SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING HEART FUNCTION
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1. A system for providing BCG (ballistocardiogram) data from a user, the system comprising:
- a BCG capture device including a heart-characteristic sensor configured and arranged to capture, from the user, a BCG signal indicative of at least one of physical movement and mechanical output of the user'"'"'s heart;
a secondary sensor configured and arranged to detect an indication of at least one of noise present in the BCG signal and a physiologic characteristic of the user, and to provide an output characterizing the detected indication; and
a processor circuit that is configured to use the secondary sensor output to process the captured BCG signal and to generate an output BCG signal indicative of a condition of the user'"'"'s heart.
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Abstract
Characteristics of a user'"'"'s heart are detected. In accordance with an example embodiment, a ballistocardiogram (BCG) sensor is used to detect heart characteristics of a user, and provide a BCG output indicative of the detected heart characteristics. The BCG output is further processed using data from one or more additional sensors, such as to reduce noise and/or otherwise process the BCG signal to characterize the user'"'"'s heart function.
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1. A system for providing BCG (ballistocardiogram) data from a user, the system comprising:
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a BCG capture device including a heart-characteristic sensor configured and arranged to capture, from the user, a BCG signal indicative of at least one of physical movement and mechanical output of the user'"'"'s heart; a secondary sensor configured and arranged to detect an indication of at least one of noise present in the BCG signal and a physiologic characteristic of the user, and to provide an output characterizing the detected indication; and a processor circuit that is configured to use the secondary sensor output to process the captured BCG signal and to generate an output BCG signal indicative of a condition of the user'"'"'s heart. - 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, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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