Patent ID: 7831300

Claim:
A method of identifying a fetal ECG signal from a plurality of input waveforms from a maternal patient, comprising the steps of: positioning a plurality of ECG electrodes on an abdomen of the maternal patient; obtaining a set of input waveforms from the maternal patient through the ECG electrodes for a plurality of epochs; storing the plurality of input waveforms for a first epoch; applying an independent component analysis (ICA) algorithm to the stored input waveforms for the first epoch to generate a plurality of ICA output waveforms, wherein the ICA algorithm generates a first transfer matrix for the first epoch; continuously applying the first transfer matrix to the plurality of input waveforms as the plurality of input waveforms are obtained following the first epoch to generate a plurality of conditioned waveforms; and continuously displaying at least one of the conditioned waveforms following the first epoch in real time.