Automated detection of patient age by ecg
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorRICHARD E GREGG
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Abstract
An automated age detection system employing a patient monitoring lead assembly and a patent monitoring device. In operation, the patient monitoring lead assembly conducts electrical activity of a heart of a patient to the patient monitoring device. In response thereto, the patient monitoring device classifying the patient as an adult patient or a pediatric patient as a function of electrocardiogram feature(s) derived from electrocardiogram measurement(s) of the electrical heart activity. The patient monitoring device may further estimate the age as a function of electrocardiogram feature(s). The classification facilitates an appropriate application of an adult analysis or a pediatric analysis of the electrical heart activity.
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An automated age detection system, comprising:
- a patient monitoring lead assembly and a patient monitoring device;
- wherein the patient monitoring lead assembly is operable in communication with the patient monitoring device to conduct electrical activity of a heart of a patient to the patient monitoring device;
- and
- wherein, responsive to the electrical activity of the heart of the patient, the patient monitoring device is operable to classify the patient as an adult patient or a pediatric patient as a function exclusively of at least one electrocardiogram feature derived from at least one electrocardiogram measurement of the electrical activity of the heart.
A controller for automated age detection within a patient monitoring device, the controller comprising:
- an electrocardiogram feature calculator operable to calculate at least one electrocardiogram feature derived from at least one electrocardiogram measurement of the electrical activity of a heart of a patient;
- and
- a patient classifier operable to classify the patient as an adult patient or a pediatric patient exclusively responsive to a calculation of the at least one electrocardiogram feature.
A method of automated age detection for a patient monitoring device, the method comprising:
- the patient monitoring device calculating at least one electrocardiogram feature derived from at least one electrocardiogram measurement of the electrical activity of a heart of a patient;
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- the patient monitoring device classifying the patient as an adult patient or a pediatric patient exclusively responsive to the calculation of the at least one electrocardiogram feature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.