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Abstract

A data playback device which records, stores, and plays back actual patient oscillometric blood pressure data to create a more realistic NIBP simulation for testing of an NIBP monitor. The system is made up of two units, a computer and a converter. The converter has a Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) connected to the computer and 16-bit D/A and A/D converters connected to the input and output, respectively, of a blood pressure monitor. The A/D converter senses cuff pressure and sends the signal to the computer. The computer then calculates the pressure pulse data from the stored patient data and sends it to the monitor via the D/A converter, where the pressure pulse data is converted to a voltage and electronically summed with the pressure transducer signal output by the blood pressure monitor under test. Typically, the playback system reads the current cuff pressure in the blood pressure monitor and 'plays back' the oscillation complex from the data file whose average pressure is closest to the current cuff pressure. The oscillation complex is scaled to the proper amplitude using linear interpolation before it is summed into the cuff pressure channel. This process is repeated for each pressure level during the oscillometric blood pressure determination. During testing, the blood pressure monitor sees an oscillation envelope and oscillation complex shapes similar to the original data from a real patient.

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