Patent ID: 7200528
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for evaluating a sequence of discrete measured values, wherein an attribute is assigned to each measured value before evaluation, said attribute being derived from other measured values of the sequence of discrete measured values and including the same property for all measured values, and wherein a common criterion is established for the attributes thus assigned from the sequence of discrete measured values, said method comprising the following steps: periodically sampling an analog signal and storing the sample as a sequence of discrete measured values; designating as a specific event each of those measured values whose attribute fulfills the established common criterion; selecting a chain of a specific length from the sequence of discrete measured values; forming partial chains from the chain of specific length, each of which possesses a selected event as the center, whereby the other measured values of the partial chain are positioned in the original sequence on both sides of the central event; positioning the measured values of the individual partial chains within the partial chain corresponding to their positions in that partial chain, such that the measured values of the central events are positioned together, and the measured values that are located at the same position about the central event are positioned together; and identifying and mathematically averaging all assigned measured values for the same position within the selected partial chains, and displaying the sequence of the thus-identified averaged measured values in the sequence determined by the chain of measured values.