Interactive determination of sleep stages
First Claim
1. A method of determining whether waking or any of a plurality of defined types of sleep including first, second, third, fourth and fifth types of sleep occur in data gathered from a subject, said determinations being made based on such data gathered and various criteria, said method comprising:
- obtaining electroencephalographic signal data and electromyographic signal data from said subject;
providing a representation of frequency content of said electroencephalographic signal data and presenting said electroencephalographic frequency content representation on a display means;
providing a representation of signal strength of said electromyographic signal data and presenting said electromyographic signal strength representation on said display means;
providing selected frequency and signal strength values at least one of which is greater than values of a portion and less than values of another portion of a corresponding one of said electroencephalographic frequency content representation and said electromyographic signal strength representation; and
determining, based on said electroencephalographic signal data and said electromyographic signal data and on said selected frequency and signal strength values, whether waking or which of any of said types of sleep have been experienced by said subject during said obtaining of said electroencephalographic signal data and electromyographic signal data.
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Abstract
Such representations may include the average frequency value of electroencephalographic signals, the logarithm of the power of electromyographic signals, and eye movement indications from electrooculographic signals. Criteria for dividing the records of such representations in the system into stages of sleep can be set by a system operator reviewing these records based on accepted stage definition rules. In addition, transient events such as sleep spindles, etc., in these records can be selected therefrom by criteria set by the system operator also based on accepted rules therefor.
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41 Claims
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1. A method of determining whether waking or any of a plurality of defined types of sleep including first, second, third, fourth and fifth types of sleep occur in data gathered from a subject, said determinations being made based on such data gathered and various criteria, said method comprising:
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obtaining electroencephalographic signal data and electromyographic signal data from said subject; providing a representation of frequency content of said electroencephalographic signal data and presenting said electroencephalographic frequency content representation on a display means; providing a representation of signal strength of said electromyographic signal data and presenting said electromyographic signal strength representation on said display means; providing selected frequency and signal strength values at least one of which is greater than values of a portion and less than values of another portion of a corresponding one of said electroencephalographic frequency content representation and said electromyographic signal strength representation; and determining, based on said electroencephalographic signal data and said electromyographic signal data and on said selected frequency and signal strength values, whether waking or which of any of said types of sleep have been experienced by said subject during said obtaining of said electroencephalographic signal data and electromyographic signal data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A sleep stage monitoring system for providing determination of whether waking or any of a plurality of defined types of sleep, including first, second, third, fourth and fifth types of sleep, occur in data gathered from a subject, said system comprising:
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a signal acquiring means for acquiring an electroencephalographic signal, an electromyographic signal and an electrooculographic signal; an analog-to-digital converter means connected to said signal acquiring means for providing a first sequence of consecutive digitized samples of amplitude values of said electroencephalographic signal, a second sequence of consecutive digitized samples of amplitude values of said electromyographic signal, and a third sequence of consecutive digitized samples of amplitude values of said electrooculographic signal; a display and input means capable of providing displays of representations of said electroencephalographic signal, said electromyographic signal and said electrooculographic signal provided at inputs thereof, and capable of providing selected values at outputs thereof; and a signal processing means connected to said analog-to-digital converter means and to said inputs and outputs of said display and input means, and capable of providing a representation of frequency content of said electroencephalographic signal from said first sequence, of providing a representation of signal strength of said electromyographic signal from said second sequence, and of providing a representation of occurrences of selected eye movements indicated in said electrooculographic signal from said third sequence, and further capable of accepting selected frequency and signal strength values at outputs of said display and input means to provide a determination, based on said first sequence, said second sequence and said third sequence and on said frequency and signal strength values, whether waking or which of any of said types of sleep have been experienced by said subject as indicated in said electroencephalographic, said electromyographic and said electrooculographic signals. - View Dependent Claims (41)
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