EP3481295A1

EP3481295A1 - Treatment bed

Info

Publication number: EP3481295A1
Application number: EP17734050.2A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Henning BÖGE; Martin Oehler; Yvonne FRANK; Bernhard GAUPP
Original assignee: Capical GmbH; Likamed GmbH
Current assignee: Capical GmbH; Likamed GmbH
Priority date: 2016-07-06
Filing date: 2017-06-27
Publication date: 2019-05-15
Also published as: DE102016112391A1; US20190167198A1; WO2018007206A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a treatment bed for supporting patients in a sitting and/or lying manner for the duration of a treatment and/or diagnosis. The treatment bed has a support surface which consists of one or more segments and on which the patient is supported during the treatment and/or diagnosis. Multiple capacitive measuring electrodes for the contactless capacitive detection of EKG signals of a patient supported on the support surface are arranged in at least one segment of the support surface on the surface side closer to the patient. The treatment bed further has at least one electronic signal processing system which is connected to the measuring electrodes and is designed to process signals, in particular to amplify signals, of the electric signals of the measuring electrodes. In addition to the measuring electrodes, the treatment bed also has at least one injection electrode which is designed to feed injection signals into one or more of the measuring electrodes via the patient supported on the support surface. The electronic signal processing system is additionally designed to determine the quality of the capacitive coupling of one or more or all of the measuring electrodes to the patient by means of the signals received via the measuring electrodes using the signal components which are contained in the signals and originate from the injection signals.

Description

treatment table

The invention relates to a treatment couch for sitting and / or lying storage of patients for the duration of a treatment and / or diagnosis. Such treatment couches are e.g. from the product range of Likamed GmbH.

The invention has for its object to further develop such a treatment table in terms of their functionality and to make it more universal.

This object is achieved according to claim 1 by a treatment couch for sitting and / or lying storage of patients for the duration of a treatment and / or diagnosis, wherein the treatment couch has a one or more segments existing support surface on which the patient during treatment and / or diagnosis is mounted, wherein in at least one segment of the support surface on the patient near surface side a plurality of capacitive measuring electrodes for contactless capacitive detection of ECG signals of a bearing on the support surface patient are arranged, wherein the treatment couch further comprises at least one signal conditioning electronics, with the measuring electrodes is connected and for signal processing, in particular for signal amplification, the electrical signals of the measuring electrodes is set up, wherein the treatment couch in addition to the measuring electrodes has at least one injection electrode, the supply of vo n injection signals is arranged in one or more of the measuring electrodes on the patient mounted on the support surface, wherein the signal conditioning electronics is further adapted to determine the quality of the capacitive coupling of a, from the signals received via the measuring electrodes on the basis of the signals contained therein, from the injection signals, to determine several or all of the measuring electrodes with the patient. The segments of the support surface may include, for example, a back, foot and / or seat segment. The treatment may in particular be a medical treatment, eg a treatment with pharmaceutical applications. The treatment couch according to the invention has the advantage that biosignals can be recorded in a simple manner by a patient resting on the treatment couch, in particular ECG signals (ECG = electrocardiogram). For this, the patient does not have to be connected to electrodes in a relatively complex manner, as is the case with conventional ECG devices. Instead, capacitive measuring electrodes are incorporated into the treatment couch at suitable locations, with which contact such ECG signals can be recorded.

Advantageously, the treatment couch also has a signal conditioning electronics, by means of which the signals of the measuring electrodes can be processed, wherein in particular a signal amplification can take place. This allows the Be treatment couch provide the ECG signals in high quality. The signal conditioning electronics may be in the form of a single electronics or in the form of multiple electronic components. In the case of several electronic components, a local signal amplification electronic component can be arranged in particular in the vicinity of a respective measuring electrode.

