Electrocardiogram and Respiration Monitoring in Animals
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1. An ambulatory animal monitoring system comprising:
- a wearable structure constructed to be worn about a body of a non-human animal to be monitored;
a plurality of electrical signal conduits each associated with the wearable structure and each connectable to a different one of a plurality of surface electrode components; and
processing and control device adapted to be worn with the wearable structure, the processing and control device comprising a) an ECG monitoring component that generates data indicative of an ECG signal over time by measuring the ECG signal of the animal using surface electrode components connected to the plurality of electrical signal conduits; and
b) an impedance level monitoring component that generates data indicative of electrical impedance levels of the animal over time by i) injecting current between at least two surface electrode components connected to the plurality of electrical signal conduits, and ii) measuring a resulting voltage level between at least two surface electrode components connected to the plurality of electrical signal conduits, at least one of the surface electrode components between which the current is injected not being used for the measuring of the resulting voltage.
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Abstract
An ambulatory animal monitoring system includes a wearable structure constructed to be worn about a body of a non-human animal to be monitored. The system includes a plurality of electrical signal conduits each associated with the wearable structure and each connectable to a different one of a plurality of surface electrode components. The system includes processing and control device adapted to be worn with the wearable structure, the processing and control device comprising a) an ECG monitoring component and b) an impedance level monitoring component that generates data indicative of electrical impedance levels of the animal over time.
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1. An ambulatory animal monitoring system comprising:
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a wearable structure constructed to be worn about a body of a non-human animal to be monitored; a plurality of electrical signal conduits each associated with the wearable structure and each connectable to a different one of a plurality of surface electrode components; and processing and control device adapted to be worn with the wearable structure, the processing and control device comprising a) an ECG monitoring component that generates data indicative of an ECG signal over time by measuring the ECG signal of the animal using surface electrode components connected to the plurality of electrical signal conduits; and
b) an impedance level monitoring component that generates data indicative of electrical impedance levels of the animal over time by i) injecting current between at least two surface electrode components connected to the plurality of electrical signal conduits, and ii) measuring a resulting voltage level between at least two surface electrode components connected to the plurality of electrical signal conduits, at least one of the surface electrode components between which the current is injected not being used for the measuring of the resulting voltage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An animal monitoring system comprising:
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wearable componentry comprising; a wearable structure constructed to be worn about a body of a non-human animal to be monitored; a plurality of electrical signal conduits each associated with the wearable structure and connectable to a different one of a plurality of surface electrode components; processing and control apparatus adapted to be worn with the wearable structure, the processing and control apparatus comprising a) an ECG monitoring component that generates data indicative of an ECG signal over time by measuring the ECG signal of the animal using surface electrode components connected to the plurality of electrical signal conduits; and
b) an impedance level monitoring component that generates data indicative of electrical impedance levels of the animal over time by i) injecting current between at least two surface electrode components connected to the plurality of electrical signal conduits, and ii) measuring a resulting voltage level between at least two surface electrode components connected to the plurality of electrical signal conduits, at least one of the surface electrode components between which the current is injected not being used for the measuring of the resulting voltage; anda telemetry component adapted to be worn with the wearable structure, the telemetry component for wirelessly communicating the generated data indicative of an ECG signal over time and the generated data indicative of electrical impedance levels of the animal over time; and receiving and processing apparatus comprising a wireless receiver that receives the generated data wirelessly transmitted from the telemetry component of the wearable componentry, and an analysis module for analyzing ECG and respiration of the animal based on the generated data.
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