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Phase shifting of neurological signals in a medical device system

  • US 7,976,465 B2
  • Filed: 10/17/2006
  • Issued: 07/12/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a medical device system having a plurality of monitoring elements, a method for detecting poor signal quality and for phase shifting neurological signals received from the plurality of monitoring elements, comprising the steps of:

  • (a) receiving a first neurological signal from a first monitoring element and a second neurological signal from a second monitoring element adjacent to the first monitoring element;

    (b) processing the first neurological signal and the second neurological signal;

    (c) detecting whether the first neurological signal has poor signal quality by determining either that the first signal exceeds a predetermined boundary for what is expected for the signal from the second monitoring element and other monitoring elements adjacent the first monitoring element, or determining an absolute value of a correlation coefficient between the first and second neurological signals is lower than a predetermined amount;

    (d) if the first neurological signal has poor signal quality, ignoring the first neurological signal experiencing poor signal quality in signal processing; and

    (e) if the first neurological signal does not have poor signal quality, performing (i) sampling the first and second neurological signals at different time instances resulting in a time shift between the first and second neurological signal samples; and

    (ii) time shifting signal samples of the second neurological signal to correct for the time shift so the second neurological signal is synchronized with the first neurological signal.

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