In addition, at least one injection electrode is incorporated into the treatment bed except the measuring electrodes. In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, it is provided that, in addition to the measuring electrode, the treatment couch has at least two electrically separated injection electrodes, which are set up to inject injection signals into one or more of the measuring electrodes via the patient mounted on the support surface Injection electrodes can be done by injecting injection signals, an automatic control of the quality of the capacitive coupling of the measuring electrodes with the patient. In this way, in the absence of ECG signals or their deterioration can be automatically differentiated un un, whether the ECG signals due to a change in position of the patient and correspondingly deteriorated capacitive coupling are changed or due to a deterioration of the patient's health. This in turn makes it possible to automatically give an alarm signal when detecting a deterioration of the patient's health. In this way In particular, the patient's safety can be improved in the case of patients with heavy stress. In addition, an improved control of the treatment is possible. Thus, the alarm signal can be generated early, so that medical personnel can take countermeasures at an early stage.

In particular, the injection electrodes are not set up to detect ECG signals. Nevertheless, the injection electrodes may be structurally similar to the measuring electrodes, e.g. as capacitive injection electrodes. The injection electrodes may also be designed differently, e.g. as galvanic injection electrodes, which must be brought into galvanic contact with the skin of the patient.

As far as the measuring electrodes and / or the injection electrodes are formed as capacitive electrodes, it is advantageous to arrange them in the treatment couch in the cover material of the support surface or in the reference material of pads of the support surface, or below the cover material. In this way, the measuring electrodes and / or the injection electrodes can be integrated into the treatment bed, so that they are not visible from the outside. Thus, the visual appearance of the treatment couch is not changed by the integration of the measuring electrodes and / or injection electrodes. It is also possible to attach the measuring electrodes and / or the injection electrodes visible on the support surface.

According to an advantageous development of the invention, it is provided that one, several or all of the measuring electrodes and / or the first and / or the second injection electrode are formed as textile capacitive electrodes which are embedded in a near-surface structure of the near-patient side of the support surface. In this way, the measuring electrodes and / or the injection electrodes can be integrated in a particularly favorable manner in the material of the treatment couch. In particular, electrodes can be integrated with a corresponding compliant structure that do not disturb a patient stored on the treatment couch and also leave no damage, such as bruises or the like. According to an advantageous development of the invention, it is provided that the signal processing electronics are arranged away from the measuring electrodes and / or the injection electrodes on the treatment couch. This too is advantageous for the comfortable storage of the patient. Since the signal processing electronics, in particular the signal amplification electronic components to be arranged in the vicinity of the measuring electrodes, generally consist of hard or at least less flexible material than the electrodes, this development of the invention can avoid an impairment of the patient supported on the treatment couch.

The ECG signals picked up via the measuring electrodes can be detected by the signal conditioning electronics, e.g. displayed on a display device of the treatment couch and / or stored in a memory of the treatment couch for documentation purposes.

According to an advantageous development of the invention, it is provided that the treatment couch has an electrical connection connector, via which a treatment monitor can be electrically coupled to the treatment couch and its signal conditioning electronics, wherein the signal conditioning electronics is set up in accordance with normalized by the signals of the measuring electrodes ECG signals of the patient Form over the connection connector. This has the advantage that a commercially available treatment monitor can be used to display and document the recorded ECG signals. Accordingly, the treatment table, even with the extensions according to the invention, remain manageable in terms of technical complexity and can therefore be provided inexpensively.

The treatment couch may in particular have one or more of the following further features: A base made of steel (powder-coated) in conjunction with up to four lockable castors for safe standing, for storing patients for several hours and for transporting patients over a shorter distance.

A padded support surface made of steel (powder-coated) for patients, consisting of at least one, self-adjustable, up to five individually adjustable elements:

Complete contact surface in one piece

Back and footboard individually, infinitely adjustable

Back and foot part as well as height individually, infinitely adjustable

Back, foot and seat parts individually, infinitely adjustable

Back, foot and seat parts as well as height individually, steplessly adjustable

Back, foot, seat and footrest and height individually, infinitely adjustable

The adjustment areas of the support surface are equipped by one or up to five 24 volt actuators (all with limit switch). All actuators can be moved individually via manual control and / or foot switch. Depending on the design / equipment of the product, a sitting position, a bed position, a shock position and / or a Trendelenburg position can be achieved.

Two armrests attached to the manufactured / named steel structure

(powder-coated) to support the arms / elbows

Upholstery pad / mattress (various interior laying, with PU plating or

Imitation leather covered).

