DETERMINING A HEART RATE OF A SUBJECT

• Main Authors: Vullings, Rik, Cerina, Luca, da Fonseca, Pedro Miguel Ferreira dos Santos, Overeem, Sebastiaan
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.07.2023
• Subjects: DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; SURGERY

According to an aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method for determining a heart rate of a subject, the method comprising: receiving data representing a signal generated by a pressure sensor configured to be placed on a suprasternal notch of a subject, the data representing a first component of the signal comprising respiratory information associated with the subject and/or a second component of the signal comprising cardiac information associated with the subject; determining, by applying a first algorithm to the data, a respiration parameter of the subject; applying at least one filter to the data to obtain first filtered data, the at least one filter comprising a first filter to attenuate the first component of the signal in the data based on the determined respiration parameter; and determining a heart rate of the subject by applying a second algorithm to the first filtered data.