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System for wireless transmission of medical data

Assignee: Thales SA
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Filing: 1993-09-03
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Granted: 1995-10-17
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Expires: 2013-09-03
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Abstract

Abstract The system for wireless transmission of medical data comprises a piece of transmission equipment carried by the patient which comprises a unit for differential amplification and band filtering, a unit for rejection of interference noises, particularly the sector and its harmonics, existing in the band of the useful signal, an amplification circuit with automatic gain control and a modulator receiving a carrier frequency, for example microwave at 2.45 GHz and the useful signal, in analog or after a digital conversion and optional processings. The system also comprises a suitable receiving station. The carrier frequency can be either generated in the transmission equipment, or in the receiving station which then transmits the nonmodulated carrier for the transmitters that are associated with it.

Inventors

  • 👤 Serge Hethuin

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 22:47
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B5/00; A61B5/0002; A61B5/0004; A61B5/0006; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S128/00; Y10S128/901; Y10S128/903

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim 131 words
A system for transmitting medical data, comprising: at least two electrodes to be placed on a body of a patient for generating an electrical signal; a first unit for receiving the electrical signal from the at least two electrodes and for differential amplification and band-pass filtering of the electrical signal to reject a common mode; a second unit for receiving the electrical signal differentially amplified and band-pass filtered from the first unit and for selectively rejecting a frequency of a sector and harmonics of the sector of the electrical signal, to generate an electrical transmission signal; and a modulator for receiving the electrical transmission signal from the second unit and for modulating the electrical transmission signal by a transmission frequency carrier; and an antenna for transmitting the modulated electrical transmission signal.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 131 words
A system for transmitting medical data, comprising: at least two electrodes to be placed on a body of a patient for generating an electrical signal; a first unit for receiving the electrical signal from the at least two electrodes and for differential amplification and band-pass filtering of the electrical signal to reject a common mode; a second unit for receiving the electrical signal differentially amplified and band-pass filtered from the first unit and for selectively rejecting a frequency of a sector and harmonics of the sector of the electrical signal, to generate an electrical transmission signal; and a modulator for receiving the electrical transmission signal from the second unit and for modulating the electrical transmission signal by a transmission frequency carrier; and an antenna for transmitting the modulated electrical transmission signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 51 words
The system according to claim 1, wherein the modulator is a phase or frequency analog modulator, and the system further comprises an amplification circuit with automatic gain control located between the second unit and the modulator, and the modulator modulates the electrical transmission signal by the transmission frequency carrier in baseband.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 51 words
The system according to claim 2, further comprising: a channel coding circuit connected between the second unit and the modulator; and a code generator connected to the channel coding circuit and which generates a code associated with a communication channel, to code the electrical transmission signal before transmission to the modulator.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 53 words
The system according to claim 1, wherein the modulator is a digital modulator, and the system further comprises a chain for conversion and for digital processing of the electrical transmission signal in baseband to generate a digital electrical transmission signal, the modulator modulating the digital electrical transmission signal by the transmission frequency carrier.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 36 words
The system according to claim 4, wherein the chain for conversion and for digital processing comprises, in series, a flow compression circuit, an error correcting coding circuit, and a circuit for formatting data to be transmitted.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 49 words
The system according to claim 5, further comprising: a channel coding circuit connected between the second unit and the modulator; and a code generator connected to the channel coding circuit for generating a code associated with a communication, to code the electrical transmission signal before transmission to the modulator.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 37 words
The system according to claim 6, wherein the code generator uses orthogonal pseudorandom codes of the GOLD or KASAMI type to define a number N of channels that can be separated using the same transmission frequency carrier.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 18 words
The system according to claim 5, wherein the transmission frequency carrier is generated by a carrier frequency generator.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 30 words
The system according to claim 1, further comprising a receiving station comprising a demodulator and a chain for processing the demodulated signal for the restoration of the electrical transmission signal.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 54 words
The system according to claim 9, further comprising a channel coder connected between the second unit and the modulator and including an automatic gain control; and wherein the chain for processing of the demodulated signal comprises an operator connected to an output of the demodulator and to an output of a channel code generator.
Claim 12
Independent Claim 188 words
A system for transmitting medical data, comprising: at least two electrodes to be placed on a body of a patient for generating an electrical signal; a first unit for receiving the electrical signal from the at least two electrodes and for differential amplification and band-pass filtering of the electrical signal to reject a common mode; a second unit for receiving the electrical signal differentially amplified and band-pass filtered from the first unit and for selectively rejecting a frequency of a sector and harmonics of the sector of the electrical signal, to generate an electrical transmission signal; a chain for conversion and for digital processing of the electrical transmission signal in baseband to generate a digital electrical transmission signal, wherein the chain for conversion and for digital processing comprises, in series, a flow compression circuit, an error correcting coding circuit, and a circuit for formatting data to be transmitted; a digital modulator for receiving the electrical transmission signal from the chain for conversion and for digital processing and for modulating the electrical transmission signal by a transmission frequency carrier; and an antenna for transmitting the modulated electrical transmission signal.
Claim 13
Independent Claim 188 words
A system for transmitting medical data, comprising: at least two electrodes to be placed on a body of a patient for generating an electrical signal; a first unit for receiving the electrical signal from the at least two electrodes and for differential amplification and band-pass filtering of the electrical signal to reject a common mode; a second unit for receiving the electrical signal differentially amplified and band-pass filtered from the first unit and for selectively rejecting a frequency of a sector and harmonics of the sector of the electrical signal, to generate an electrical transmission signal; a chain for conversion and for digital processing of the electrical transmission signal in baseband to generate a digital electrical transmission signal, wherein the chain for conversion and for digital processing comprises, in series, a flow compression circuit, an error correcting coding circuit, and a circuit for formatting data to be transmitted; a digital modulator for receiving the electrical transmission signal from the chain for conversion and for digital processing and for modulating the electrical transmission signal by a transmission frequency carrier; and an antenna for transmitting the modulated electrical transmission signal.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 49 words
The system according to claim 11, further comprising: a channel coding circuit connected between the second unit and the modulator; and a code generator connected to the channel coding circuit for generating a code associated with a communication, to code the electrical transmission signal before transmission to the modulator.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 37 words
The system according to claim 12, wherein the code generator uses orthogonal pseudorandom codes of the GOLD or KASAMI type to define a number N of channels that can be separated using the same transmission frequency carrier.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 30 words
The system according to claim 11, further comprising a receiving station comprising a demodulator and a chain for processing the demodulated signal for the restoration of the electrical transmission signal.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 54 words
The system according to claim 14, further comprising a channel coder connected between the second unit and the modulator and including an automatic gain control; and wherein the chain for processing of the demodulated signal comprises an operator connected to an output of the demodulator and to an output of a channel code generator.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 18 words
The system according to claim 11, wherein the transmission frequency carrier is generated by a carrier frequency generator.

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