The treatment couch may, as mentioned, be designed for treatment with pharmaceutical applications. Accordingly, in one embodiment of the invention, the treatment couch may not be designed for radiation therapy. It is suitable, for example, for the storage of patients in dialysis, blood donations, pain treatments, therapies in the field of oncology and similar types of treatment. Accordingly, the treatment table is intended for use in medical rooms. Alternatively, the treatment couch can also be used in the domestic field. For this purpose, the treatment couch may have, for example, an electrical connection of an additional equipotential bonding.

According to an advantageous development of the invention, it is provided that at least one segment can be adjusted arbitrarily in different positions by at least one electric motor of the treatment couch. Thus, the treatment table for the adjustment of different segments of the support surface may have multiple electric motors. The treatment couch can be motorized in this way e.g. be adjusted continuously from the seated or lying position to the shock position or possibly the Trendelenburgposition. Therefore, according to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the treatment couch is adjustable by at least one electric motor of the treatment couch from the sitting to a lying position and vice versa.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention it is provided that the treatment couch is mounted on several lockable rollers relative to the floor. In this way, the treatment table can be easily pushed from one position to another position, possibly even with a patient stored thereon. At a desired position, the treatment couch can then be determined via lockable rollers, so that they can not roll away easily.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the treatment couch has left and right of the support surface at least one armrest. This, in addition to the increased comfort for the patient, is particularly advantageous for certain types of treatment, e.g. for infusions.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the treatment couch has at least one acoustic and / or optical signal generator, wherein the signal conditioning electronics is adapted to control the signal generator for output of an alarm signal at predetermined signal combinations of the detected ECG signals and the quality of the capacitive coupling , Accordingly, certain signal combinations indicative of deterioration in the patient's health can be timely and automatically notified to medical personnel.

According to an advantageous development of the invention, it is provided that the injection electrodes have a first injection electrode and a second injection electrode, the injection signals have a first injection signal and a second injection signal different from the first injection signal, the first injection signal is fed from the signal processing electronics into the first injection electrode and in time overlapping or at the same time the second injection signal from the signal conditioning electronics is fed into the second injection electrode.

By introducing additional injection electrodes which are in addition to the measuring electrode or measuring electrodes of the system and accordingly do not serve as measuring electrodes, i. not for the detection of electrical biosignals, fixed injection paths for injection signals can be provided, which must be provided according to their specified function only with the necessary electronic circuitry. The Injek tion electrodes can in particular be designed as ground electrodes in the sense of DRL electrodes, as they are known from ECG systems ago (DRL - driven right leg). In this way, the injection electrodes may be formed as electrodes, which, in contrast to the measuring electrodes, are already actively driven by respective amplifiers. Accordingly, the additional expense for the injection of the injection signals is relatively low. Thus, e.g. an injection signal in the form of a sine signal to the common mode suppression signal supplied anyway with a DRL electrode by means of an analog adder are added with little effort, at least with significantly less effort than would be necessary in a modification of measuring electrodes.

The system according to the invention has the advantage that two different injection signals are inserted via the two injection electrodes which are separated from one another. can be fed, which in turn are detectable via the Biosignalquelle by means of the measuring electrode or the measuring electrodes and are distinguishable from each other. Accordingly, the quality of the capacitive coupling of the measuring electrode to the biosignal source can be determined on the basis of the signals received via the measuring electrode on the basis of the signal components contained therein and originating from the first and second injection signals. Advantageously, regardless of the number of measuring electrodes used in the system, only the at least two injection electrodes with the mutually different injection signals are required. It is thus possible to determine the quality of the capacitive coupling with the biosignal source for each measuring electrode on the basis of the detected signals. For this purpose, the signal conditioning electronics may, for example, have a filter for filtering out the signal components resulting from the first and the second injection signals.

As a result of determining the quality of the capacitive coupling of the measuring electrode to the biosignal source, e.g. a numerical value is determined, e.g. a numerical value that represents the coupling capacity, or after appropriate preliminary evaluation also a good / bad information that indicates whether the detected via a measuring electrode electrical biosignals the biosignal source can be meaningfully evaluated or not. In particular, the time profile of the quality of the capacitive coupling determined in this way can also be evaluated.

