Physiological occurrence, such as apnea, monitor and X-ray triggering device
First Claim
1. An apnea monitor comprising:
- means, for generating a respiration rate signal indicative of the rate of respiration;
means, for generating a heart rate signal indicative of the rate of heart beats; and
means, responsive to said respiration rate signal and said heart rate signal, for generating an apnea alarm signal when the respiration rate decreases by a predetermined amount in successive periods, and said heart rate decreases in a predetermined number of successive periods.
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Abstract
A respiration monitor and X-ray trigger apparatus wherein signals are generated indicative of respiration rate, respiration extrema, and heart rate. A trigger signal is selectively generated to the X-ray machine just prior to occurrence of a selected respiration extrema. The value of the respiration signal at a sample occuring just after detection of the selected extrema is stored, and modified in accordance with the resolution of the system. The X-ray trigger signal is generated, if not otherwise inhibited, upon detection of the next occurrence of the modified value in the respiration wave form. Apnea alarms are generated if a predetermined decrease in respiration rate is detected in successive periods in conjunction with a predetermined number of decelerating heart beats. An alarm is also generated if the respiration rate and heart rate signals appear to indicate that the respiration and heart rates are equal for a predetermined number of periods, or if the respiration or heart rates stray outside of preset threshold values. Provisions are included for adaptive DC offset, and to eliminate electromagnetic interference. Amplitude, time domain, and slew rate discrimination against artifacts are also provided.
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112 Claims
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1. An apnea monitor comprising:
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means, for generating a respiration rate signal indicative of the rate of respiration; means, for generating a heart rate signal indicative of the rate of heart beats; and means, responsive to said respiration rate signal and said heart rate signal, for generating an apnea alarm signal when the respiration rate decreases by a predetermined amount in successive periods, and said heart rate decreases in a predetermined number of successive periods. - 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, 35, 36, 94, 95, 96)
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27. A respiration monitor comprising:
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means for generating a respiration rate signal indicative of the rate of respiration; artifact rejection means, responsive to said respiration rate signal, for inhibiting changes in said respiration rate signal not in accordance with physiological respiration; means, for generating a heart rate signal indicative of the rate of heart beats; and means, responsive to said respiration rate signal as operated upon said artifact rejection means, and said heart rate signal, for generating an alarm when the respiration rate signal and heart rate signal indicate that respiration rate and heart rate are equal over a predetermined number of periods, indicating erroneous detection of heart signals as respiration signals. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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37. A respiration monitor comprising:
- means for generating an analog respiration signal directly reprsentative of the respiration of a subject;
means, responsive to said analog respiration signal, for periodically sampling said analog respiration signal and generating sample signals indicative of said samples; amplitude discriminator means, responsive to said sample signal, for generating a signal indicative of the difference between the instantaneous sample and a mean sample, and mean sample being the last preceding sample differing from the preceding means sample by a predetermined value; means, cooperating with said amplitude discriminator means, for generating a sign signal indicative of the sign of said difference; means, responsive to said sign signal, for generating indicia of a sample value in accordance with the sample associated with a predetermined change in the sign of said difference; and means for generating an extrema signal upon next occurrence of a sample having said sample value. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 79, 80)
- means for generating an analog respiration signal directly reprsentative of the respiration of a subject;
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64. A respiration monitor comprising:
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means for generating an analog respiration signal having a waveform directly representative of the respiration of a subject; means, responsive to said analog respiration signal, for detecting reversals in the slope of said waveform and generating a slope reversal signal indicative of the occurrence of a slope reversal in said analog respiration signal waveform; means, responsive to said slope reversal signal, for storing a stored value indicative of said analog respiration signal waveform at said detected slope reversal; means, cooperating with said means for generating said slope reversal signal, for generating a valid sample signal if the excursion of the slope reversal from said stored value exceeds a predetermined threshold value to ensure that said slope reversal relates to an event in physical respiration; means, responsive to said valid sample signal, for storing indicia the value of said analog respiration signal at said threshold excursion from said reversal if said excursion exceeds said threshold value; and means, responsive to said analog respiration signal for comparing said analog respiration signal to said stored indicia signal value at threshold excursion, and generating an actuation signal upon the next occurrence in said analog respiration signal of a value in accordance with said stored value. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 101, 102)
