BIOSENSOR DEVICE, SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF

• US 20160235314A1
• Filed: 02/05/2016
• Published: 08/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: National Cheng KUNG University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Original Assignee: National Cheng KUNG University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Inventors: TSAI, LIANG-MIIN, YU, FAN-MING, LIN, CHOU-CHING, CHEN, JU-YI, YANG, HUI-WEN, LI, KUAN-JUNG
• Application Number:
  US15/016,419
• Publication Number:
  US 20160235314A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/33 specially adapted for cooperation with other devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/361 Detecting fibrillation
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 7/04 Electric stethoscopes microphones, acoustic transducers therefor H04R

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to devices and methods for sensing ACVG. In one example, the device comprises an ACVG sensor for sensing signals of heart beat and arterial pulse in a predetermined period. The ACVG sensor transforms the signals to electrical output. The analog-to-digital converter receives the electrical output and converts the electrical output into digital signals. The present disclosure further relates to methods of determining physiological conditions. In one example, the method comprises receiving an ACVG, providing a waveform data by processing the ACVG, extracting at least one data point from a predetermined time interval of the waveform data, obtaining indicators based on the at least one data point, and determining a physiological condition according to the indicator.

Claims

1. An audiocardiovasculography (ACVG) sensing device, comprising

an ACVG sensor comprising a configured to sense signals of heart beat and arterial pulse in a predetermined period and to transform the sensed signals to electrical output;

and

an analog-to-digital converter configured to receive the electrical output and to convert the electrical output into digital signals.

2. The ACVG sensing device according to claim 1, wherein the ACVG sensor comprises a capacitive microphone, and wherein the electrical output is C-ACVG.

3. The ACVG sensing device according to claim 2, wherein the capacitive microphone comprises a housing and a diaphragm, wherein the housing and the diaphragm define a medium cavity.

4. The ACVG sensing device according to claim 1, wherein the ACVG sensor has a response frequency at least including a range from approximately 0.5 hertz to approximately 1000 hertz.

5. The ACVG sensing device according to claim 1, wherein the ACVG sensor comprises a piezoelectric microphone or a blood pressure monitor, and wherein the ACVG sensing device further comprises a processor capable to calculate a derivative from the digital signals.

6. A method for sensing ACVG using the ACVG sensor of claim 1, comprising

sensing signals of heart beat and arterial pulse in a predetermined period;

transforming the sensed signals to electrical output; and

converting the electrical output into digital signals.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the ACVG sensor comprises a capacitive microphone;

and wherein the electrical output is C-ACVG.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the capacitive microphone comprises a housing and a diaphragm, wherein the housing and the diaphragm define a medium cavity.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein the ACVG sensor has a response frequency at least including a range from approximately 0.5 hertz to approximately 1000 hertz.

10. The method according to claim 6, further comprising calculating a derivative from the digital signals, wherein the ACVG sensor comprises a piezoelectric microphone or a blood pressure monitor.

11. A method of determining a physiological condition, comprising

receiving an ACVG;

providing a waveform data by processing the ACVG;

extracting at least one data point from a predetermined interval of the waveform data;

obtaining at least one indicator based on the at least one data point;

determining a physiological condition according to the at least one indicator.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein processing the ACVG comprises rectifying the ACVG to obtain a rectified ACVG, filtering the rectified ACVG to obtain a filtered ACVG, and collecting a series of filtered ACVG to generate a waveform data.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the rectified ACVG is filtered through a zero phase shift bandpass filter.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the zero phase shift bandpass filter has a response frequency at 5 to 35 Hz.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein extracting at least one data point from a predetermined interval of the waveform data comprises differentiating the waveform data to obtain a differentiated waveform data;

and removing, within the differentiated waveform data, a data having a target response frequency range to obtain a pre-convolution waveform data.

16. The method according to claim 15, the target response frequency range is at above 30 Hz.

17. The method according to claim 11, wherein the at least one data point has a peak Y value with a corresponding X value within a predetermined time interval.

18. The method according to claim 17, the peak Y value is defined by convoluting the pre-convolution waveform data to obtain a convolution waveform data.

19. The method according to claim 17, wherein the predetermined time interval is 0.5 second interval.

20. The method according to claim 11, wherein the physiological condition is a cardiovascular-related condition.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein the at least one indicator is a series of AA differences, and wherein the cardiovascular-related condition is selected from pacemaker-dependent condition, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, APC, and VPC.

22. The method according to claim 20, wherein the at least one indicator is a peak Y value of the first wave in a waveform data;

wherein the cardiovascular-related condition is pulse deficit.

23. The method according to claim 20, wherein the at least one indicator is the interval of the first wave in a waveform data;

wherein the cardiovascular-related condition is ejection fraction.

24. The method according to claim 11, further comprising receiving an ECG data;

and generating an ECG waveform data which is synchronized with the waveform data derived from ACVG.

25. The method according to claim 24, wherein the at least one indicator is a series of AR intervals, and wherein the physiological condition is selected from blood pressure and CLBBB.