Controlliing gas or drug delivery to patient
First Claim
1. An apparatus for controlling gas delivery to a patient to maintain effective respiratory function, said apparatus including:
- a monitoring component adapted to monitor at least one physiological variable of a patient during an application of a positive gas pressure to an airway of the patient, to provide monitoring information representing the at least one physiological variable; and
a processing component including a deriving component in communication with the monitoring component, adapted to receive the monitoring information and, based on the monitoring information, to derive data representing a respiratory event characterized by a vibration of body tissue along the airway;
said processing component further including a determining component coupled to receive said data and including an algorithm operable to generate a control signal based on said data, said control signal being substantially 180 degrees out of phase relative to said data and being applicable to control a gas delivery device to modulate said positive gas pressure in a manner to counteract said vibration of the body tissue, thereby tending to cancel the respiratory event.
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for controlling gas delivery to a patient, to maintain effective respiratory function. The apparatus includes sensors for monitoring one or more physiological variables such as breathing airflow sound, EEG, EOG, ENG, and/or patient position. The apparatus includes a determining component for deriving, from the sensed variables, data representing a respiratory event and a component for determining from the data a gas pressure or modulated gas pressure to counteract tissue vibration associated with the respiratory event, thereby tending to cancel the respiratory event. The determining component may include an algorithm adapted to generate a gas pressure signal substantially 180 degrees out of phase relative to the tissue vibration. The apparatus may include a drug delivery module operable to deliver a drug in accordance with the sensed physiological variable and the determining component.
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38 Claims
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1. An apparatus for controlling gas delivery to a patient to maintain effective respiratory function, said apparatus including:
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a monitoring component adapted to monitor at least one physiological variable of a patient during an application of a positive gas pressure to an airway of the patient, to provide monitoring information representing the at least one physiological variable; and
a processing component including a deriving component in communication with the monitoring component, adapted to receive the monitoring information and, based on the monitoring information, to derive data representing a respiratory event characterized by a vibration of body tissue along the airway;
said processing component further including a determining component coupled to receive said data and including an algorithm operable to generate a control signal based on said data, said control signal being substantially 180 degrees out of phase relative to said data and being applicable to control a gas delivery device to modulate said positive gas pressure in a manner to counteract said vibration of the body tissue, thereby tending to cancel the respiratory event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus for controlling drug delivery to a patient to maintain effective respiratory function, said apparatus including:
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a monitoring component adapted to monitor at least one physiological variable of a patient during an application of a positive gas pressure to an airway of the patient, to provide monitoring information representing the at least one physiological variable; and
a processing component including a deriving component in communication with the monitoring component to receive the monitoring information, and, based on the monitoring information, to derive data representing a respiratory state of the patient and further representing a respiratory event characterized by vibration of body tissue along the airway;
said processing component further including a control component receiving said data and, based on the data, using an algorithm to generate a control signal substantially 180 degrees out of phase relative to said data to control a gas delivery device in a manner to counteract said vibration of the body tissue, thereby tending to cancel the respiratory event, and further adapted to initiate a delivery of a drug to the patient to substantially prevent a deterioration in said respiratory state. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A method for controlling gas delivery to a patient, said gas delivery being adapted to maintain effective respiratory function, said method including:
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operating a gas delivery device to provide a positive pressure delivery of a gas to an airway of a patient;
during said delivery, monitoring at least one physiological variable of the patient, to provide monitoring information representing the at least one physiological variable;
using the monitoring information to derive data representing a respiratory event comprising vibration of body tissue along the airway;
using the data to generate a control signal, including using an algorithm to generate the control signal, said control signal being substantially 180 degrees out of phase relative to said data;
using the control signal to modulate said delivery in a manner to counteract said vibration of the body tissue, thereby tending to cancel the respiratory event. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An apparatus for controlling gas delivery to a patient to maintain effective respiratory function, said apparatus including:
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a monitoring component adapted to monitor at least one physiological variable of a patient during an application of a positive gas pressure to an airway of the patient, to provide monitoring information representing the at least one physiological variable; and
a processing component including a deriving component in communication with the monitoring component to receive the monitoring information, and, based on the monitoring information, to derive data representing a respiratory event characterized by vibration of body tissue along the airway;
said processing component further including a determining component coupled to receive said data and adapted to generate a control signal based on said data, said control signal including a modulated component substantially 180 degrees out of phase relative to said data representing a respiratory event and being applicable to control a gas delivery device to modulate said positive gas pressure in accordance with the modulated component of the control signal to counteract said vibration of body tissue, thereby tending to cancel the respiratory event. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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37. A method for controlling gas delivery to a patient, said gas delivery being adapted to maintain effective respiratory function, said method including:
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operating a gas delivery device to provide a positive pressure delivery of a gas to an airway of a patient;
during the delivery, monitoring at least one physiological variable of a patient, to provide monitoring information representing the at least one physiological variable;
using the monitoring information to derive data representing a respiratory event including vibration of body tissue along the airway;
using the data to generate a control signal that includes a modulated component that is substantially 180 degrees out of phase relative to the data representing the respiratory event; and
using the modulated component of the control signal to modulate the positive pressure of the gas to counteract said vibration of the body tissue, thereby tending to cancel the respiratory event. - View Dependent Claims (38)
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