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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2008
Applicants:
Mohammed Meftah, Eindhoven, NL;
Andreas Brauers, Aachen, DE;
Inventors:
Mohammed Meftah, Eindhoven, NL;
Andreas Brauers, Aachen, DE;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/0408 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/04085 (2013.01); A61B 5/04011 (2013.01); A61B 5/1114 (2013.01); A61B 5/1116 (2013.01); A61B 5/4806 (2013.01); A61B 5/6887 (2013.01); A61B 5/6892 (2013.01); A61B 2562/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of determining body position uses ECG sensors at fixed positions, not fixed to the patient. The ECG signals recorded from the sensors are used to detect body position, using the variation of ECG potential over the surface of the body. The results may be processed by measuring artifacts related to the angle between the sensors and the heart, in particular the polarity of the QRS complex. The sensors may be fixed on the upper surface of a bed and used to measure sleep position.