Detection of disordered breathing
First Claim
1. A method for detecting sleep-disordered breathing in a patient, comprising:
- determining that the patient is asleep;
sensing, while the patient is asleep, one or more signals associated with sleep-disordered breathing; and
detecting sleep-disordered breathing using the one or more sensed signals, wherein at least one of determining, sensing and detecting is performed at least in part implantably.
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Abstract
Devices and methods for detecting disordered breathing involve determining that the patient is asleep and sensing one or more signals associated with disordered breathing indicative of sleep-disordered breathing while the patient is asleep. Sleep-disordered breathing is detected using the sensed signals associated with disordered breathing. The sensed signals associated with disordered breathing may also be used to acquire a respiration pattern of one or more respiration cycles. Characteristics of the respiration pattern are determined. The respiration pattern is classified as a disordered breathing episode based on the characteristics of the respiration pattern. One or more processes involved in the detection of disordered breathing are performed using an implantable device.
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90 Claims
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1. A method for detecting sleep-disordered breathing in a patient, comprising:
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determining that the patient is asleep;
sensing, while the patient is asleep, one or more signals associated with sleep-disordered breathing; and
detecting sleep-disordered breathing using the one or more sensed signals, wherein at least one of determining, sensing and detecting is performed at least in part implantably. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of detecting sleep-disordered breathing of a patient, comprising:
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determining that the patient is asleep;
sensing, while the patient is asleep, one or more signals associated with sleep-disordered breathing;
establishing one or more sleep-disordered breathing indices associated with sleep-disordered breathing;
comparing the one or more indices to the one or more sensed signals; and
detecting sleep-disordered breathing based on the comparison, wherein at least one of determining, sensing, establishing comparing and detecting is performed at least in part implantably. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 32)
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28. A method for detecting sleep-disordered breathing of a patient, comprising:
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detecting a respiration pattern of one or more respiration cycles;
determining one or more characteristics of the respiration pattern; and
classifying the respiration pattern as sleep-disordered breathing based on the one or more characteristics of the respiration pattern, wherein at least one of detecting, determining and classifying is performed at least in part implantably. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method for detecting disordered breathing of a patient, comprising:
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detecting a respiration pattern of one or more respiration cycles;
determining one or more characteristics of the respiration pattern; and
classifying the respiration pattern as disordered breathing based on the one or more characteristics of the respiration pattern, wherein at least one of detecting, determining and classifying is performed at least in part implantably. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A sleep-disordered breathing detection device, comprising:
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a sensor system configured to sense one or more signals indicative of sleep-disordered breathing;
a sleep detector for determining that a patient is asleep; and
a sleep-disordered breathing detector coupled to the sensor system and the sleep detector, the sleep-disordered breathing detector arranged to detect sleep-disordered breathing based on an output of the sleep detector and the one more signals indicative of sleep sleep-disordered breathing, wherein at least one of the sensor system, sleep detector, and the sleep-disordered breathing detector uses an implantable component. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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67. A device for detecting sleep-disordered breathing of a patient, comprising:
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a sensor system configured to detect a respiration pattern of one or more respiration cycles; and
a detector system coupled to the sensor system and configured to determine one or more characteristics of the respiration pattern and classify the respiration pattern as sleep-disordered breathing using the one or more characteristics of the respiration pattern, wherein at least one of the sensor system and the detector system uses an implantable component. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81)
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82. A device for detecting disordered breathing of a patient, comprising:
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a sensor system configured to detect a respiration pattern of one or more respiration cycles; and
a detector system coupled to the sensor system and configured to determine one or more characteristics of the respiration pattern and classify the respiration pattern as disordered breathing using the one or more characteristics of the respiration pattern, wherein at least one of the sensor system and the detector system uses an implantable component. - View Dependent Claims (83, 84, 85, 86)
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87. A system for detecting sleep-disordered breathing, comprising:
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means for determining that the patient is asleep;
means for sensing, while the patient is asleep, one or more signals indicative of sleep-disordered breathing; and
means for detecting sleep-disordered breathing based on the one or more sensed signals associated with disordered breathing, wherein at least one of the means for determining, means for sensing, and means for detecting uses an implantable component.
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88. A disordered breathing detection system, comprising:
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means for detecting a respiration pattern of one or more respiration cycles;
means for determining one or more characteristics of the respiration pattern; and
means for classifying the respiration pattern as disordered breathing based on the one or more characteristics of the respiration pattern, wherein at least one of the means for detecting, means for determining and means for classifying uses an implantable component. - View Dependent Claims (89, 90)
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