System and method for automatic sensor position recognition

US9386923B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

• Stefan Winter · Würselen, DE
• Juergen Te Vrugt · Aachen, DE
• Richard Daniel Willmann · Siegburg, DE
• Gerd Lanfermann · Aachen, DE
• Edwin Gerardus Johannus Maria Bongers · Thorn, NL

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 22, 2008
• Grant date: Jul 12, 2016
• Expiry date: Jan 9, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/395
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An automatic sensor position recognition system including a position recognition unit located at pre-determined positions on a person's body and bearing a unique identification; a sensor bearing a unique identification; a communication unit assigned to the sensor and being in communication with the position recognition unit and the sensor; a data processing unit in communication with the communication unit; and a database being in communication with the data processing system and comprising the correlation of the unique identification of the position recognition unit and the pre-determined position of the position recognition unit. The system provides an automatic association between sensors and body segments as well as means to obtain these associations.