode array and the two angulated legs of the support structure extend from a back of the patient with the apex of the support structure located over a thoracic vertebrae of the patient, the two angulated legs of the support structure each extending downward from the apex in an opposite direction to one another and wrapping around the thorax to the front of the patient and over a lower part of a breastbone of the patient, the electrode array having a first portion extending along a first of the two angulated legs from proximate the apex of the support structure around the thorax of the patient to proximate the lower part of the breastbone of the patient and a second portion extending along a second of the two angulated legs from proximate the apex of the support structure around an opposite side of the thorax of the patient to proximate the lower part of the breastbone of the patient, the first and second portions of the electrode array positioned substantially parallel to the patient'"'"'s ribs; and
a processor configured for electro impedance imaging coupled to the electrode array.
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Abstract
An electro impedance measuring belt for placing electrodes around the thorax of a patient comprises an array of a plurality of spaced apart electrodes, and a support structure, on which the electrodes are arranged. The support structure with the electrode array comprises two angulated legs on which the electrodes are lined up, the two legs spread out from an apex at an angle, such that, when the belt is put around the thorax of a patient, the array of electrodes extends from the back of the patient, where the apex of fee angulated legs is to be located, essentially parallel to the ribs to the lower part of the breastbone of the patient.
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1. An electro impedance measuring system, comprising:
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a belt for placing electrodes around the thorax of a patient, the belt comprising; an electrode array comprising a plurality of spaced apart electrodes for electro impedance imaging; and a support structure comprising a belt, on which the electrode array is arranged, having two angulated legs on which the plurality of spaced apart electrodes are aligned, the two angulated legs spread out from an apex of the support structure at a first angle, such that, when the belt is placed around a thorax of a patient, the electrode array and the two angulated legs of the support structure extend from a back of the patient with the apex of the support structure located over a thoracic vertebrae of the patient, the two angulated legs of the support structure each extending downward from the apex in an opposite direction to one another and wrapping around the thorax to the front of the patient and over a lower part of a breastbone of the patient, the electrode array having a first portion extending along a first of the two angulated legs from proximate the apex of the support structure around the thorax of the patient to proximate the lower part of the breastbone of the patient and a second portion extending along a second of the two angulated legs from proximate the apex of the support structure around an opposite side of the thorax of the patient to proximate the lower part of the breastbone of the patient, the first and second portions of the electrode array positioned substantially parallel to the patient'"'"'s ribs; and
a processor configured for electro impedance imaging coupled to the electrode array. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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