Active medical device able to diagnose a patient respiratory profile
First Claim
1. An active medical device of the pacemaker, defibrillator, cardiovertor and/or multisite device type, comprising:
- means for measuring respiratory activity and providing a signal representative of the periodicity and amplitude of the successive respiratory cycles of a patient, discriminating means for analyizing the signal, discriminating between various types of respiratory profiles, and diagnosing a Cheyne-Stokes type respiratory profile, said discriminating means comprising;
means for detecting in said signal an alternation of a hyperventilation respiratory cycle separated by one of a respiratory pause period, a hypoventilation period, and a normal ventilation period, and second discriminating means, responsive to a detected alternation of a hyperventilation and a normal ventilation, for discriminating between a respiratory pause period and a hypoventilation period or a normal ventilation period by analysis of variation with second order of said signal, said second discriminating means further comprising means for analyzing the variation of second order of signal by identifying a peak value of said signal and an interval between successive peak values.
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Abstract
An active medical device to diagnose a patient respiratory profile. This device is able to measure respiratory activity and deliver a signal (26) representative of the periodicity and amplitude of the successive respiratory cycles of the patient, in particular, a of minute ventilation (MV) signal. The device is able to analyze the aforementioned signal and discriminate between various types of respiratory profiles, in particular, to diagnose a respiratory profile of the Cheyne-Stokes type. This is achieved by detecting an alternation of respiratory cycles of hyperventilation (20) separated by periods of respiratory pause (22) or periods of hypoventilation or normal ventilation (24) and, in the latter case, to discriminate between periods of respiratory pause, corresponding to a profile of the Cheyne-Stokes (CSR) type, and periods of hypoventilation or normal ventilation, corresponding to a profile of the periodic breathing (PB) type.
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5 Claims
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1. An active medical device of the pacemaker, defibrillator, cardiovertor and/or multisite device type, comprising:
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means for measuring respiratory activity and providing a signal representative of the periodicity and amplitude of the successive respiratory cycles of a patient, discriminating means for analyizing the signal, discriminating between various types of respiratory profiles, and diagnosing a Cheyne-Stokes type respiratory profile, said discriminating means comprising;
means for detecting in said signal an alternation of a hyperventilation respiratory cycle separated by one of a respiratory pause period, a hypoventilation period, and a normal ventilation period, and second discriminating means, responsive to a detected alternation of a hyperventilation and a normal ventilation, for discriminating between a respiratory pause period and a hypoventilation period or a normal ventilation period by analysis of variation with second order of said signal, said second discriminating means further comprising means for analyzing the variation of second order of signal by identifying a peak value of said signal and an interval between successive peak values. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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