Method and system for monitoring ventilations and compressions delivered to a patient
First Claim
1. Method for monitoring the ventilation of a patient, especially during chest compressions, comprising the steps of:
- essentially continuously measuring the impedance in the patients chest using at least two electrodes coupled to the patients chest, said impedance measurements being performed by applying an alternating current or voltage to at least two of said electrodes and measuring the impedance between at least two of said electrodes, measuring chosen parameters affecting said impedance measurements, e.g. chest compressions, and analyzing the impedance measurements for detection and characterizing of impedance variations from ventilations, said analysis including the removal of the effects said chosen parameters.
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Method and system for monitoring the ventilation of a patient, especially during chest compressions, comprising the steps of: essentially continuously measuring the impedance in the patients chest using at least two electrodes coupled to the patients chest, said impedance measurements being performed by applying an alternating current or voltage to at least two of said electrodes and measuring the impedance between at least two of said electrodes, measuring chosen parameters affecting said impedance measurements, e.g. chest compressions, and analyzing the impedance measurements for detection and characterizing of impedance variations from ventilations, said analysis including the removal of the effects said chosen parameters.
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14 Claims
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1. Method for monitoring the ventilation of a patient, especially during chest compressions, comprising the steps of:
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essentially continuously measuring the impedance in the patients chest using at least two electrodes coupled to the patients chest, said impedance measurements being performed by applying an alternating current or voltage to at least two of said electrodes and measuring the impedance between at least two of said electrodes, measuring chosen parameters affecting said impedance measurements, e.g. chest compressions, and analyzing the impedance measurements for detection and characterizing of impedance variations from ventilations, said analysis including the removal of the effects said chosen parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. Ventilation monitoring system for monitoring the ventilation of a patient, comprising:
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at least two electrodes adapted to be positioned on a patients chest coupled to impedance measuring means for measuring the impedance in the patients chest, said impedance measurements being performed by applying an alternating current or voltage to said electrodes and measuring the impedance between them, measuring means for measuring at least one chosen parameter affecting the measured impedance in a per se known way, and a processing unit for providing a signal indicative of the ventilation of the patient from said impedance movement, said processing unit also being adapted to remove the effects of said measured chosen characteristics from said ventilation signal. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. System for controlling CPR activity comprising sensors for measuring force and movement applied to the chest of a patient, comprising processing means for calculating compression depth from said applied movement, wherein said processing unit is provided with means for comparing the measured force and calculated compression depth with respective chosen values, and for providing or withholding feedback based in the measured values, e.g.by withholding feedback related to insufficient compression depths if the measured force exceeds the corresponding chosen value while said calculated compression depth is less than said chosen value.
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14. System for controlling CPR activity comprising sensors for measuring force and movement applied to the chest of a patient, comprising processing means for calculating compression depth from said applied movement, also comprising a second movement arranged to follow the movement of the patients back, said processing means being adapted to calculate the difference in movement between the two sensors.
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