Patents Assigned to VivaQuant LLC
  • Patent number: 8632465
    Abstract: Physiological signals are denoised. In accordance with an example embodiment, a denoised physiological signal is generated from an input signal including a desired physiological signal and noise. The input signal is decomposed from a first domain into subcomponents in a second domain of higher dimension than the first domain. Target subcomponents of the input signal that are associated with the desired physiological signal are identified, based upon the spatial distribution of the subcomponents. A denoised physiological signal is constructed in the first domain from at least one of the identified target subcomponents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: VivaQuant LLC
    Inventor: Marina Brockway
  • Patent number: 8543195
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to signal processing. In accordance with example embodiments, methods and apparatuses involve using at least two electrodes that sense an ECG signal. A denoising module is communicatively coupled to the at least two electrodes, and receives the ECG signal sensed by the sensing electrodes. The denoising module includes circuitry that conditions and digitizes the ECG signal, and a computing circuit that processes the digitized ECG signal to denoise the ECG signal. A communications circuit generates a communication including the denoised ECG signal for access by a remote device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: VivaQuant, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Brockway, Marina Brockway
  • Patent number: 8478389
    Abstract: A parameter value is computed for a segment of a cardiac-related signal. In accordance with various example embodiments, a system includes a computer circuit configured to identify cardiac cycles within a segment of a cardiac-related signal, such as an ECG. At least one feature point is identified within the cardiac cycles. For each identified feature point, a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) representative of the ratio of signal energy to noise energy is computed for a cardiac cycle subsegment containing the identified feature point. A validity characteristic of the feature point is determined based upon the signal-to-noise ratio, and a parameter value is computed by combining feature points contained within the segment, based upon the determined validity characteristics of the feature points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: VivaQuant, LLC
    Inventors: Marina Brockway, Brian Brockway
  • Patent number: 8433395
    Abstract: A T-wave offset point of an ECG signal is provided. In accordance with various example embodiments, a location of a QRS complex in the ECG signal is identified and used to determine a first time window of the ECG signal in which to search for a T-wave offset point. The T-wave offset point is identified within the first time window, and the identified T-wave offset point is provided as an output based upon a noise characteristic of the ECG signal in a second time window that includes at least a portion of the T-wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: VivaQuant LLC
    Inventors: Marina Brockway, Brian Brockway