Medical device for determining the posture of patient
US8790254B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 29, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 1, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/686
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In a method and a device for determining the posture of a patient, a bio-impedance measurement device, having a number of electrodes configured to interact with the patient in a number of different electrode configurations, is operated to initiate a patient posture determining session by measuring an impedance value of the patient with the electrodes in at least one configuration among the number of configurations. A reference impedance value from among a number of stored reference impedance values for the at least one configuration is selected. The number of stored reference impedance values are respectively associated with different postures of the patient, and the posture associated with the selected reference impedance value represents a candidate posture. The measured impedance value is compared with the selected reference impedance value, thereby obtaining a comparison result. Dependent on said comparison result, it is automatically determined whether the current posture of the patient conforms to the candidate posture.
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