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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2005
Applicants:
Matti Huiku, Espoo, FI;
Panu Takala, Helsinki, FI;
Inventors:
Matti Huiku, Espoo, FI;
Panu Takala, Helsinki, FI;
Assignee:
GE Healthcare Finland Oy, Helsinki, FI;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to the determination of the clinical stress of a subject. In order to bring about an uncomplicated and cost-effective method for monitoring the stress status of a subject, plethysmographic signal data is acquired from the subject and a first measurement signal is derived, which is indicative of a predetemined feature of the respiration modulation appearing in the said signal data. An index signal is then formed based on the first measurement signal and the index signal is employed as an index indicative of the clinical stress of the subject.