According to an advantageous development of the invention, only the first injection signal is fed into the one injection electrode and an overlay of the first and the second injection signal is fed into the other injection electrode. According to an advantageous development of the invention, a common mode suppression signal is additionally fed into both injection electrodes.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the signal conditioning electronics for determining the quality of the capacitive coupling on the basis of

Amplitude values and the phase angles of the received via the measuring electrode signal components of the first and the second injection signal set. According to an advantageous development of the invention, the system is set up for determining the heart rate or a quantity of the biosignal source derived therefrom.

According to an advantageous development of the invention, the signal conditioning electronics are fed as further input variables measured values of the currents fed via the first and the second injection electrodes by means of the supplied injection signals and the signal conditioning electronics are for determining the quality of the capacitive coupling taking into account the supplied measured values of the first and the second injection electrode by means of the injected injection signals fed streams established. The injected streams may e.g. be determined by measuring resistors (shunt). In this way, further electrical measured variables for the evaluation of the quantities fed by means of the injection electrodes can be detected so that the mathematical determination of the quality of the capacitive coupling of the measuring electrode is further simplified.

A treatment couch in the sense of the present invention may in particular be an open treatment couch without a closed or substantially closed chamber surrounding the treatment couch. In this way, the treatment table and a patient stored thereon are accessible from all sides. The treatment couch may have separate, relatively adjustable individual reclining surfaces for the backrest, seat and leg support surfaces (or leg support surfaces) so that the treatment couch may be adapted for the purpose of treatment in many respects to the personal needs and physical condition of the patient. The treatment couch may further comprise armrests disposed laterally to the left and to the right of the seat and / or backrest. The treatment couch in particular allows a treatment of a patient in at least partially seated position.

The invention will be explained in more detail by means of embodiments using drawings. Show it

Figure 1 - a treatment table in perspective and

Figure 2 - the multilayer structure of a textile electrode and

Figure 3 - the treatment table according to Figure 1 in terms of electrical

Signal flows and

Figure 4 - a signal detection circuit of a measuring electrode and

Figure 5 - an equivalent circuit diagram of a 2-channel system and

FIG. 6 shows an equivalent circuit diagram of the injection electrodes

In the figures, like reference numerals are used for corresponding elements.

The treatment couch 9 shown in FIG. 1 has a support surface 3, 4, 6, which in this case is subdivided into three segments. The support surface has a back segment 3 serving as a backrest, a seat segment 4 and a foot segment 6 serving as a foot rest. The segments 3, 4, 6 of the support surface are each padded, wherein the cushioning material is covered with a reference material. A plurality of electrodes 30, 30, 41 are integrated in the cover material or directly below the cover material. These electrodes 30, 40, 41 are not visible per se from the outside, but are shown in FIG. 1 to illustrate the invention as visible elements. The electrodes 30, 40, 41 are formed in the form of six capacitive measuring electrodes 30 and a first capacitive injection electrode 40 and a second capacitive injection electrode 41. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, four measuring electrodes 30 may be arranged in the back segment 3 and two measuring electrodes 30 in the seat segment 4. In addition, the first and the second injection electrode 40, 41 are also arranged in the seat element 4. The treatment couch 9 has a base frame 90, which supports the support surface 3, 4, 6. The base 90 is supported by four rollers 91 which are detectable on the ground. By means of electric motors 92 arranged on the underframe 90 or in the vicinity of the segments 3, 4, 6, at least some of the segments, for example the back segment 3 and the foot segment 6, can be adjusted to different positions by an electric motor.

The measuring electrodes 30 and the injection electrodes 40, 41 are connected to e.g. in the sub-frame 90 arranged signal conditioning electronics 1 electrically connected. The signal processing electronics 1 detects the signals of the capacitive measuring electrodes 30 and also injects injection signals via the injection electrodes 40, 41 into the patient for detecting the quality of the capacitive coupling of the measuring electrodes 30 with the patient. The signal conditioning electronics 1 can also be adapted to condition the recorded ECG signals in normalized form and to be connected via a connection connector 93, e.g. in the form of an electrical connector to deliver to the outside. Accordingly, a treatment monitor may be coupled to the connector connector 93 to visually represent and possibly document the output normalized ECG signals.

