DETECTION OF APNEAE AND HYPOPNEAE IN AN ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE
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1. An active implantable medical device for detection of the occurrence of apneae and hypopneae, comprising:
- means for collecting a patient'"'"'s endocardial acceleration (EA), and means for analysis, able to;
determine at least one parameter having a value that is function of said collected endocardial acceleration; and
conditionally deliver an apnea or hypopnea alert signal as a function of the value taken by said at least one parameter.
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Abstract
An active implantable medical device for diagnosis and/or therapy that is able to detect the occurrence of apnea and hypopnea. The detection of an occurrence of respiratory apneae or hypopneae is performed by collecting the patient'"'"'s endocardial acceleration (EA), and determining at least one parameter, i.e., a peak acceleration, (PEA I, PEA II) that is a function of this collected endocardial acceleration. An apnea or hypopnea alert signal is then conditionally delivered as a function of the value taken by this (these) parameter(s).
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31 Claims
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1. An active implantable medical device for detection of the occurrence of apneae and hypopneae, comprising:
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means for collecting a patient'"'"'s endocardial acceleration (EA), and means for analysis, able to;
determine at least one parameter having a value that is function of said collected endocardial acceleration; and
conditionally deliver an apnea or hypopnea alert signal as a function of the value taken by said at least one parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An active implantable medical device for detecting apneae and hypopneae, comprising:
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means for collecting the patient'"'"'s endocardial acceleration (EA);
means for determining at least one parameter value that is a function of said collected endocardial acceleration, means for comparing said determined parameter to a first threshold; and
means for delivering an alert signal corresponding to an apnea or a hypopnea in response to said at least one parameter value crossing said threshold. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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