Daytime/nighttime respiration rate monitoring
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- means for detecting a respiration signal from a subject;
means for determining respiration rate or interval measurements from the respiration signal;
means for classifying the respiration rate or interval measurements into at least one class of respiration rate or interval measurements and for associating a specified time of day with the at least one class;
means for trending at least one of;
(1) time of occurrence information about the classified respiration rate or interval measurements of a particular class of respiration rate or interval measurements, or (2) respiration rate or interval measurement information repeatedly, over a period of multiple days, during a specified one of a daytime subperiod or a nighttime subperiod, wherein the specified one of the daytime subperiod or the nighttime subperiod corresponds to the same specified time of day during each of the multiple days; and
means for providing a heart failure decompensation indication using the trended information.
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Abstract
A device and method can monitor or trend a patient'"'"'s respiration rate measurements according to the time of day. The device, which may be implantable or external, collects and classifies respiration rate measurements over time. The trended information about particular classes of respiration rate measurements is then communicated to a remote external device, which in turn provides an indication of heart failure decompensation. Examples of classes of respiration rate measurements include a daily maximum respiration rate value, a daily minimum respiration rate value, a daily maximum respiration rate variability value, a daily minimum respiration rate variability value, and a daily central respiration rate value. These respiration rate measurements can be further classified into daytime or nighttime respiration rate measurements.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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means for detecting a respiration signal from a subject; means for determining respiration rate or interval measurements from the respiration signal; means for classifying the respiration rate or interval measurements into at least one class of respiration rate or interval measurements and for associating a specified time of day with the at least one class; means for trending at least one of;
(1) time of occurrence information about the classified respiration rate or interval measurements of a particular class of respiration rate or interval measurements, or (2) respiration rate or interval measurement information repeatedly, over a period of multiple days, during a specified one of a daytime subperiod or a nighttime subperiod, wherein the specified one of the daytime subperiod or the nighttime subperiod corresponds to the same specified time of day during each of the multiple days; andmeans for providing a heart failure decompensation indication using the trended information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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a respiration sensor, configured to detect a respiration signal from a subject; a respiration rate or interval measurement detector circuit, coupled to the respiration sensor, the respiration rate or interval measurement detector circuit configured to determine respiration rate or interval measurements from the respiration signal; a processor circuit, comprising; a respiration rate or interval measurement classifier circuit, configured to classify the respiration rate or interval measurements into at least one class of respiration rate or interval measurements, and configured to associate a specified time of day with the at least one class; a trending circuit, configured to trend at least one of;
(1) time of occurrence information about the classified respiration rate or interval measurements, or (2) respiration rate or interval measurement information repeatedly, over a period of multiple days, during a specified one of a daytime subperiod or a nighttime subperiod, wherein the specified one of the daytime subperiod or the nighttime subperiod corresponds to the same specified time of day during each of the multiple days; andan indicator circuit, configured to provide a heart failure decompensation indication using the trended information. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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