The signal processing electronics 1 can also be set up to monitor the ECG signals in combination with the quality of the capacitive coupling of the measuring electrodes 30 with the patient to critical signal combinations. Upon detection of a critical signal combination, the signal conditioning electronics 1 may activate a signal generator 94 to indicate the critical condition.

The treatment couch 9 may further comprise a left arm support 36 and a right arm support 35, further comprising a head support member 37 disposed on the back segment 3 and a footrest surface 60 disposed on the foot segment 6.

FIG. 2 shows by way of example a textile electrode 1, as it can be used as a measuring electrode 30 or injection electrode 40, 41. Figure 2 shows the textile electrode 1 with the individual layers in an isometric view, before the layers are glued together. Visible are three electrically conductive layers 61, 62, 63 made of an electrically conductive textile material and three insulating layers 64, 65, 66 made of an insulating textile material. The uppermost electrically conductive layer 61 is the sensor layer of the electrode, which serves for the capacitive coupling of the signal to be measured by means of the electrode. The middle electrically conductive layer 62 is a guard layer, which serves to shield the sensor layer 61 against external interference, in particular ESD influences. The lower electrically conductive layer 63 is a reference potential layer to be connected to a reference potential. The sensor layer 61 has at a corner a recess 67, through which a contact tab 68 for electrical contacting of the sensor layer 61 is formed. The guard layer 62 has a contact tab 69, which is formed by separating 69 pieces from the textile material of the guard layer 62 on the left and right of the contact tab 62. The contact tab 69 is used for electrical contacting of the guard layer 62. The reference potential layer 63 is formed similar to the sensor layer 61, but with a contact tab 70 on the opposite side. The contact tab 70 is formed as a result of a recess 71 which is cut out of the textile material of the reference potential layer 63. The topmost insulating layer 64 has at a corner a recess 72 which lies below the contact tab 68. The middle insulation layer 65 has a recess 73 at an opposite corner of the same side. The recess 73 overlaps with the contact tab 70. The lowermost insulating layer 66 has no such recesses. The layers 61 - 66 may, for. B. be brought by laser cutting in the described and illustrated outer contour.

The outer shape of the electrode 1 or the individual layers 61-66 does not necessarily have to be substantially rectangular, as shown in FIG. 2, but may take any other desired shape, such as, for example. B. oval, rectangular with rounded corners or circular. In the vicinity of the textile electrode 1 shown in FIG. 2, a signal amplification electronic component 83, which serves to amplify the electrical signals emitted by the capacitive textile electrode 1, is arranged.

The treatment couch 9 with the explained technical elements in this way represents a system for the capacitive detection of electrical biosignals from a biosignal source 2, i. from a patient. The function of such a system will be explained in more detail below with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6.

The system shown in Figure 3 is for the capacitive detection of electrical biosignals from a biosignal source 2, e.g. a human. For this purpose, the treatment couch 9 is equipped with the corresponding capacitive measuring electrodes 30 and injection electrodes 40, 41. The injection electrodes 40, 41 are connected via separate electrical lines with means 43, 44, which are shown in Figure 1 only simple, but are realized separately for each injection electrode. The device 43 is a low pass, e.g. with a cutoff frequency of 4 kHz. The device 44 is designed as a digital / analog converter, which converts a digital signal fed from a central processing unit of the signal processing electronics 1 into an analog voltage value and outputs it via the low-pass filter 43 to the respective injection electrode 40, 41.

The measuring electrodes 30 are connected to further signal processing means 33, 34 via respective signal amplifiers 31, which may also be integrated in the respective textile electrode. The measuring electrodes 30 and their signal amplifiers 31 can each be connected via a single, separate signal path via signal processing means 33, 34 to the signal conditioning electronics 1, or, if the circuit complexity is to be reduced, via a multiplexer 32 respectively to the same signal processing means 33, 34 are switched , The signal processing means 33 may be formed as a low-pass filter, for example with a cutoff frequency of 4 kHz. The signal processing means 34 may be formed as an analog / digital converter. By the respective analog / digital conversion or digital / analog conversion signal processing in the signal conditioning electronics 1 can be completely digital, with the advantage that relatively inexpensive complex signal processing algorithms can be realized.

