Algorithm for automatic positive air pressure titration
First Claim
1. A breath monitoring and treating method comprising:
- collecting flow rate data of air applied to a patient,compiling the flow rate data into inspiration arrays and expirations arrays by approximating the start and end times of the inspirations and expirations, and determining, with a processor and memory, the maximum peak flow rates during inspiration and minimum peak flow rates during expiration from the flow rate data,adjusting, with the processor and memory, the start and end times of the inspirations and expirations in the arrays of flow rate data to best fit the flow rate data collected.
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Abstract
An algorithm for measuring the breathing of a patient for diagnosing breathing disorders and for controlling a breathing aid device for treating a patient. Sensors record pressure and flow rates of air delivered to a patient. The data is statistically manipulated to find the start of a breath, the end of a breath, the duration of a breath, the shape of a breath, the volume of a breath, the breathing rates, flow rates, snoring index, flattening index, and other useful data to diagnose and treat a patient. The data is used to diagnose the condition of a patient and to control a breathing aide device for treating a patient at the most optimal pressures and flow rates for the patient'"'"'s condition. Inspiration and expiration data are tracked separately and compared throughout the algorithm as a check the accuracy of the data manipulation by the algorithm.
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77 Claims
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1. A breath monitoring and treating method comprising:
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collecting flow rate data of air applied to a patient, compiling the flow rate data into inspiration arrays and expirations arrays by approximating the start and end times of the inspirations and expirations, and determining, with a processor and memory, the maximum peak flow rates during inspiration and minimum peak flow rates during expiration from the flow rate data, adjusting, with the processor and memory, the start and end times of the inspirations and expirations in the arrays of flow rate data to best fit the flow rate data collected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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