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81. A respiration monitor comprising:
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means for generating an analog signal indicative of the respiration cycle of a subject; means, responsive to the analog signal, for generating sequential samples representative of said analog signal; storage means, responsive to said sequential samples and to control signals applied thereto, for selectively storing, in sequence to said control signals, indicia of a selected one of said samples as a base level sample; means, for generating a difference signal indicative of the differences between each respective sample in sequence and said base level sample; means for generating a threshold signal indicative of a preset threshold value; means, responsive to said threshold signal and said difference signal, for sequentially comparing the differences associated with said respective samples to said preset threshold value and selectively generating in accordance with the comparison said control signal to said storage means to effect storage of the respective sample as said base level sample; means for generating an offset compensated signal indicative of said base level sample subtracted from said analog signal; and processing means for analyzing said offset compensated signal. - View Dependent Claims (82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 97, 98, 99, 100)
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103. In apparatus of the type including means for generating an analog representation of the respiration of a subject;
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means, responsive to said analog representation for generating maxima and minima signals, respectively indicative of maxima and minima in said analog representation of respiration; and actuation means, responsive to at least a predetermined one of said maxima and minima signals, for generating an actuation signal in response to said predetermined one of said extrema signals, the improvement wherein said respiration monitor further comprises; time domain discriminator means, responsive to at least said predetermined one of said maxima and minima signals, for inhibiting said actuation means with respect to a particular predetermined one of said maxima and minima if said particular predetermined one of said maxima or minima occurs within a first proscribed time period from a preceding predetermined one of said maxima and minima, and for inhibiting said actuation means with respect to said particular one of said maxima or minima if said particular one occurs within a second proscribed time period of a minima or maxima of the opposite type. - View Dependent Claims (104, 105, 106, 107, 108)
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109. Apparatus for generating an analog signal indicative of the respiration of a subject comprising:
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current source means, for generating an on-off modulated constant current signal; electrodes, electrically coupled to said current source means for passing said on-off modulated constant current signal through said body; a high input impedance differential amplifier, DC coupled to said electrodes for developing a modulated impedance signal having an AC component indicative of the change in the transthoracic impedance of said subject; a phase synchronous demodulator, responsive to said modulated impedance signal and a signal indicative of said on-off modulated constant current signal, for generating a demodulated impedance signal indicative of the transthoracic impedance of said subject and including said AC component; and first low pass filter means, responsive to said demodulated impedance signal, for generating said analog respiration signal; means, responsive to said modulated impedance signal, for generating a signal representative of common mode signals between said electrodes; and means for inverting said signal indicative of common mode signals and applying said inverted signal as an input signal to said differential amplifier. - View Dependent Claims (110)
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111. An apparatus comprising:
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means for generating an analog signal indicative of a physiological occurrence in a subject, said analog signal including a DC component and an AC component, said AC component representing information in respect of said physiological occurrence and having known maximum amplitudes; means, responsive to said analog signal, for generating sequential samples indicative of said analog signal; storage means, responsive to said sequential sample and to a control signal applied thereto, for storing, in response to said control signal, a selected one of said sequential samples as a base level sample; means for generating a difference signal indicative of the differences between each respective sample, in sequence, and said base level sample; means for providing a threshold signal indicative of a preset threshold value in accordance with said known maximum amplitude; means, responsive to said threshold signal and said difference signal for sequentially comparing the differences associated with the respective sequential samples to a preset threshold, and selectively generating, in accordance with the comparision, said control signal to said storage means to effect storage of the respective sequential sample as said base level sample; means for generating an offset compensated signal indicative of said analog signal minus said base level sample; and processing means for analyzing said offset compensated signal. - View Dependent Claims (112)
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