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Apparatus for analyzing vital signals based upon a feature selected from a plurality of vital signal features
Assignee: Terumo Corp
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Filing: 1990-07-26
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Granted: 1991-10-15
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Expires: 2010-07-26
Abstract
Abstract A vital signal measuring apparatus includes histogram forming device to prepare histograms of a plurality of feature values associated with vital signals, causes a feature value selecting device to select on the basis of a distribution of the histograms, a feature value having information most useful to a vital signal analysis thereby effect a vital signal analysis by an analizing device with considerations of the individual characteristics of subjects. Yet, when a histogram is prepared in a predetermined period of time, accurate judgement and analysis of normality and abnormality in response to changes in a person during a day or between respective examination days can be achieved, and abnormal signals can be easily selected to be stored in a memory.
Inventors
- 👤 Takafumi Go
- 👤 Tadashi Fujii
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 19:36
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B5/00; A61B5/24; A61B5/316; A61B5/318; A61B5/333; A61B5/335
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
121 words
An apparatus for analyzing vital signals captured from a subject, said apparatus comprising: histogram forming means for receiving vital signals and forming different histograms based upon received vital signals with each formed histogram indicating a different feature of the received vital signals; selecting means for selecting a selected vital signal feature which is most useful for analysis of the received vital signals based upon histogram distributions provided in the histograms formed by the histogram forming means; and analyzing means, responsive to selection of one of the vital signal features as the selected feature by the selecting means, for analyzing the received vital signals on the basis of the selected feature to determine whether or not the received vital signals are normal.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
121 words
An apparatus for analyzing vital signals captured from a subject, said apparatus comprising: histogram forming means for receiving vital signals and forming different histograms based upon received vital signals with each formed histogram indicating a different feature of the received vital signals; selecting means for selecting a selected vital signal feature which is most useful for analysis of the received vital signals based upon histogram distributions provided in the histograms formed by the histogram forming means; and analyzing means, responsive to selection of one of the vital signal features as the selected feature by the selecting means, for analyzing the received vital signals on the basis of the selected feature to determine whether or not the received vital signals are normal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
An apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein the histogram forming means forms the histograms corresponding to the received vital signals during a predetermined period of time.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
An apparatus in accordance with claim 2, wherein the histogram forming means forms the histograms corresponding to the vital signals captured during a most recent predetermined period of time.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
An apparatus in accordance with claim 1 further comprising memory means connected to the analyzing means for storing received vital signals that are determined to be abnormal by the analyzing means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
57 words
An apparatus in accordance with claim 4 further comprising: a portable casing for enclosing the histogram forming means, the selecting means, the analyzing means and the memory means; and output means housed in the casing and connectable to a utility circuit for reproducing the vital signals stored in the memory means while connected to the utility circuit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
An apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein the selecting means selects the selected feature based upon which histogram distributions are best separated.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
47 words
An apparatus in accordance with claim 6, wherein the analyzing means determines a threshold value based upon which histogram distributions are best separated, and wherein the analyzing means determines whether or not the received vital signals are normal based upon the selected feature and the threshold value.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
75 words
An apparatus in accordance with claim 1 further comprising input means for receiving electrocardiographic signals as the received vital signals and supplying the histogram forming means with the electrocardiographic signals, the selecting means selecting the selected feature based upon an area of a QRS portion of the electrocardiographic signals, or a width of the QRS portion of the electrocardiographic signals, or upon a height of a peak of an R wave of the electrocardiographic signals.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
86 words
A method of analyzing vital signals captured from a subject comprising the steps of: receiving the vital signals from the subject; forming different histograms based upon the vital signals with each formed histogram indicating a different feature of the vital signals; selecting a selected feature which is most useful for an analysis of the vital signals based upon histogram distributions provided by the histograms; and analyzing the vital signals on the basis of the selected feature to determine whether or not the vital signals are normal.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
86 words
A method of analyzing vital signals captured from a subject comprising the steps of: receiving the vital signals from the subject; forming different histograms based upon the vital signals with each formed histogram indicating a different feature of the vital signals; selecting a selected feature which is most useful for an analysis of the vital signals based upon histogram distributions provided by the histograms; and analyzing the vital signals on the basis of the selected feature to determine whether or not the vital signals are normal.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method in accordance with claim 9, wherein in said step of forming the histograms, the histograms are formed on the basis of the vital signals captured during a predetermined period of time.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method in accordance with claim 10, wherein in said step of forming the histograms, the histograms are formed on the basis of the vital signals captured during a most recent predetermined period of time.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method in accordance with claim 9 further comprising the step of storing the vital signals determined to be abnormal in a memory.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method in accordance with claim 9, wherein, in said selecting step, of the selected feature is selected based upon which histogram distributions are best separated.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
43 words
A method in accordance with claim 13 further comprising the steps of determining a threshold value based upon which histogram distributions are best separable, and determining whether or not the vital signals are normal based upon the selected feature and the threshold value.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
63 words
A method in accordance with claim 9 further comprising the step of receiving electrocardiographic signals as the vital signals, and wherein, in said selecting step, the selected feature is selected based upon an area of a QRS portion of the electrocardiographic signals or a width of the QRS portion, or a height of a peak of an R wave of the electrocardiographic signals.
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