Detection of disordered breathing
First Claim
1. A method for detecting sleep-disordered breathing of a patient, comprising:
- detecting a respiration pattern of one or more respiration cycles;
determining characteristics of the respiration pattern, comprising;
determining one or more breath intervals and one or more tidal volume measurements of the one or more respiration cycles;
identifying an ongoing disordered breathing event as one or both of an apnea event and a hypopnea event based on comparison of the breath intervals to a breath interval threshold or the tidal volume measurements to a tidal volume threshold; and
determining a duration of the ongoing disordered breathing event; and
if the ongoing disordered breathing duration exceeds an event duration threshold, discriminating between apnea, hypopnea and mixed apnea and hypopnea based on the one or more characteristics of the respiration pattern, wherein at least one of detecting, determining and discriminating is performed at least in part implantably.
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Abstract
Devices and methods for detecting disordered breathing involve determining that the patient is asleep and sensing one or more signals associated with disordered breathing indicative of sleep-disordered breathing while the patient is asleep. Sleep-disordered breathing is detected using the sensed signals associated with disordered breathing. The sensed signals associated with disordered breathing may also be used to acquire a respiration pattern of one or more respiration cycles. Characteristics of the respiration pattern are determined. The respiration pattern is classified as a disordered breathing episode based on the characteristics of the respiration pattern. One or more processes involved in the detection of disordered breathing are performed using an implantable device.
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44 Claims
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1. A method for detecting sleep-disordered breathing of a patient, comprising:
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detecting a respiration pattern of one or more respiration cycles; determining characteristics of the respiration pattern, comprising; determining one or more breath intervals and one or more tidal volume measurements of the one or more respiration cycles; identifying an ongoing disordered breathing event as one or both of an apnea event and a hypopnea event based on comparison of the breath intervals to a breath interval threshold or the tidal volume measurements to a tidal volume threshold; and determining a duration of the ongoing disordered breathing event; and if the ongoing disordered breathing duration exceeds an event duration threshold, discriminating between apnea, hypopnea and mixed apnea and hypopnea based on the one or more characteristics of the respiration pattern, wherein at least one of detecting, determining and discriminating is performed at least in part implantably. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for detecting disordered breathing of a patient, comprising:
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detecting a respiration pattern of one or more respiration cycles; determining characteristics of the respiration pattern, comprising; determining one or more breath intervals and one or more tidal volume measurements of the one or more respiration cycles; identifying an ongoing disordered breathing event as one or both of an apnea event and a hypopnea event based on a comparison of the breath intervals to a breath interval threshold or the tidal volume measurement to a tidal volume threshold; and determining a duration of the ongoing disordered breathing event; and
if the ongoing disordered breathing duration exceeds an event duration threshold, discriminating between apnea, hypopnea and mixed apnea and hypopnea based on the one or more characteristics of the respiration pattern, wherein at least one of detecting, determining and discriminating is performed at least in part implantably. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A device for detecting sleep-disordered breathing of a patient, comprising:
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a sensor system configured to detect a respiration pattern of one or more respiration cycles; and a detector system coupled to the sensor system and configured to; determine one or more breath intervals and one or more tidal volume measurements of the one or more respiration cycles; identify an ongoing disordered breathing event as one or both of an apnea event and a hypopnea event based on comparison of the breath intervals to a breath interval threshold or the tidal volume measurements to a tidal volume threshold; determine a duration of the ongoing disordered breathing event; and
if the ongoing disordered breathing duration exceeds an event duration threshold, discriminating between apnea, hypopnea and mixed apnea and hypopnea using the one or more characteristics of the respiration pattern, wherein at least one of the sensor system and the detector system uses an implantable component. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A device for detecting disordered breathing of a patient, comprising:
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a sensor system configured to detect a respiration pattern of one or more respiration cycles; and a detector system coupled to the sensor system and configured to; determine one or more breath intervals and one or more tidal volume measurements of the one or more respiration cycles; identify an ongoing disordered breathing event as one or both of an apnea event and a hypopnea event based on comparison of the breath intervals to a breath interval threshold or the tidal volume measurements to a tidal volume threshold; determine a duration of the ongoing disordered breathing event; and
if the ongoing disordered breathing duration exceeds an event duration threshold, discriminating between apnea, hypopnea and mixed apnea and hypopnea using the one or more characteristics of the respiration pattern, wherein at least one of the sensor system and the detector system uses an implantable component. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A disordered breathing detection system, comprising:
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means for detecting a respiration pattern of one or more respiration cycles; means for determining characteristics of the respiration pattern, comprising; means for determining one or more breath intervals and one or more tidal volume measurements of the one or more respiration cycles; means for identifying an ongoing disordered breathing event as one or both of an apnea event and a hypopnea event based on comparison of the breath intervals to a breath interval threshold or the tidal volume measurements to a tidal volume threshold; and means for determining a duration of the ongoing disordered breathing event; and means for discriminating between apnea, hypopnea or mixed apnea and hypopnea respiration patterns based on the one or more characteristics of the respiration pattern if the ongoing disordered breathing duration exceeds an event duration threshold, wherein at least one of the means for detecting, means for determining and means for discriminating uses an implantable component. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44)
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