System and Method for Characterizing Patient Respiration
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1. A method for characterizing respiration of a patient, comprising:
- acquiring a respiration waveform;
detecting one or more characteristics associated with the respiration, wherein detecting the one or more characteristics associated with the respiration includes;
a) detecting one or more characteristics associated with disordered breathing; and
b) determining a type of the disordered breathing;
detecting a triggering event; and
generating a marked respiration waveform in response to the triggering event using the respiration waveform and one or more symbols indicating the one or more characteristics associated with the respiration, the one or more symbols including;
a) a first symbol indicating a first respiration characteristic selected from the one or more characteristics associated with the disordered breathing and, b) a second symbol indicating a second respiration characteristic different from the first respiration characteristic, the first and second symbols being aligned relative to the respiration waveform to indicate times of occurrence of the first and second respiration characteristics respectively, and wherein the first symbol is selected based on the determination of the type of disordered breathing;
wherein at least one of acquiring, detecting, and generating is performed at least in part implantably.
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Abstract
Patient respiration may be characterized using a marked respiration waveform involving a respiration waveform annotated with symbols, markers or other indicators representing one or more respiration characteristics. A respiration waveform may be acquired by sensing a physiological parameter modulated by respiration. A marked respiration waveform may be generated based on the acquired respiration waveform and one or more detected respiration waveform characteristics and/or respiration-related conditions. One or more components used to generate the marked respiratory waveform may be fully or partially implantable.
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1. A method for characterizing respiration of a patient, comprising:
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acquiring a respiration waveform; detecting one or more characteristics associated with the respiration, wherein detecting the one or more characteristics associated with the respiration includes;
a) detecting one or more characteristics associated with disordered breathing; and
b) determining a type of the disordered breathing;detecting a triggering event; and generating a marked respiration waveform in response to the triggering event using the respiration waveform and one or more symbols indicating the one or more characteristics associated with the respiration, the one or more symbols including;
a) a first symbol indicating a first respiration characteristic selected from the one or more characteristics associated with the disordered breathing and, b) a second symbol indicating a second respiration characteristic different from the first respiration characteristic, the first and second symbols being aligned relative to the respiration waveform to indicate times of occurrence of the first and second respiration characteristics respectively, and wherein the first symbol is selected based on the determination of the type of disordered breathing;wherein at least one of acquiring, detecting, and generating 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)
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