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Wearable device for continuously monitoring respiratory rate

A technology of respiration rate and quaternion, applied in the direction of evaluating respiratory organs, applications, telemetry patient monitoring, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2020-04-17
米兰综合工科大学
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However, these systems have the limitation that they cannot be used under dynamic conditions (for example, when the patient is walking), and thus they cannot provide continuous respiration rate monitoring during daily activities

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[0018] Referring to the accompanying drawings, the wearable device for continuous monitoring of respiration rate according to the present invention includes three inertial units 10, 11 and 12, each inertial unit consisting of an accelerometer, a gyroscope and a magnetometer. The unit 11 is positioned on the abdomen 13 and the unit 10 on the chest 14 for recording the motion of the thoracic-abdominal wall divided into thoracic and abdominal contributions, respectively. The third unit 12 is positioned on a part of the body that is not affected by breathing movements but is fixed relative to the torso and serves as a reference for the other two units. This is especially important for inferring motion information related to breathing alone in semi-static situations (patient in a wheelchair) and dynamic situations (eg while walking). They may eg be positioned at the level of the pelvis (superior iliac spine 15 or near the coccyx). Furthermore, the described modular construction en...

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A wearable device for continuously monitoring the respiratory rate of a patient, comprises three inertial sensors (10, 11, 12), the first inertial sensor (10) is positioned on the abdomen (13), the second inertial sensor (11) is positioned on the thorax (14), and the third inertial sensor (12) is positioned on a part of the body (15) not subject to respiratory movements, fixed with respect to thetorso. Each inertial sensor (10, 11, 12) comprises an accelerometer, a magnetometer, and a gyroscope. Each inertial sensor (10, 11, 12) comprises a microprocessor (21) connected to the accelerometer,magnetometer, and gyroscope. The microprocessor (21) is connected to a transmitter (22) and is configured to process the signals and supply to the transmitter (22) a signal represented by a quaternionthat describes the orientation of the three inertial sensors with respect to the Earth's reference system. A receiver (30) connected to a control centre (31) is configured to receive the abdominal quaternion of the first inertial sensor, the thoracic quaternion of the second inertial sensor, and the reference quaternion of the third inertial sensor and is configured to send them to the control centre (31). The control centre (31) is configured to process the quaternions received, so that the abdominal quaternion and the thoracic quaternion will be referenced to the reference quaternion. The control centre (31) comprises a band-pass adaptive filter (55, 56) that filters the signals represented by the abdominal quaternion and by the thoracic quaternion to eliminate the residual components linked to the movements of the patient. The control centre (31) is configured to calculate the respiratory rate from the signals represented by the filtered abdominal quaternion and the filtered thoracic quaternion.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a wearable device for continuous monitoring of respiration rate and a corresponding method. Background technique [0002] Respiratory rate is a basic factor of prognosis which provides important information about a person's health. Many pathological conditions of the heart and lungs, especially pneumonia and asystole, affect respiratory rate and can be predicted by persistent monitoring of respiratory rate. [0003] Currently, there is a lack of suitable and accurate equipment for long-term assessment of respiratory rate during daily activities, both in the hospital setting and at home. [0004] Previous studies have demonstrated the feasibility of estimating respiration rate using a single accelerometer, as well as increasingly complex systems placed on the chest or abdomen. However, these systems have the limitation that they cannot be used under dynamic conditions (eg when the patient is walking), and therefore the...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61B5/113A61B5/00A61B5/08
CPCA61B5/6833A61B5/7207A61B5/7214A61B5/7246A61B5/7264A61B5/0004A61B5/0015A61B5/0024A61B5/0816A61B5/113A61B5/1135A61B5/6823A61B5/725A61B2562/0219A61B2562/0223A61B2562/04A61B5/7253A61B5/7278G16H50/20A61B5/0002A61B5/6801A61B5/721
Inventor A·奥利维提A·塞萨雷奥
Owner 米兰综合工科大学
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