US5433208A
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Device for filtering out baseline fluctuations from physiological measurement signals
Assignee: Draeger Medical Systems Inc
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Filing: 1992-03-04
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Granted: 1995-07-18
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Expires: 2012-03-04
Abstract
Abstract Apparatus for filtering out baseline fluctuations from physiological measurement signals. The apparatus comprises a first nonrecursive low-pass filter with a downstream stage for the reduction of the sampling rate, a second nonrecursive filter connected thereto, a subsequent interpolation stage to increase the sampling rate and a subtraction stage, in which the baseline fluctuations retained by the low-pass filtering are subtracted from the measurement signals affected by baseline fluctuations. To reduce the number of computing operations to be performed in the course of the sampling filtering, the first low-pass filter comprises a recursive filter. a1
Inventors
- 👤 Lena Lundstrom
- 👤 Peter Karlsson
- 👤 Thomas Ohlsson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 13:08
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03H; H03H17/00; H03H17/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
178 words
An apparatus for filtering out baseline fluctuations from physiological measurement signals comprising: sampling means operating at a sampling rate for forming sampled values of said measurement signals; a first low pass filter connected to an output of said sampling means; means connected to an output of said first low pass filter for reducing said sampling rate by a predetermined factor; a non-recursive second low pass filter connected to an output of said means for reducing the sampling rate, and having a cut off frequency; interpolation means connected to an output of said second low pass filter for increasing said sampling rate by said predetermined factor; subtraction means for subtracting the sampled values from said interpolation means from the sampled values of said physiological measurement signal from said sampling means; and said first low pass filter being a recursive filter having a frequency range in which phase shifts occur, and having a cut off frequency selected dependent on said cut off frequency of said second low pass filter causing said second low-pass filter to filter out said frequency range.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
178 words
An apparatus for filtering out baseline fluctuations from physiological measurement signals comprising: sampling means operating at a sampling rate for forming sampled values of said measurement signals; a first low pass filter connected to an output of said sampling means; means connected to an output of said first low pass filter for reducing said sampling rate by a predetermined factor; a non-recursive second low pass filter connected to an output of said means for reducing the sampling rate, and having a cut off frequency; interpolation means connected to an output of said second low pass filter for increasing said sampling rate by said predetermined factor; subtraction means for subtracting the sampled values from said interpolation means from the sampled values of said physiological measurement signal from said sampling means; and said first low pass filter being a recursive filter having a frequency range in which phase shifts occur, and having a cut off frequency selected dependent on said cut off frequency of said second low pass filter causing said second low-pass filter to filter out said frequency range.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising means for retarding onward transmission of said sampled values from said sampling means to said subtraction means.
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