Positive airway pressure therapy management module
First Claim
1. A positive airway pressure therapy management module, comprising:
- a data port for capturing data from a PAP device that is separate from the management module;
one or more sensor ports configured with the management module and also separate from a PAP device, for direct interface with one or more sensors that generate sensor data;
a user interface for capturing prompted data;
a controller for processing one or more of the prompted data, the sensor data and the PAP device data and for communicating one or more of the prompted data, the sensor data and the PAP device data as positive airway pressure therapy data over a network; and
memory for storing the prompted data, the sensor data and the PAP device data.
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Abstract
A positive airway pressure therapy management module includes a user interface, a controller and memory. The module may include ports that capture data from a PAP device and/or from sensors. The user interface may display information and questions, and may receive answers. The controller may store data while offline from the network, and may respond to requests over the network while online with the network. A software product includes instructions that, under control of a computer, perform steps for managing positive airway pressure therapy of a patient. A method for managing positive airway pressure therapy of a patient captures data and communicates the data over a network. The method may capture data from a PAP device and/or from sensors, display questions and receiving answers, and calculate indices and/or metrics, perform a pressure titration, and/or relay commands to a PAP device in response to commands from the network.
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31 Claims
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1. A positive airway pressure therapy management module, comprising:
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a data port for capturing data from a PAP device that is separate from the management module; one or more sensor ports configured with the management module and also separate from a PAP device, for direct interface with one or more sensors that generate sensor data; a user interface for capturing prompted data; a controller for processing one or more of the prompted data, the sensor data and the PAP device data and for communicating one or more of the prompted data, the sensor data and the PAP device data as positive airway pressure therapy data over a network; and memory for storing the prompted data, the sensor data and the PAP device data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for managing positive airway pressure therapy of a patient, comprising:
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a PAP device; and a management module separate from and communicatively connected with (1) the PAP device, for capturing and storing PAP device data from the PAP device, and (2) one or more sensors that are also separate from the PAP device, for directly capturing data of the patient from the sensors as positive airway pressure therapy data; the management module configured for communicating the positive airway pressure therapy data to a remote interface, separate from the PAP device, over a network.
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16. A software product comprising instructions, stored on computer-readable media, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, perform steps for managing positive airway pressure therapy of a patient, comprising:
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instructions for capturing PAP device data from a PAP device; instructions for operating a user interface to present information and to capture subjective quality of life responses as prompted data; instructions for capturing sensor data directly from one or more sensors not associated with the PAP device; instructions for storing data in memory and retrieving data from memory; and instructions for communicating PAP device data, prompted data and sensor data over a network. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method for managing positive airway pressure therapy of a patient, comprising:
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providing a therapy management module, the module having (1) a data port for connection with a separate PAP device, and (2) at least one sensor port configured with the management module and also separate from the PAP device, for connecting with one or more patient-worn sensors; capturing sensor data directly from the one or more patient-worn sensors via the at least one sensor port; communicating the sensor data as positive airway pressure data over a network, to a remote location; accepting a treatment command from the remote location over the network, at the management module; and modifying therapeutic conditions supplied by the PAP device, according to the treatment command, when the management module connects with the PAP device via the data port. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A positive airway pressure therapy management module comprising:
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a data port for capturing data from a PAP device that is separate from the management module; at least one sensor in the module and also separate from a PAP device, for sensing a condition of a patient and generating sensor data; tubing for facilitating pneumatic communication between the sensor and the patient; a controller for processing one or both of the PAP device data and the sensor data, and for communicating one or more of the sensor data and PAP device data as positive airway pressure therapy data over a network; and memory for storing the sensor data and the PAP device data.
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