Apparatus and method for determining a physiological condition
First Claim
1. An apparatus for detecting a physiological condition in a person, the apparatus comprising processing means (102) adapted to receive at least two physiological parameters, and to determine, from the received physiological parameters, a result signal indicative of the presence or onset of said physiological condition;
- and output means (108, 109) for generating an output indicative of the result signal;
characterised in that the apparatus comprises storage means (103) for storing a look-up table (214) comprising a plurality of entries, each entry corresponding to a pre-calculated probability of the presence or onset of said physiological condition, the pre-calculated probabilities being determined by means of a mathematical process from previously monitored physiological parameters; and
that the processing means is adapted to process the received at least two physiological parameters to identify one of the plurality of entries of the look-up table, and to determine said result signal from the identified entry of the look-up table.
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Abstract
An apparatus for detecting a physiological condition in a person, comprising input means for receiving at least two physiological parameters, processing means for determining, from the received physiological parameters, a result signal indicative of the presence or onset of said physiological condition, and output means for generating an output indicative of the result signal. The apparatus further comprises storage means for storing a look-up table comprising a plurality of entries, each entry corresponding to a pre-calculated probability of the presence or onset of said physiological condition, the pre-calculated probabilities being determined by means of a mathematical process from previously monitored physiological parameters; and the processing means is adapted to process the received at least two physiological parameters to identify one of the plurality of entries of the look-up table, and to determine said result signal from the identified entry of the look-up table.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus for detecting a physiological condition in a person, the apparatus comprising
processing means (102) adapted to receive at least two physiological parameters, and to determine, from the received physiological parameters, a result signal indicative of the presence or onset of said physiological condition; - and
output means (108, 109) for generating an output indicative of the result signal;
characterised in that the apparatus comprises storage means (103) for storing a look-up table (214) comprising a plurality of entries, each entry corresponding to a pre-calculated probability of the presence or onset of said physiological condition, the pre-calculated probabilities being determined by means of a mathematical process from previously monitored physiological parameters; and
that the processing means is adapted to process the received at least two physiological parameters to identify one of the plurality of entries of the look-up table, and to determine said result signal from the identified entry of the look-up table. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of alerting a patient to the risk of the presence of a physiological condition, the method comprising
receiving at least two physiological parameters; -
determining, from the received physiological parameters, a result signal indicative of the presence of said physiological condition;
notifying the patient in response to the result signal;
characterised in that the step of determining the result signal comprises processing the received at least two physiological parameters to identify one of a plurality of entries of a look-up table, each entry of the look-up up table corresponding to a calculated probability of the presence of said physiological condition; and
determining said result signal from the identified entry of the look-up table.
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20. A computer program comprising program code means for performing all the steps of:
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receiving at least two physiological parameters;
determining, from the received physiological parameters, a result signal indicative of the presence of said physiological condition;
notifying the patient in response to the result signal;
characterised in that the step of determining the result signal comprises processing the received at least two physiological parameters to identify one of a plurality of entries of a look-up table, each entry of the look-up up table corresponding to a calculated probability of the presence of said physiological condition; and
determining said result signal from the identified entry of the look-up table
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