Systems and methods for determining an organism's pathology
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1. A method for detecting whether a subject has a physiological abnormality, comprising:
- attaching a fingertip sensor to a finger of a subject, wherein, during a period of time when the fingertip sensor is attached to the subject'"'"'s fingertip, the fingertip sensor outputs data;
storing at least some of said outputted data;
utilizing at least some of said stored data to derive a score and/or index representing a quality of the subject'"'"'s blood circulation; and
utilizing at least some of said stored data to;
(a) determine whether the subject experienced an irregular heart beat;
(b) determine the subject'"'"'s heart rate variability; and
/or (c) determine the subject'"'"'s oxygen saturation.
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Abstract
A system and method for detecting whether a subject has a physiological abnormality. The system includes a fingertip sensor and a data collection and analysis system coupled to the fingertip sensor.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for detecting whether a subject has a physiological abnormality, comprising:
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attaching a fingertip sensor to a finger of a subject, wherein, during a period of time when the fingertip sensor is attached to the subject'"'"'s fingertip, the fingertip sensor outputs data;
storing at least some of said outputted data;
utilizing at least some of said stored data to derive a score and/or index representing a quality of the subject'"'"'s blood circulation; and
utilizing at least some of said stored data to;
(a) determine whether the subject experienced an irregular heart beat;
(b) determine the subject'"'"'s heart rate variability; and
/or (c) determine the subject'"'"'s oxygen saturation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for detecting whether a subject has a physiological abnormality, comprising:
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a fingertip sensor for attaching to a subject'"'"'s finger and for outputting data that can be used to determine whether the subject has a physiological abnormality;
a data collection and analysis system coupled to the fingertip sensor and configured to receive said outputted data, wherein the data collection and analysis system comprises a programmable data processor, wherein the programmable data processor is configured to;
store at least some of said received data;
utilize at least some of said stored data to derive a score and/or index representing a quality of the subject'"'"'s blood circulation; and
utilize at least some of said stored data to;
(a) determine whether the subject experienced an irregular heart beat;
(b) determine the subject'"'"'s heart rate variability; and
/or (c) determine the subject'"'"'s oxygen saturation. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for analyzing a subject'"'"'s blood circulation, comprising:
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attaching a fingertip sensor to a finger of a subject, wherein, during a period of time when the fingertip sensor is attached to the subject'"'"'s fingertip, the fingertip sensor outputs data;
analyzing at least some of the outputted data to determine useable pulse beats;
averaging the second derivative spectra of all the good pulse beats to produce an average;
dividing the average by the largest value of any individual pulse beat, thereby normalizing the data;
using the normalized data to derive a score and/or index concerning the subject'"'"'s blood circulation. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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