Physiological monitoring
First Claim
1. A vigilance monitor comprising:
- (1) one or more electrodes for obtaining an electrical signal from a subject over a period of epochs, said electrical signal being related to a wakefulness stage type being experienced by said subject;
(2) a processor adapted to analyze said electrical signal and assign one of a plurality of wakefulness stage types to each of said epochs to generate a Wakeogram;
(3) means for monitoring said Wakeogram to determine whether said Wakeogram meets predetermined criteria; and
(4) means responsive to said means for monitoring said Wakeogram to generate a message when said Wakeogram meets said predetermined criteria.
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Abstract
An insomnia or vigilance monitor comprising one or more electrodes (1a,1b) for obtaining an electrical signal from a subject over a period of epochs, the electrical signal being related to the sleep or wakefulness stage type being experienced by the subject; and a processor (5) adapted to analyze the electrical signal and assign a sleep or wakefulness stage type to each epoch to generate a hypnogram. Methods of monitoring sleep or vigilance using the mastoid site are also disclosed. Further disclosures relate to a method of training and testing a first neural network for use in a physiological monitor, and a method of assigning a class to an epoch of a physiological signal obtained from a subject as a set of samples.
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13 Claims
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1. A vigilance monitor comprising:
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(1) one or more electrodes for obtaining an electrical signal from a subject over a period of epochs, said electrical signal being related to a wakefulness stage type being experienced by said subject; (2) a processor adapted to analyze said electrical signal and assign one of a plurality of wakefulness stage types to each of said epochs to generate a Wakeogram; (3) means for monitoring said Wakeogram to determine whether said Wakeogram meets predetermined criteria; and (4) means responsive to said means for monitoring said Wakeogram to generate a message when said Wakeogram meets said predetermined criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of training and testing a first neural network for use in a physiological monitor, the method comprising;
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(1) obtaining a first set of physiological signals from a subject, said first set being obtained over a first period of epochs on a subject; (2) obtaining a second set of physiological signals from said subject, said second set being obtained over said first period of epochs, and having a correlation with said first set of physiological signals; (3) assigning a class to each of said epochs by analyzing said first set of physiological signals by a known method; (4) separating said first set of physiological signals into a first set of training signals and a first set of test signals; (5) separating said second set of physiological signals into a second set of training signals and a second set of test signals; (6) training a second neural network by inputting said first set of training signals and using said classes assigned to said epochs as training labels; (7) training said first neural network by inputting said second set of training signals and using said classes assigned to said epochs as training labels; and (8) monitoring said first neural network by comparing a class assigned to each of said epochs by said first and second neural networks when input with said second set of test signals and said first set of test signals to obtain an indication of performance. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A method of assigning a class to an epoch of a physiological signal obtained from a subject as a set of samples, the method comprising
(1) estimating a probability of each of a plurality of stage types for each of said samples; -
(2) cumulatively multiplying said probabilities for each of said samples with the probabilities of previous samples; (3) determining which of said stage types has a higher probability than all other of said stage types when all of said samples in said epoch have been cumulatively multiplied; and (4) assigning said determined stage type to said epoch. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A method of vigilance monitoring, the method comprising:
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(1) obtaining an electrical signal from a subject over a period of epochs, said electrical signal being related to a wakefulness stage type being experienced by said subject; (2) analyzing said electrical signal and assigning one of a plurality of wakefulness stage types to each of said epochs to generate a Wakeogram; (3) monitoring said Wakeogram to determine whether said Wakeogram meets predetermined criteria; and (4) generating an alarm message when said Wakeogram meets the predetermined criteria. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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