Method and apparatus for detection of breathing gas interruptions
First Claim
1. A method for detecting an interruption in the supply of breathing gas to a patient, comprising the steps of:
- during a predetermined time period within at least one breathing cycle of a patient initiated solely by an operator and significant of a reference time period during which a normal breathing cycle of the patient occurs, sensing the pressure in the patient'"'"'s breathing gas;
deriving from the pressure sensed during the reference time period, reference breathing information including a reference breathing cycle waveform parameter,storing, in memory apparatus, the reference breathing information including said reference breathing cycle waveform parameter derived from the pressure sensed during said reference time period;
after said reference time period, sensing the pressure in the patient'"'"'s breathing gas and deriving from the pressure sensed after said reference time period, active breathing information including an active breathing cycle waveform parameter;
comparing the active breathing information including said active breathing cycle waveform parameter derived from the pressure sensed after said reference time period with said reference breathing information including said reference breathing cycle waveform parameter; and
,producing an alarm signal upon detection, during said comparing step, of a predetermined variation between the breathing cycle waveform parameters of said reference breathing information and said active breathing information, respectively.
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Abstract
A method for detecting an interruption in the supply of breathing gas to a patient, and apparatus adapted to carry out the method by:
(a) during a reference time period, sensing the pressure in the patient'"'"'s breathing gas;
(b) storing, in memory apparatus, reference breathing information derived from the pressure sensed during the reference time period;
(c) after the reference time period, sensing the pressure in the patient'"'"'s breathing gas;
(d) comparing active breathing information derived from the pressure sensed after the reference time period with the reference breathing information; and,
(e) producing an alarm signal upon detection, during the comparing step, of predetermined variations between the reference breathing information and the active breathing information.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for detecting an interruption in the supply of breathing gas to a patient, comprising the steps of:
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during a predetermined time period within at least one breathing cycle of a patient initiated solely by an operator and significant of a reference time period during which a normal breathing cycle of the patient occurs, sensing the pressure in the patient'"'"'s breathing gas; deriving from the pressure sensed during the reference time period, reference breathing information including a reference breathing cycle waveform parameter, storing, in memory apparatus, the reference breathing information including said reference breathing cycle waveform parameter derived from the pressure sensed during said reference time period; after said reference time period, sensing the pressure in the patient'"'"'s breathing gas and deriving from the pressure sensed after said reference time period, active breathing information including an active breathing cycle waveform parameter; comparing the active breathing information including said active breathing cycle waveform parameter derived from the pressure sensed after said reference time period with said reference breathing information including said reference breathing cycle waveform parameter; and
,producing an alarm signal upon detection, during said comparing step, of a predetermined variation between the breathing cycle waveform parameters of said reference breathing information and said active breathing information, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. Apparatus for detecting an interruption in the supply of breathing gas to a patient, said apparatus comprising:
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pressure sensing means for sensing the pressure in the patient'"'"'s breathing gas during a breathing cycle of a patient and for producing an output signal representative thereof; means for deriving breathing information including a reference breathing cycle waveform parameter from said output signal during a predetermined time period within at least one of said breathing cycles significant of a reference time period during which a normal breathing cycle of a patient occurs; memory means for storing said reference breathing information including said reference breathing cycle waveform parameter derived from said output signal during said reference time period; means solely actuable by an operator for initiating the reference time period to cause storage of said reference breathing information including said reference breathing cycle waveform parameter; means for deriving active breathing information including an active breathing cycle waveform parameter from said output signal after said reference time period; signal comparison means for comparing; active breathing information including said active breathing cycle waveform parameter derived from said output signal after said reference time period;
withsaid reference breathing information including said reference breathing cycle waveform parameter derived from said output signal; and
,alarm means for producing an alarm signal upon detection, by said comparison means, of a predetermined variation between said breathing cycle waveform parameters of said active breathing information and said reference breathing information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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