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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2005
Applicant:
Paul F. Stetson, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventor:
Paul F. Stetson, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/021 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/14551 (2013.01); A61B 5/725 (2013.01); G06K 9/00503 (2013.01); A61B 5/7221 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/021 (2013.01); A61B 5/02416 (2013.01); A61B 5/7203 (2013.01); A61B 5/7239 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and devices for reducing noise effects in a system for measuring a physiological parameter, including receiving an input signal, obtaining an assessment of the signal quality of the input signal, selecting coefficients for a digital filter using the assessment of signal quality; and filtering the input signal using the digital filter, without comparing the filter's output signal with the input signal.