The signal conditioning electronics 1 connected to the analog / digital converter 34 or the digital / analog converters 44 has the following structure. The digitized signals of the measuring electrode 30 detected via the analog / digital converter 34 are supplied to three different evaluation paths in the signal processing electronics 1, namely a path for the evaluation of the signal components resulting from the injection signals, namely a path for the determination of the actual useful signals the biosignals of the biosignal source, as well as a path that serves for common mode rejection. First of all, the path for evaluating the signal components resulting from the injection signals has been discussed. For this purpose, a buffer 10 is initially present in that the incoming data is first buffered in blocks, e.g. with a block size of 728 readings. The block size is chosen in particular in such a way that full periods of the first and the second injection signal are stored in a block.

In a block 11, the signal components are filtered with a bandpass filter, e.g. with a non-rectangular window function, e.g. a Hanning filter. In a subsequent digital filter 12, further filtering, e.g. using a fast Fourier transform (FFT) or a Goertzel algorithm. The Gertzel algorithm allows the efficient determination of selected frequency components. With the data thus determined, in a block 15 the quality of the capacitive coupling of the measuring electrode to the biosignal source can be determined, e.g. in the form of the coupling capacity. The results of the quality determination can e.g. on a display device, e.g. a screen 5, are output or be supplied for further processing.

About the filter block 14 shown approximately in the middle in Figure 1 in the signal conditioning electronics 1, the ECG signals from the supplied signals of Filtering electrode filtered out. This can be done for example by a two-stage FIR filter.

For the common-mode suppression, it is provided to first add up the supplied, digitized measurement signal via a summer 16. As a result, the common mode signal is obtained. In a multiplier 17, the previously determined common-mode signal can still be amplified by a gain factor 18, e.g. in the range of 0 to 40 dB. The signal thus formed is then fed to a further filter 19. The signal generated from the filter 19 is supplied on the one hand to the filter block 14, also two summers 20th

In the blocks shown below in the signal conditioning electronics 1, the first and second injection signals are generated in two signal generators 21, 22. The first injection signal may e.g. have a frequency of 1 120 Hz at 100 mV amplitude, the second injection signal has a frequency of 1040 Hz at 12.5 mV amplitude. Thus, the first signal generator 21 may be configured to directly output a superposition of the first and the second injection signal, while the other signal generator 22 outputs only the first injection signal. In the summers 20, the signal emitted by the filter 19 is added to the respective injection signals for common-mode rejection. The corresponding, until then digital present signals are converted via the aforementioned digital / analog converter 44 into analog signals and fed via the filter 43 into the injection electrodes 40, 41 separately from each other.

For the dimensioning of the injection signals, a compromise has been found which allows placing the injection signals at frequencies as close as possible to each other, to provide a good demodulation rate, while allowing a sampling rate achievable for suitable precision analog-to-digital converters and more available microcontrollers. In addition, the injection frequencies must be high enough to be sufficiently suppressed with a simple low-pass filter compared to the useful signal (the ECG signal) can. As a result, it is also possible to delineate movement artifacts which are in the range below 20 Hz. The amplitude of the injection signals represents a compromise between good signal-to-noise ratio and the lowest possible order of the low-pass filter in order to enable simple signal processing.

FIG. 4 shows by way of example on the one hand a measuring electrode with the above-described multilayer structure, which is arranged behind the textile surface 60 of the back segment 3. The reference potential layer 63 is connected to the system ground via a resistor 64. The sensor layer 61 is first connected via a line via an amplifier, e.g. an operational amplifier 65, connected to the guard layer 62. Furthermore, for the detection of the already explained signals to be detected via the measuring electrode, the sensor layer 61 is connected to a measuring connection 68 to which the measuring signal to be detected by the signal evaluation means 33, 34 is applied. In order additionally to be able to carry out a current measurement with respect to the injection electrodes 40, 41, a measuring resistor in the form of a shunt 66 is present in the line from the sensor layer 61 to the measuring connection 68. The voltage drop across the shunt 66, which is an indicator of the current flowing therethrough, is amplified through an amplifier 67 and delivered to an output terminal 69. The pending at the output terminal 69 signal is, if necessary, with a previous filtering, also supplied via analog / digital converter of the signal conditioning electronics 1 and further processed there.

