NON-CONTACT PHYSIOLOGIC MOTION SENSORS AND METHODS FOR USE
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Abstract
A radar-based physiological motion sensor is disclosed. Doppler-shifted signals can be extracted from the signals received by the sensor. The Doppler-shifted signals can be digitized and processed subsequently to extract information related to the cardiopulmonary motion in one or more subjects. The information can include respiratory rates, heart rates, waveforms due to respiratory and cardiac activity, direction of arrival, abnormal or paradoxical breathing, etc. In various embodiments, the extracted information can be displayed on a display.
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68 Claims
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38. A system for sensing a physiological motion, said system comprising:
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one or more antennas configured to transmit electromagnetic radiation; one or more antennas configured to receive electromagnetic radiation; at least one processor configured to extract information related to cardiopulmonary motion by executing at least one of a demodulation module, a non-cardiopulmonary motion detection module, and a rate estimation module; and a communications system configured to communicate with an output device, said output device configured to output information related to the cardiopulmonary motion. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A method of sensing motion using a motion sensor, the method comprising:
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generating electromagnetic radiation from a source of radiation, wherein the frequency of the electromagnetic radiation is in the radio frequency range; transmitting the electromagnetic radiation towards a subject using one or more transmitters; receiving a radiation scattered at least by the subject using one or more receivers; extracting a Doppler shifted signal from the scattered radiation; transforming the Doppler shifted signal to a digitized motion signal, said digitized motion signal comprising one or more frames, wherein the one or more frames comprise time sampled quadrature values of the digitized motion signal; demodulating said one or more frames using a demodulation module executed by a processor to isolate a signal corresponding to a physiological movement of the subject or a part of the subject; analyzing the signal to obtain information corresponding to a non-cardiopulmonary motion or other signal interference; processing the signal to obtain information corresponding to the physiological movement of the subject or a part of the subject; estimating point-in time vital signs parameters at a pre-determined intervals; and communicating the information to an output system that is configured to perform an output action. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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