Global Patent Index - EP 1931246 A2

EP 1931246 A2 20080618 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING BASELINE WANDER FROM AN ECG SIGNAL

Title (en)

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING BASELINE WANDER FROM AN ECG SIGNAL

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND GERÄT ZUR ENTFERNUNG VON WANDERN AUS EINEM EKG-SIGNAL

Title (fr)

PROCEDE ET APPAREIL DE SUPPRESSION DE LA DEVIATION DE LA LIGNE DE BASE A PARTIR D'UN SIGNAL ECG

Publication

EP 1931246 A2 20080618 (EN)

Application

EP 06801695 A 20060816

Priority

  • US 2006032084 W 20060816
  • US 24317505 A 20051004
  • US 27090205 A 20051110

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2007044125A2] According to one aspect of the invention, an improved ECG monitor includes a plurality of electrodes to be affixed to a patient's body to pick up ECG signals in an ECG signal band. The electrodes are electrically coupled to a plurality of input amplifiers. At least one analog to digital converter ("ADC") is electrically coupled to the input amplifiers to digitize the ECG signals. A digital baseline wander filter has an internal finite impulse response ("FIR") low pass filter characterized by a substantially trapezoidal impulse response. The baseline wander filter substantially removes a baseline wander signal component having a range of frequency components below the ECG signal band. The ECG waveform output signal is a baseline filtered ECG waveform representing the one or more of the ECG signals. The ECG waveform output signal from the improved ECG monitor is delayed less than 2 seconds from the ECG signals.

IPC 8 full level

A61B 5/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A61B 5/316 (2021.01 - EP); A61B 5/346 (2021.01 - US); G06F 2218/02 (2023.01 - EP)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2007044125A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2007044125 A2 20070419; WO 2007044125 A3 20070621; AU 2006299844 A1 20070419; EP 1931246 A2 20080618

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2006032084 W 20060816; AU 2006299844 A 20060816; EP 06801695 A 20060816