DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION INDICATIVE OF A STRESS SITUATION IN A HUMAN
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1. A method for providing information indicative of a stress situation in a human, comprising:
- positioning a pulse oximeter and an electrodermal activity (EDA) sensor to monitor a human;
at a processor functionally associated with said EDA sensor and said pulse oximeter, monitoring said human by receiving from said EDA sensor an EDA measurement signal at an EDA sensing rate;
at a processing rate, processing said received EDA measurement signals to identify an EDA indication of stress; and
if an EDA indication of stress is identified;
activating said pulse oximeter to determine a measure of at least one of pulse and blood oxygenation of the human;
at said processor, receiving from said pulse oximeter at least one pulse oximeter signal related to said determined measure of at least one of pulse and blood oxygenation;
at said processor, processing said received pulse oximeter signal to identify a pulse oximeter indication of stress; and
if a pulse oximeter indication of stress is identified, said processor providing an alarm signal.
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods and devices for monitoring and sensing stress situations of a human, such as a baby, and in some embodiments informing parents or other caretakers of such situations.
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1. A method for providing information indicative of a stress situation in a human, comprising:
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positioning a pulse oximeter and an electrodermal activity (EDA) sensor to monitor a human; at a processor functionally associated with said EDA sensor and said pulse oximeter, monitoring said human by receiving from said EDA sensor an EDA measurement signal at an EDA sensing rate; at a processing rate, processing said received EDA measurement signals to identify an EDA indication of stress; and if an EDA indication of stress is identified; activating said pulse oximeter to determine a measure of at least one of pulse and blood oxygenation of the human; at said processor, receiving from said pulse oximeter at least one pulse oximeter signal related to said determined measure of at least one of pulse and blood oxygenation; at said processor, processing said received pulse oximeter signal to identify a pulse oximeter indication of stress; and if a pulse oximeter indication of stress is identified, said processor providing an alarm signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A device useful for providing information indicative of a stress situation in a human human, comprising:
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a pulse-oximeter configured for determining a measure of at least one of pulse and blood oxygenation of a human and producing a pulse oximeter signal related to a said determined measure of at least one of pulse and blood oxygenation; an electrodermal activity (EDA) sensor configured for determining electrodermal activity of a human at an EDA sensing rate and producing an EDA measurement signal related to said determined electrodermal activity; a processor functionally associated with said pulse oximeter and with said EDA sensor; and a wireless transmitter functionally associated with said processor, wherein said processor is configured to; receive from said EDA sensor an EDA measurement signal at said EDA sensing rate, at a processing rate, process said received EDA measurement signals to identify an EDA indication of stress, if an EDA indication of stress is identified, activate said pulse oximeter to determine a measure of at least one of pulse and blood oxygenation of the human, receive from said pulse oximeter at least one pulse oximeter signal related to said determined measure of at least one of pulse and blood oxygenation, process said received pulse oximeter signal to identify a pulse oximeter indication of stress, and if a pulse oximeter indication of stress is identified, automatically provide an alarm signal. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 23, 28)
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29. A method for providing information indicative of a reason for a stress situation in a human, comprising:
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positioning an electrodermal activity (EDA) sensor to monitor a human; at a processor functionally associated with said EDA sensor, receiving from said EDA sensor an EDA measurement signal at a EDA sensing rate; at a processing rate, processing said received EDA measurement signals to identify an EDA level category; based on said identified EDA level category providing an appropriate signal, wherein; if said received EDA measurement is identified to be in a first EDA level category, providing an alarm indicating medical stress, if said received EDA measurement is identified to be in a second EDA level category, providing a signal indicating non-medical stress, and if said received EDA measurement is identified to be in a third EDA level category, providing a signal indicating that no stress is identified.
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