APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT VALUES
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1. A monitoring apparatus comprising:
- a signal input for signals that represent measurement values of one or more physiological parameters; and
,an evaluation and processing unit connected to the signal input, wherein said evaluation and processing unit is configured toselect, or give different weightings to, individual values among the measurement values received and selected, or not selected, for further processing according to one or more criteria such that the measurement values and selected measurement values are given a high weighting or a low weighting, depending on whether previously set or adaptive threshold values for measurement values, and/or previously set or adaptive threshold values for changes compared to or deviations from previously recorded measurement values are adhered to, exceeded, or not met, andabort an evaluation of the measurement values if a particular measurement value based on weighting will be below a specified or adaptive threshold.
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Abstract
A monitoring apparatus having a signal input for signals representing measurement values of one or more physiological parameters, and an evaluation and processing unit connected to the signal input. The evaluation and processing unit is designed to select, or differently weight, individual values from the values received for further processing based on one or more criteria such that measurement values raising doubts as to the validity thereof are not selected or given a very low weighting.
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1. A monitoring apparatus comprising:
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a signal input for signals that represent measurement values of one or more physiological parameters; and
,an evaluation and processing unit connected to the signal input, wherein said evaluation and processing unit is configured to select, or give different weightings to, individual values among the measurement values received and selected, or not selected, for further processing according to one or more criteria such that the measurement values and selected measurement values are given a high weighting or a low weighting, depending on whether previously set or adaptive threshold values for measurement values, and/or previously set or adaptive threshold values for changes compared to or deviations from previously recorded measurement values are adhered to, exceeded, or not met, and abort an evaluation of the measurement values if a particular measurement value based on weighting will be below a specified or adaptive threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for processing measurement values of physiological parameters, wherein individual values among the values received are selected or given different weightings for further processing based on one or more of the following criteria such that measurement values raising doubts as to validity thereof are not selected or given a very low weighting, if:
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checking a variability of a measurement value, which is a mean value from many individual values, exceeds a specified particular threshold value, or checking a sensor signal, that identifies an activity of a patient, which comprises any one or more of a Closed Loop Stimulation rate control signal, accelerometer output value, respiratory rate, respiration depth, and/or minute volume, and determining whether said sensor signal exceeds a specified particular threshold value, or checking if a signal, or several signals, indicate an unstable condition of a patient, such as ventricular tachycardia, or checking if antitachycardiac therapy is being conducted.
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