Detection of congestion from monitoring patient response to a recumbent position
First Claim
1. A method of determining whether a patient is suffering from congestion, comprising:
- detecting whether the patient is in a recumbent position;
when the patient is not in the recumbent position, monitoring the respiration of the patient to detect a first respiration pattern;
when the patient is in the recumbent position, monitoring the respiration of the patient to detect a second respiration pattern;
comparing the first respiration pattern to the second respiration pattern to detect whether a difference is present between the first respiration pattern and the second respiration pattern; and
in response to the difference between the first respiration pattern and the second respiration pattern determining whether the patient is suffering from congestion.
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Abstract
Systems and methods obtain information that allows detection of whether a patient suffers from congestion by monitoring a response of the patient to a recumbent position of the patient'"'"'s body. The patient may be monitored to determine a respiration pattern for a non-recumbent position such as standing and a respiration pattern for a recumbent position such as lying down. The two patterns may be compared, either by a processing device or a physician, to determine a difference in the two respiration patterns. Furthermore, the congestion may be inferred from detecting an amount of time that the patient spends in a recumbent position of from detecting the recumbent angle that the patient obtains, either of which is presumed to indicate whether a recumbent position presents discomfort to the patient due to the presence of congestion.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of determining whether a patient is suffering from congestion, comprising:
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detecting whether the patient is in a recumbent position; when the patient is not in the recumbent position, monitoring the respiration of the patient to detect a first respiration pattern; when the patient is in the recumbent position, monitoring the respiration of the patient to detect a second respiration pattern; comparing the first respiration pattern to the second respiration pattern to detect whether a difference is present between the first respiration pattern and the second respiration pattern; and in response to the difference between the first respiration pattern and the second respiration pattern determining whether the patient is suffering from congestion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for determining whether a patient is suffering from congestion comprising:
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a reclination sensor that produces a reclination signal indicative of the reclination of the patient; detection circuitry that produces reclination data from the reclination signal; a respiration sensor that produces a respiration signal indicative of respiration patterns of the patient; respiration circuitry that produces respiration pattern data from the respiration signal; and a processing device that performs the following steps; monitoring the respiration pattern data and the reclination data, determining whether the patient is in a recumbent position by comparing the reclination data to data representative of a reclination threshold, associating the respiration pattern data obtained at a point in time with the reclination data obtained at the point in time comparing the respiration pattern data obtained when the patient is in a recumbent position to the respiration pattern data obtained with the patient is in a non-recumbent position to detect whether a difference is present between the respiration patterns associated with recumbent and non-recumbent positions; and in response to differences between the respiration patterns associated with recumbent and non-recumbent positions determining whether the patient is suffering from congestion. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for determining whether a patient is suffering from congestion, comprising:
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means for detecting whether the patient is in a recumbent position; and means for measuring a first respiration pattern while the patient is in a recumbent position and for measuring a second respiration pattern while the patient is in a non-recumbent position means for comparing the first respiration pattern to the second respiration pattern to detect whether a difference is present between the first respiration pattern and the second respiration pattern; and in response to the difference between the first respiration pattern and the second respiration pattern means for determining whether the patient is suffering from congestion. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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