Bioelectric signal detecting circuits, lead wire detecting circuits and medical devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9897629-B2
Application number	US-201414525016-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 27, 2014
Priority date	Apr 25, 2012
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

This disclosure relates to bioelectric signal detecting circuits, lead wire detecting circuits and medical devices. The lead wire detecting circuit may include a reference voltage generator, at least one comparator, and a logic control module, wherein input ends of the comparator are connected to an output end of the reference voltage generator and an signal output end of a lead wire, respectively, for inputting a reference voltage and a lead signal, and the comparator compares the lead signal with the reference voltage and changes an output voltage at an output end of the comparator according to a comparison result; wherein an input end of the logic control module is connected to the output end of the comparator, and the logic control module determines whether the lead wire is in a connected state or disconnected state by the output voltage at the output end of the comparator.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bioelectric signal detecting circuit, comprising:
at least one lead wire, which comprises a contact end for contacting a human body and a signal output end;
at least one bias circuit, wherein each bias circuit corresponds to one of the at least one lead wire and is connected to the signal output end of the one of the at least one lead wire;
a reference voltage generator for outputting a reference voltage;
at least one comparator, wherein input ends of the comparator are connected to an output end of the reference voltage generator and the signal output end of the lead wire, respectively, for inputting the reference voltage and lead signal, and the comparator compares the lead signal with the reference voltage and changes output voltage at an output end of the comparator according to a comparison result; and
a logic control module, wherein an input end of the logic control module is connected to the output end of the comparator, and the logic control module determines whether the lead wire is in a connected state or disconnected state according to at least the output voltage at the output end of the comparator,
wherein the logic control module comprises a microprocessor, which comprises a counter and a logic determination unit, where the counter counts a number of voltages read at an IO port that are equal to a first voltage and a second voltage, respectively, during a time interval, and the logic determination unit compares the number of voltages read at the IO port that are equal to the first voltage with the number of voltages read at the IO port that are equal to the second voltage and determines whether the lead wire is in a connected state or disconnected state according to the comparison result.

2. A lead wire detecting circuit, comprising:
a reference voltage generator for outputting a reference voltage;
at least one comparator, wherein input ends of the comparator are connected to an output end of the reference voltage generator and a signal output end of a lead wire, respectively, for inputting a reference voltage and a lead signal, and the comparator compares the lead signal with the reference voltage and changes an output voltage at an output end of the comparator according to a comparison result; and
a logic control module, wherein an input end of the logic control module is connected to the output end of the comparator, and the logic control module determines whether the lead wire is in a connected state or disconnected state according to the output voltage at the output end of the comparator,
wherein the logic control module comprises a microprocessor, which comprises a counter and a logic determination unit, where the counter counts a number of voltages read at an IO port that are equal to a first voltage and a second voltage, respectively, during a time interval, and the logic determination unit compares the number of voltages read at the IO port that are equal to the first voltage with the number of voltages read at the IO port that are equal to the second voltage and determines whether the lead wire is in a connected state or disconnected state according to the comparison result.

3. The lead wire detecting circuit of claim 2 , wherein the TO port of the microprocessor is connected to the output end of the comparator, and the microprocessor reads a voltage at the IO port in the time interval and determines whether the lead wire is in a connected state or disconnected state according to the voltage read.

4. The lead wire detecting circuit of claim 3 , wherein the microprocessor determines the lead wire is in a disconnected state when the voltage read at the IO port is equal to the first voltage and determines the lead wire is in a connected state when the voltage read at the IO port is equal to the second voltage; or
the microprocessor counts the number of voltages read at the IO port that are equal to the first and second voltages, respectively, during a second time interval, and when the number of voltages read at the IO port that are equal to the first voltage is less than the number of voltages read at the IO port that are equal to the second voltage, the microprocessor determines the lead wire is in a connected state; when the number of voltages read at the IO port that are equal to the first voltage is greater than or equal to the number of voltages read at the IO port that are equal to the second voltage, the microprocessor determines the lead wire is in a disconnected state.

5. The lead wire detecting circuit of claim 2 , wherein the reference voltage is preset according to the output voltage of the bias circuit and judgment tendency.

6. The lead wire detecting circuit of claim 2 , wherein the number of comparators is equal to the number of lead wires, and there is a one-to-one correspondence between the comparators and the lead wires.

7. The lead wire detecting circuit of claim 2 , wherein the lead wire detecting circuit further comprises a multi-way switch, wherein input ends of the multi-way switch are connected to the signal output end of each lead wire, respectively, an output end of the multi-way switch is connected to one of the input ends of the comparator, and the multi-way switch polls the output end of each lead wire.

8. A medical device, comprising:
at least one lead wire, which comprises a contact end for contacting with a human body and a signal output end;
at least one bias circuit, wherein each bias circuit corresponds to one of the at least one lead wire and is connected to the signal output end of the one of the at least one lead wires; and
a lead wire detecting circuit comprising:
a reference voltage generator for outputting a reference voltage;
at least one comparator, wherein input ends of the comparator are connected to an output end of the reference voltage generator and an signal output end of a lead wire, respectively, for inputting a reference voltage and a lead signal, and the comparator compares the lead signal with the reference voltage and changes an output voltage at an output end of the comparator according to the comparison result; and
a logic control module, wherein an input end of the logic control module is connected to the output end of the comparator, and the logic control module determines whether the lead wire is in a connected state or disconnected state according to the output voltage at the output end of the comparator,
wherein the logic control module comprises a microprocessor, which comprises a counter and a logic determination unit, where the counter counts a number of voltages read at an IO port that are equal to a first voltage and a second voltage, respectively, during a time interval, and the logic determination unit compares the number of voltages read at the IO port that are equal to the first voltage with the number of voltages read at the IO port that are equal to the second voltage and determines whether the lead wire is in a connected state or disconnected state according to the comparison result.

9. The medical device of claim 8 , wherein the medical device comprises one of a patient monitor, an electrocardiograph, or an electroencephalograph.

Assignees

• Shenzhen Mindray Biomedical Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cen Jian
• Liu Qiling
• Wu Xiaoyu
• Wang Bing

Classifications

• A61B5/307

  specially adapted for particular uses · CPC title

• A61B5/04

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• G01R19/0084

  Measuring voltage only · CPC title

• G01R15/00 Primary

  Details of measuring arrangements of the types provided for in groups G01R17/00 - G01R29/00, G01R33/00 - G01R33/26 or G01R35/00 · CPC title

• A61B5/0428

  Human Necessities · mapped topic