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METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING BREATHING EFFORT CHARACTERISTIC MEASURES

  • US 20110004081A1
  • Filed: 07/02/2009
  • Published: 01/06/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus for determining a respiratory characteristic of a patient comprising:

  • apparatus coupled to the patient for producing a patient monitor signal containing signal information indicative of effort the patient is exerting to breathe;

    first circuitry for extracting from the patient monitor signal a breathing effort signal indicative of the patient'"'"'s exertion of effort in order to breathe; and

    second circuitry for extracting from the effort signal a respiratory characteristic signal for the patient that is based on at least one amplitude feature of the effort signal and a relative time of occurrence of that amplitude feature.

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