Systems and methods for determining blood oxygen saturation values using complex number encoding
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1. An oximeter system comprising:
- a noninvasive optical sensor including a detector capable of outputting an output signal indicative of light of at least two wavelengths attenuated by body tissue; and
a processor configured to transform processed signals, each transformed signal responsive to said output signal while remaining in the time domain, said processor also configured to determine point-by-point ratios of values of a first transformed signal responsive to attenuation of a first one of said at least two wavelengths of light to values of a second transformed signal responsive to attenuation of a second one of said at least two wavelengths of light, said ratio taken without concern for zero crossing, and to determine values responsive to said ratios for the physiological parameters of the body tissue.
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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. An oximeter system comprising:
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a noninvasive optical sensor including a detector capable of outputting an output signal indicative of light of at least two wavelengths attenuated by body tissue; and a processor configured to transform processed signals, each transformed signal responsive to said output signal while remaining in the time domain, said processor also configured to determine point-by-point ratios of values of a first transformed signal responsive to attenuation of a first one of said at least two wavelengths of light to values of a second transformed signal responsive to attenuation of a second one of said at least two wavelengths of light, said ratio taken without concern for zero crossing, and to determine values responsive to said ratios for the physiological parameters of the body tissue. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of determining values of physiological parameters from an output signal of a noninvasive optical sensor, the method comprising:
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receiving first and second intensity signals from a detector capable of detecting light attenuated by tissue of a patient; when appropriate, processing said first and second intensity signals in a complex time domain; and using results of said processing to determine values of one or more physiological parameters of the tissue of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of processing input signals indicative of physiological parameters to determine measurements for said physiological parameters, the method comprising:
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receiving a sensor signal from an optical sensor, said sensor signal indicative of a physiological parameter of a patient; demodulating said sensor signal into first and second intensity signals, each or said first and second intensity signals responsive to attenuation by body tissue of a patient of a different wavelength of said light; transforming said first and second intensity signals while remaining in the time domain; calculating a point-by-point ratio of a value of said time domain transformed first intensity signal and a value of said time domain transformed second intensity signal, each point-by-point ratio corresponding to a sampling point; and determining a measurement for said physiological parameter. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20)
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16. A patient monitor that processes input signals indicative of physiological parameters to determine measurements for said physiological parameters, the method comprising:
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means for receiving a sensor signal from an optical sensor, said sensor signal indicative a physiological parameter of a patient; means for demodulating said sensor signal into first and second intensity signals, each or said first and second intensity signals responsive to attenuation by body tissue of a patient of a different wavelength of said light; means for transforming said first and second intensity signals while remaining in the time domain; means for calculating a point-by-point ratio of a value of said time domain transformed first intensity signal and a value of said time domain transformed second intensity signal, each point-by-point ratio corresponding to a sampling point; and means for determining a measurement for said physiological parameter. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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