Method for processing of continuous pressure-related signals derivable from a human or animal body or body-cavity
First Claim
1. A method for processing continuous pressure-related signals derivable from locations inside or outside a human or animal body or body cavity, comprising the steps of obtaining samples of said signals at specific intervals, and converting thus sampled pressure signals into pressure-related digital data with a time reference,wherein for selectable time sequence windows the method comprises the further steps of:
- a) identifying from said digital data single pressure waves related to cardiac beat-induced pressure waves,b) identifying from said digital data pressure waves related to artifacts or a combination of artifacts and cardiac beat-induced pressure waves,c) computing time sequence (TS.x)-related parameters of said single pressure waves during individual of said time sequence windows,d) adjusting said time sequence (TS.x)-related parameters of said single pressure waves during individual of said time sequence windows using formula-based adjustments based on related time sequence (rTS.x) parameters,e) creating from said formula-based adjustments factorized time sequence (fTS.x) parameters of said individual time sequence windows of said continuous pressure-related signals, andf) establishing an analysis output selected from one or more of said factorized time sequence (fTS.x)-related parameters of said single pressure waves during individual of said time sequence windows.
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Abstract
This invention describes a method for processing pressure signals derivable from locations inside or outside a human or animal body or body cavity. Different aspects of the invention relate to a method for optimal differentiating between cardiac beat- and artifact-induced pressure waves, a method for obtaining new and improved information from said pressure signals, a method for obtaining signals predicting pressures inside a body or body cavity from pressure signals outside said body or body cavity. In particular, this invention describes a method for modifying individual continuous non-invasive pressure-related signals into signals highly predictable of the corresponding invasive pressure-related signals based on already established relationships that can be used for formula-based adjustments of individual signals solely obtained by a non-invasive approach.
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1. A method for processing continuous pressure-related signals derivable from locations inside or outside a human or animal body or body cavity, comprising the steps of obtaining samples of said signals at specific intervals, and converting thus sampled pressure signals into pressure-related digital data with a time reference,
wherein for selectable time sequence windows the method comprises the further steps of: -
a) identifying from said digital data single pressure waves related to cardiac beat-induced pressure waves, b) identifying from said digital data pressure waves related to artifacts or a combination of artifacts and cardiac beat-induced pressure waves, c) computing time sequence (TS.x)-related parameters of said single pressure waves during individual of said time sequence windows, d) adjusting said time sequence (TS.x)-related parameters of said single pressure waves during individual of said time sequence windows using formula-based adjustments based on related time sequence (rTS.x) parameters, e) creating from said formula-based adjustments factorized time sequence (fTS.x) parameters of said individual time sequence windows of said continuous pressure-related signals, and f) establishing an analysis output selected from one or more of said factorized time sequence (fTS.x)-related parameters of said single pressure waves during individual of said time sequence windows. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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