The determination of the quality of the capacitive coupling, e.g. in the form of a coupling impedance, can be done as follows. In this case, it is assumed that in the equivalent circuit shown in Figure 5 and the electrical variables specified therein.

FIG. 5 shows the equivalent circuit diagram of a 2-channel system (two measuring electrodes) with DRL signal injection. In addition, the parasitic impedance Zstray is considered here. It arises from the stray capacitances between the biosignal source and objects of the outside world as well as between the measuring system and the outside world. This is especially significant when the power supply is not isolated Measuring system from the network. U _P represents the voltage signal applied to the biosignal source with respect to the system ground. For the coupling impedance of an electrode, the following applies:

From this, depending on the angular frequency ω of the injection signal, the capacitance and the resistance can be determined:

However, the model shows that the voltage Up is influenced by the impedances Zstray, Zdrl and Zci. It can not be determined uniquely with the existing measurement data.

To determine Up, at least one additional injecting electrode is needed.

For this purpose, the DRL electrode can be divided into two separate areas. In contrast to the pitch of the measuring electrodes, there is no disadvantage for the signal quality, because with the DRL electrode only the total capacity of the two surfaces has to be maximized. The corresponding equivalent circuit diagram can be seen in FIG. 6, the electrode and stray capacitances being combined to form the impedance Z _P. Two injection signals are fed: Uinj2 with the angular frequency ω2 over both surfaces and Umji with the angular frequency ωι only over the first surface. The two parts of the electrode each contain a shunt Zsi or Zs2. By measuring the voltage at the shunts, the complex current strengths / _s i and / _S 2 can be determined for the two angular frequencies ωι and 002. The shunts should be chosen to be resistive: since the injection signals are above the ECG bandwidth, the predominantly capacitive coupling impedances Zdrii, ooi are smaller compared to the injection signal than compared to the ECG signal. The resistive impedances of the shunts, however, remain unchanged. Thus, they produce only a small voltage drop in the frequency band of the ECG signal and thus do not decrease the effectiveness of the DRL electrode, while the voltage drop in the band of the injection signals increases and thus allows a more precise determination of. In addition, the model has the input impedances Zini and Zin2, which model the corresponding parasitic characteristics of the amplifiers used for the shunt voltage measurement.

It will now be shown that with the voltage measured at the shunts USI, CJ02 and LJS2, Q) 1 and Usi, ω2 and Us2, 002 applied to the patient voltage Up, 002 and the two coupling capacitances Zdrii, 002 Zdi-12 , 002 of the DRL electrode can be determined. The method by means of which the frequency components ωι and 002 belonging to the respective injection signals Uinji and Uinj2 can be demodulated from the measurement signal has already been described above. When determining the voltages and currents with the index ωι, the voltage source Uinj2 is assumed to be a short circuit, with the index 002 - Uinji. For simplicity, the corresponding admittances may be used in the following instead of the impedances. First, the complex current amplitudes are to be determined via the coupling impedances. The first Kirchoff rule gives: j - γ TT. , - Π

- press, w »- ü

Sil w * - * W -81, Y for £ = 1, 2 (3 16)

- drlg, ω tu _s ,. "i ,,,. ., +>%,. .,) (3.17)

J, _ Y T T (T T ._ T T) Y (3.18)

To simplify the further calculation, two assumptions are made from here: the two shunts are so low-impedance compared to the coupling impedances that Uinj »JJ _S holds for both electrodes and frequencies. Us are neglected from here,

the angular frequencies ωι and 002 are so close together that for all

Admittances Υ _ω ι ^s Υω2 applies. It is assumed from here that the

Admittances are frequency independent.

