Apparatus for monitoring respiration and cardiac activity

Details Apparatus for monitoring respiration and cardiac activity Apparatus for monitoring respiration and cardiac activity

1988-08-10

1989-12-05

Hindenburg, Max

Surgery

Truss

Pad

128714, 128721, A61B 502

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048845787

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for monitoring respiration and cardiac activity of a person lying in a bed comprises a bed mounted for polydirectional movement and subjected to a restoring force when the bed is disturbed from its normal position. Pulses originiating from the person are detected by a vertically oriented sensor and a pair of horizontally oriented sensors thereby permitting monitoring of a wide range of respiratory and cardiac activity. In one arrangement, the bed is suspended by cords or on a vertical frame from a bracket. In other arrangements, the bed is variously mounted on a gimbal mechanism, on a support column which passes through a bearing ball, by flotation, and by a universal bearing joint.

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