Systems and methods for determining blood oxygen saturation values using complex number encoding
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1. A digital signal processing device which determines one or more physiological parameters of a patient, the digital signal processing device comprising:
- an input configured to accept first data corresponding to a first optical signal attenuated by tissue of a patient and to accept second data corresponding to a second optical signal attenuated by tissue of a patient;
a first generator configured to transform the first signal into a first modified signal which includes only non-zero values;
a second generator configured to transform the second signal into a second modified signal which includes only non-zero values;
a divider which determines ratios of the first modified signal to the second modified signal; and
a calculator which uses one or more calibration curves and the ratios to determine output values of one or more physiological parameters of the patient.
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Abstract
The disclosure includes pulse oximetry systems and methods for determining point-by-point saturation values by encoding photoplethysmographs in the complex domain and processing the complex signals. The systems filter motion artifacts and other noise using a variety of techniques, including statistical analysis such as correlation, or phase filtering.
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1. A digital signal processing device which determines one or more physiological parameters of a patient, the digital signal processing device comprising:
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an input configured to accept first data corresponding to a first optical signal attenuated by tissue of a patient and to accept second data corresponding to a second optical signal attenuated by tissue of a patient; a first generator configured to transform the first signal into a first modified signal which includes only non-zero values; a second generator configured to transform the second signal into a second modified signal which includes only non-zero values; a divider which determines ratios of the first modified signal to the second modified signal; and a calculator which uses one or more calibration curves and the ratios to determine output values of one or more physiological parameters of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of determining a measure of a patient'"'"'s blood oxygen saturation, the method comprising:
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receiving data corresponding to a plurality of photoplethysmographs; encoding each of the plurality of photoplethysmographs as a complex signal; combining the plurality of complex signals into complex numbers; and determining values of a measure a patient'"'"'s blood oxygen saturation from the complex numbers. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of processing signals representative of a photodetector output, wherein the photodetector output is indicative of light attenuated by body tissue carrying pulsing blood, the processing performed to assist in a determination of a characteristic of said body tissue, the method comprising:
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receiving data from at least one signal from a photodetector, said at least one signal being indicative of light attenuated by body tissue carrying pulsing blood; storing values of said data in the real domain; converting said real domain values of said data for each of said at least one signal to separate signals in the complex domain; processing said values in the complex domain; and determining a characteristic of said body tissue.
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