Positive airway pressure system and method for treatment of sleeping disorder in patient
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1. A positive airway pressure system for treatment of a sleeping disorder in a patient, comprising:
- a generator supplying airflow and applying a pressure to an airway of a patient;
a sensor measuring data corresponding to patient'"'"'s breathing patterns; and
a processing arrangement analyzing the breathing patterns to determine whether the breathing patterns are indicative of one of the following patient'"'"'s states;
(i) a regular breathing state, (ii) a sleep disorder breathing state, (iii) a REM sleep state and (iv) a troubled wakefulness state, the processing arrangement adjusting the applied pressure as a function of the patient'"'"'s state, wherein, when the breathing patterns indicate one of states (i) and (ii) and (iii), the processing arrangement controls the generator to adjust the pressure to a first value and wherein, when the breathing patterns indicate state (iv), the processing arrangement controls the generator to adjust the pressure to a second value.
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Abstract
Described are a positive airway pressure system and method for treatment of a sleeping disorder in a patient. The system includes a generator, a sensor and a processing arrangement. The generator supplies airflow and applies a pressure at to an airway of a patient. The sensor measures data corresponding to patient'"'"'s breathing patterns. The processing arrangement analyzes the breathing patterns to determine whether the breathing patterns are indicative of at least one of the following patient'"'"'s states: (i) a regular breathing state, (ii) a sleep disorder breathing state, (iii) a REM sleep state and (iv) a troubled wakefulness state. The processing arrangement adjusts the applied pressure as a function of the patient'"'"'s state.
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32 Claims
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1. A positive airway pressure system for treatment of a sleeping disorder in a patient, comprising:
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a generator supplying airflow and applying a pressure to an airway of a patient;
a sensor measuring data corresponding to patient'"'"'s breathing patterns; and
a processing arrangement analyzing the breathing patterns to determine whether the breathing patterns are indicative of one of the following patient'"'"'s states;
(i) a regular breathing state, (ii) a sleep disorder breathing state, (iii) a REM sleep state and (iv) a troubled wakefulness state, the processing arrangement adjusting the applied pressure as a function of the patient'"'"'s state,wherein, when the breathing patterns indicate one of states (i) and (ii) and (iii), the processing arrangement controls the generator to adjust the pressure to a first value and wherein, when the breathing patterns indicate state (iv), the processing arrangement controls the generator to adjust the pressure to a second value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for treatment of sleeping disorder in a patient using a positive airway pressure, comprising the steps of:
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supplying an airflow to an airway of a patient using a flow generator;
measuring data corresponding to the patient'"'"'s breathing patterns;
analyzing with the processing arrangement the data corresponding to the breathing patterns to determine whether the breathing patterns are indicative of at least one of the following patient states;
(i) a regular breathing state, (ii) a sleep disorder breathing state, (iii) a REM sleep state, and (iv) a troubled wakefulness state;
using the processing arrangement, controlling the generator to adjust the supplied pressure as a function of the patient'"'"'s state; and
when the breathinq patterns indicate one of states (i) and (ii) and (iii), controlling the generator to adjust the supplied pressure to a first value; and
when the breathing patterns indicate state (iv), controlling with the processing arrangement the flow generator to adiust the supplied pressure to a second value. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A positive airway pressure system for treatment of a sleeping disorder in a patient, comprising:
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a generator supplying airflow and applying a pressure to an airway of a patient;
a sensor measuring data corresponding to patient'"'"'s breathing patterns; and
a processing arrangement analyzing the breathing patterns to determine which one of the following patient'"'"'s states the breathing patterns are indicative of;
(i) a regular breathing state, (ii) a sleep disorder breathing state, (iii) a REM sleep state and (iv) a troubled wakefulness state.
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28. A method for treatment of sleeping disorder in a patient wing a positive airway pressure, comprising the steps of:
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supplying an airflow to anairway of a patient using a flow generator;
measuring data corresponding to the patient'"'"'s breathing patterns; and
analyzing data corresponding to the breathing patterns to determine which one of the following patient'"'"'s states the breathing patterns are indicative of;
(i) a regular breathing state, (ii) a sleep disorder breathing state, and one of (iii) a REM sleep state and (iv) a troubled wakefulness state.
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29. A positive airway pressure system for treatment of a sleeping disorder in a patient, comprising:
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a generator supplying airflow and applying a pressure to an airway of a patient;
a sensor measuring data corresponding to patient'"'"'s breathing patterns; and
a processing arrangement determining whether the breathing patterns are indicative of a troubled wakefulness state. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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30. A method fbr treatment of sleeping disorder in a patient using a positive airway pressure, comprising the steps of:
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supplying an airflow to an airway of a patient using a flow generator;
measuring data corresponding to the patient'"'"'s breathing patterns; and
determining, based on the data, whether the breathing patterns are indicative of a troubled wakefulness state. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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