Method of using a measuring instrument and data gathering system

• US 6,041,257 A
• Filed: 07/19/1999
• Issued: 03/21/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Heartstream, Inc. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Cole, Clinton S, MacDuff, Ian G, Powers, Daniel J
• Primary Examiner(s): Kamm, William E.
• Application Number:
  US09/358,134
• Time in Patent Office: 246 Days
• Field of Search: 600/510, 607/5, 607/28
• US Class Current: 607/5
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 3/02 with provision for altering or correcting the law of variation
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 9/005 Solid-state data loggers

Abstract

A method of using a measuring instrument of unknown calibration, the method including taking a measurement with the instrument; storing the measurement in a data storage medium; and correcting the measurement at a later time based on a determination of the amount of error in the measuring instrument. In a specific embodiment, this invention also relates to methods of gathering event data and removing error that may have been present as a result of inaccuracies in the event gathering instrument.

Claims

1. A defibrillator system comprising an external defibrillator and a main data recovery unit, wherein,

the defibrillator comprises electrodes, an energy source and a controller, the controller comprising an ECG signal analyzer and a clock for associating time information with an ECG signal, communication hardware for communication to the main data recovery unit, and means for local actuation of the defibrillator to deliver an electrical pulse from the energy source to the electrodes,

the main data recovery unit having communication hardware for receiving information from the defibrillator,

wherein the defibrillator collects information and then transmits the information to the main data recovery unit for error analysis using a mathematical model.