Method for detecting physiological condition of sleeping patient based on analysis of pulse waves
First Claim
1. A method for detecting a physiological condition of a patient comprising the steps of:
- emitting light into the body of the patient;
detecting pulse waves from the body of the patient from light reflected by the body of the patient;
creating an envelope of the pulse waves;
analyzing the envelope; and
determining whether the patient is in a specific physiological condition based on a result of the analysis.
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Abstract
A physiological condition detecting method detects pulse waves from the body of a patient, and creates the envelope of the pulse waves by connecting every peak of the pulse waves. It determines that the patient is in non-REM sleep, if the envelope fluctuates regularly. It determines that the patient is in REM sleep, if the envelope fluctuates irregularly. Further the method calculates and normalizes the amplitude and period of the envelope. It determines whether the patient has obstructive sleep apnea syndrome based on the normalized amplitude. It determines whether the patient has central sleep apnea syndrome based on the normalized period. It determines that the patient has mixed sleep apnea syndrome based on the normalized amplitude and the normalized period.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for detecting a physiological condition of a patient comprising the steps of:
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emitting light into the body of the patient;
detecting pulse waves from the body of the patient from light reflected by the body of the patient;
creating an envelope of the pulse waves;
analyzing the envelope; and
determining whether the patient is in a specific physiological condition based on a result of the analysis. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method for detecting a physiological condition of a patient comprising:
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detecting pulse waves from the body of the patient;
calculating a pulse height of each of the pulse waves;
analyzing the pulse height; and
determining whether the patient is in a specific physiological condition based on a result of the analysis, wherein the step of analyzing includes the step of;
calculating for every regular time interval a statistical index which represents characteristics of the pulse height over the time interval, and wherein the step of determining includes using the statistical index.
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4. A method for detecting a physiological condition of a patient comprising:
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detecting pulse waves from the body of the patient;
calculating a pulse height of each of the pulse waves;
analyzing the pulse height; and
determining whether the patient is in a specific physiological condition based on a result of the analysis, wherein the step of analyzing includes the steps of;
creating a baseline of the pulse waves by connecting middle points of the pulse height; and
calculating for every regular time interval a statistical index which represents characteristics of the baseline over the time interval, and wherein the step of determining includes using the statistical index.
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5. A method for detecting a sleep condition of a patient comprising the steps of:
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emitting light into the body of the patient;
detecting pulse waves from the sleeping body of the patient from light reflected by the body of the patient;
creating an envelope of the pulse waves by connecting one of tops and bottoms of the pulse waves;
determining that the patient is in non-REM sleep if the envelope fluctuates regularly; and
determining that the patient is in REM sleep if the envelope fluctuates irregularly. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for detecting a sleep condition of a patient comprising the steps of:
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detecting pulse waves from the sleeping body of the patient;
calculating a pulse height of each of the pulse waves;
determining that the patient is in non-REM sleep if the pulse height fluctuates regularly; and
determining that the patient is in REM sleep if the pulse height fluctuates irregularly. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for detecting a sleep condition of a patient comprising the steps of:
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detecting pulse waves from the sleeping body of the patient;
calculating a pulse height of each of the pulse waves;
creating a baseline of the pulse waves by connecting middle points of the pulse height;
determining that the patient is in non-REM sleep if the baseline fluctuates regularly; and
determining that the patient is in REM sleep if the baseline fluctuates irregularly. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for diagnosing whether a sleeping patient has sleep apnea syndrome comprising the steps of:
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detecting pulse waves from the sleeping body of the patient;
analyzing the pulse waves; and
determining whether the patient has sleep apnea syndrome based on a result of the analysis. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An apparatus for detecting a physiological condition of a patient comprising:
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a light emitter for emitting light into the body of the patient;
a pulse sensor for detecting light reflected by the body of the patient and therefore detecting pulse waves from the body of the patient;
a drive circuit for driving the pulse sensor;
a data processing unit for executing a program for creating and analyzing an envelope of the pulse waves and detecting a physiological condition based on a result of the analysis; and
a display unit for displaying a result of the detection. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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34. An apparatus for detecting a physiological condition of a sleeping patient comprising:
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a pulse sensor for detecting pulse waves from the patient body, wherein the pulse waves are detected from the sleeping patient;
a drive circuit for driving the pulse sensor;
a data processing unit for executing a program for creating and analyzing an envelope of the pulse waves and detecting a physiological condition based on a result of the analysis, wherein the data processing unit executes the program for detecting a respiratory condition of the patient based on the result of the analysis; and
a display unit for displaying a result of the detection.
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