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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2003
Applicants:
Sai Kolluri, Tampa, FL (US);
Lawrence T. Hersh, Tampa, FL (US);
Richard Medero, Tampa, FL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, Milwaukee, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for determining pulse rate of a patient are disclosed. The method and system include acquiring measured information for at least one pulse at a pressure step, determining and storing quality values for the at least one pulse at the pressure step, analyzing pulse matching criteria for the pressure step, and determining pulse rate based on the measured information, quality values, and pulse matching criteria.