APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTION OF SYNCOPE
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Abstract
A monitoring system has biomechanical sensors, physiological sensors and a controller which receive sensory inputs from the sensors to provide output signals for the output device, and it detects from the sensory inputs risk of a syncopal event The bio-mechanical sensors include sensors arranged to allow the processor to detect a user postures and posture transitions. The processor operates a finite state machine, in which there is a state corresponding to each of a plurality of user physical postures and to each of a plurality of transitions between said postures, and the processor determines a relevant state depending on the sensory inputs. A device output may be muscle stimulation to prevent syncope, and there are stimulation permissions associated with the finite state machine states.
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60. A monitoring system comprising:
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at least one biomechanical sensor, at least one physiological sensor, output devices, and a controller having a signal conditioning circuit and a processor arranged to receive sensory inputs from the sensors and to execute algorithms to provide output signals for the output device, and wherein the processor is adapted to detect from the sensory inputs risk of a syncopal event and to provide output signals for preventing a syncopal event from occurring, wherein the system comprises a plurality of bio-mechanical sensors, and wherein the bio-mechanical sensors include sensors arranged to allow the processor to detect a user posture transition, and the processor is adapted to use signals from said sensors to determine risk of syncope of the OH syncope type, and wherein the output device comprises at least one muscle stimulator for applying muscle stimulation, and the processor is adapted to drive said stimulation means in response to the output data in order to prevent a syncopal event. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78)
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79. A method for monitoring a patient, the method being performed by a monitoring system comprising at least one biomechanical sensor, at least one physiological sensor, output devices, and a controller having a signal conditioning circuit and a processor arranged to receive sensory inputs from the sensors and to execute algorithms to provide output signals controlling the output device,
wherein the method comprises the processor detecting from the sensory inputs risk of a syncopal event and providing output signals for preventing a syncopal event from occurring; - and
and wherein the processor drives at least one muscle stimulator in response to the output data in order to prevent a syncopal event. - View Dependent Claims (80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87)
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