The second kirchoff rule gives: drlo. idrij (3.19)

0 U 77,,

drlo, - cirtt

Inserting 3.20 into 3.21 and switching returns: f J

- drig, u) j- drl], ω ».

Y = * i T (3.22) - drli 1 £ άή _1: ω _: ι

- injt \ ^■ d, rls.

For the voltage U, the following applies:

, drl drli>

Thus, from 3.22 and 3.20, the two coupling impedances of the DRL electrode and 3.23 of the portion of the injection signal applied to the biosignal source can be determined.

Claims

claims

1 . Treatment couch (9) for sitting and / or lying patients for the duration of a treatment and / or diagnosis, wherein the treatment couch (9) has a bearing surface consisting of one or more segments (3, 4, 6) on which the patient is stored during the treatment and / or diagnosis, wherein in at least one segment (3, 4, 6) of the support surface on its patient-near surface side a plurality of capacitive measuring electrodes (30) for contactless capacitive detection of ECG signals of a patient mounted on the support surface are arranged wherein the treatment couch (9) further comprises at least one signal conditioning electronics (1) which is connected to the measuring electrodes (30) and is adapted for signal processing, in particular for signal amplification, of the electrical signals of the measuring electrodes (30), the treatment couch (9) in addition to the measuring electrodes (30) at least one injection electrode (40, 41), the Injection of injection signals into one or more of the measuring electrodes (30) is arranged above the patient supported on the supporting surface, wherein the signal conditioning electronics (1) are further adapted to detect, based on the signals received via the measuring electrodes (30), From the injection signals derived signal components to determine the quality of the capacitive coupling of one, several or all of the measuring electrodes (30) with the patient.

2. treatment couch according to the preceding claim, characterized in that one, several or all measuring electrodes (30) and / or a first and / or a second injection electrode (40, 41) are formed as textile capacitive electrodes which in a near-surface structure of are embedded near the patient side of the support surface.

3. Treatment table according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the signal conditioning electronics (1) away from the Measuring electrodes (30) and / or the injection electrodes (40, 41) on the treatment couch (9) is arranged.

4. treatment couch according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the treatment couch (9) has an electrical connection connector (93) via which a treatment monitor is electrically coupled to the treatment couch (9) and the signal conditioning electronics (1), wherein the signal conditioning electronics ( 1) is set up to emit ECG signals of the patient in standardized form via the connection connector (93) on the basis of the signals of the measuring electrodes (30).

5. treatment couch according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one segment (3, 4, 6) by at least one electric motor (92) of the treatment couch (9) is arbitrarily adjustable in different positions

6. Treatment table according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the treatment couch (9) by at least one electric motor (92) of the treatment couch (9) from the seated to a lying position and vice versa adjustable.

7. Treatment table according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the treatment table (9) is mounted on several lockable rollers (91) relative to the floor.

8. Treatment table according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the treatment table (9) has left and right of the support surface at least one arm support (35, 36).

9. Treatment table according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the signal conditioning electronics (1) for determining the quality of the capacitive coupling of a measuring electrode (30) based on Amplitude values and phase angles of the signal components of the injection signals received via this measuring electrode (30) are set up.

10. Treatment table according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the signal conditioning electronics (1) is arranged to determine the heart rate or a derived therefrom size of the patient supported on the support surface.

1 1. Treatment table according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the treatment couch (9) has at least one acoustic and / or optical signal generator (94), wherein the signal conditioning electronics (1) is adapted to predetermined signal combinations of the detected ECG signals and the quality the capacitive coupling the signal generator (94) to output an alarm signal.

12. Treatment couch according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the injection electrodes (40, 41) have a first injection electrode (40) and a second injection electrode (41), the injection signals having a first injection signal and a second injection signal different from the first injection signal, the first injection signal from the signal conditioning electronics (1) is fed into the first injection electrode (40) and overlapping in time or at the same time the second injection signal from the signal conditioning electronics (1) is fed into the second injection electrode (41).

13. Treatment table according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that one, several or all of the injection electrodes (40, 41) is designed as a capacitive and / or galvanic electrode.