| 摘要 |
An apparatus (2) for accurately monitoring motor movements attributable to seizures and convulsions of patients having epilepsy or other seizure disorders, and motor movements attributable to periodic leg movements, tremors, respiration, mechanical cardiac functions, or any other motorics during periods of sleep. Patient movements are measured by relating mattress displacement to such motor movements. The apparatus (2) has a geophone configuration intended to receive an analog signal corresponding to mattress movement and to communicate this signal to an electrically interconnected detection assembly (50) having sensing devices (10, 15) for monitoring and recording the patient's pattern of body movements. Other suitable movement sensing devices include piezoelectric, fiber optics, microwave, infrared, and ultrasound devices. The analog signals received by the sensing devices (10, 15) are then communicated to a computerized detection assembly (50) wherein these signals are converted from waveforms to digital signals for subsequent analysis and remedial medical treatment as appropriate.
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