Printed digital physiological data system and method
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsMark Kohls, Bonnie LeSourd
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Abstract
Various methods related to encoding and retrieving physiological data, such as digital ECG data, via a set of binary data are provided. In one embodiment, the set of binary data may be generated from the physiological data and printed on a printout of the physiological data or some other suitable medium. In another embodiment, the set of binary data may be scanned or otherwise acquired, and decoded to reconstruct all or a portion of the original set of physiological data. Additional methods and articles of manufacture are also provided.
Claims28
A method for storing physiological data, comprising:
- receiving a set of physiological data representative of one or more physiological parameters of interest;
- generating a set of binary symbols from the set of physiological data, wherein generating the set of binary symbols comprises digitally encoding at least a portion of the set of physiological data in a binary format;
- and
- printing the set of binary symbols to generate a printout including the set of binary symbols.
A method for acquiring a set of physiological data, comprising:
- receiving a set of binary symbols digitally representative of a set of physiological data, wherein the set of physiological data is representative of at least one physiological parameter of a patient;
- extracting the set of physiological data from the set of binary symbols;
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- outputting and/or storing at least a portion of the set of physiological data.
An article of manufacture, comprising:
- a tangible medium, including:
- a first region configured to receive a printed representation of a waveform representative of a physiological parameter of a patient;
- and
- a second region configured to receive a plurality of printed binary symbols digitally representative of at least a portion of the waveform.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a printout generated via a process comprising:
- receiving a set of physiological data representative of one or more physiological parameters of a patient;
- generating a set of binary symbols from the set of physiological data, wherein generating the set of binary symbols comprises digitally encoding at least a portion of the set of physiological data in a binary format;
- printing the set of binary symbols;
- and
- printing at least a portion of the set of physiological data;
- and reviewing the printout to evaluate the physiological data of the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.