Patent ID: 6254551
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An apparatus for monitoring mechanically transmitted physiological phenomena based on the organs or vital functions of a subject and for processing the monitoring results, the apparatus comprising:a measuring sensor arrangement (10) adapted to be placed on the subject, said measuring sensor arrangement comprising at least two measuring sensors (1, 52, 61, 71) responsive to the mechanically transmitted physiological phenomena and signal processing means (2:2, 3, 4) for processing sensor signals,transmission means (5; 5a, 5b,) for transmitting a signal generated by the measuring sensor arrangement (10),a data collecting device (6) for receiving and storing the signal transmitted by the transmission means,means (7) for processing the signal stored by the data collecting device (6), anda display or output device (8) for presenting the results of processing, whereinsaid at least two measuring sensors of the measuring sensor arrangement (10) are each of a different sensor type, each of said sensors being responsive to a physiological phenomenon that another one of said sensors is also responsive to, at least one of said sensors being responsive to an additional physiological phenomenon, said measuring sensor arrangement being arranged to produce a single, unmodulated, composite spectrum signal based on a plurality of vital functions and containing spectral signals produced by said measuring sensors of different types, and whereinthe means (7) for processing data, stored by the data collecting device, comprise processing software for dividing the unmodulated, composite spectrum signal generated by the measuring sensor arrangement into a plurality of partial spectrum signals of different physiological origins.