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Separating motion from cardiac signals using second order derivative of the photo-plethysmogram and fast fourier transforms

US8073516B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 30, 2006
Grant dateDec 6, 2011
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Expiry dateDec 27, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B5/726
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention is directed toward a pulse oximetry system for the determination of a physiological parameter capable of removing motion artifacts from physiological signals comprises a hardware subsystem and a software subsystem. The software subsystem is used in conjunction with the hardware subsystem to perform a method for removing a plurality of motion artifacts from the photo-plethysmographic data and for obtaining a measure of at least one physiological parameter from the data. The method comprises acquiring the raw photo-plethysmographic data, transforming the data into the frequency domain, analyzing the transformed data to locate a series of candidate cardiac spectral peaks (primary plus harmonics), reconstructing a photo-plethysmographic signal in the time domain with only the candidate cardiac spectral peaks (primary plus harmonics), computing the second order derivative of the reconstructed photo-plethysmographic signal, analyzing the candidate second order derivative photo-plethysmographic signal to determine the absence or presence of cardiac physiologic signal characteristics, and finally selecting the best physiologic candidate from the series of potential ca…

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