Resuscitation device and method for resuscitation

• US 8,781,575 B2
• Filed: 09/06/2013
• Issued: 07/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NasoPhlex B.V.
• Original Assignee: NasoPhlex B.V.
• Inventors: de Vos, Gerrit Johannis, Tomori, Zoltn
• Primary Examiner(s): Lavert, Nicole F
• Application Number:
  US14/020,739
• Publication Number:
  US 20140024976A1
• Time in Patent Office: 312 Days
• Field of Search: 607/3, 607/6, 607/42
• US Class Current: 607/3
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4818 Sleep apnoea
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/027 Ears
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2230/045 used as a control parameter for the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2230/105 used as a control parameter for the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2230/208 used as a control parameter for the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2230/405 used as a control parameter for the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2230/605 used as a control parameter for the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 31/00 Artificial respiration or heart stimulation, e.g. heart massage artificial respiration by treatment with gas or air, e.g. mouth-to-mouth respiration A61M16/00; applying electric currents by contact electrodes for stimulation, e.g. heart pace-makers A61N1/36 ; teaching or training models, demonstration models for medical purposes G09B23/288
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 39/002 Using electric currents electrotherapy A61N1/32
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 39/007 Stimulation by mechanical vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 39/04 Devices for pressing such points, e.g. Shiatsu or AcupressureMassage or pressure on general areas A61H9/00 - A61H23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 11/00 Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes in general B05B; aerosol containers B65D83/14
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/024 including calculation means, e.g. using a processor
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2016/0036 in the breathing tube and used in both inspiratory and expiratory phase
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3375 Acoustical, e.g. ultrasonic, measuring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/10 Electroencephalographic signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/205 partial oxygen pressure (P-O2)
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/30 Blood pressure A61M2230/04 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/43 Composition of exhalation
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/50 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/60 : Muscle strain, i.e. measured on the user
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/63 : Motion, e.g. physical activity
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3601 : of respiratory organs
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36017 : with leads or electrodes penetrating the skin
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3611 : Respiration control stimulating respiratory organs A61N1/3601

Abstract

A method for providing a resuscitating treatment of a human being, which has the following actions sensing human muscle activity, human breathing activity, human neural activity or human cerebral activity, determining whether the human being is in a state of developing apnoea by a processing unit based on the sensing, provoking an induced aspiration reflex by a resuscitating stimulation of a respiratory area of a human brain stem by providing a stimulus with a stimulation device to a location distant from the respiratory area of the human brain stem upon the processing unit determining the state of developing apnoea, the location being a nasal filter of the human being or a nasopharyngeal area of the human being.

Claims

1. A method for providing a resuscitating treatment of a human being, comprising:

sensing at least one of human muscle activity, human breathing activity, human neural activity and human cerebral activity,

determining whether said human being is in a state of developing apnoea by at least one processing unit based on said sensing,

provoking an induced aspiration reflex by an electrical resuscitating stimulation of a respiratory area of a human brain stem by providing a stimulus with stimulation means to a location distant from said respiratory area of the human brain stem upon said at least one processing unit determining said state of developing apnoea, said location being a pharyngeal area.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said location is at least one of the following portions of the pharyngeal area:

oropharynx and nasopharynx.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein said location is a nasopharyngeal area around one or both tubae auditivae.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein sensing includes at least one of:

sensing EEG signals from the pharynx,

sensing at least one of temperature and pressure,

sensing neural activity,

sensing noise by a microphone, and

sensing EMG data.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said sensing includes sensing EEG signals from a nasopharynx.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said determining whether said human being is in a state of developing includes detecting absence of breathing during a time period of at least 5 seconds.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein said stimulation includes at least one of an electrical stimulation and a mechanical stimulation.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein said stimulation is provided by an electrical stimulation device provided with either mono-polar or multipolar electrodes.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein said stimulation includes mechanical stimulation of mechanoreceptors in a dorsolateral area of a nasopharynx by a mechanical stimulation device.

10. A resuscitation device for humans comprising:

a sensor configured to detect a number of parameter values in a human being;

at least one memory configured to store a predetermined function;

at least one processing unit connected to the sensor and the memory and configured to process the number of detected parameter values in said predetermined function;

a response device connected to the processing unit and configured to provide a response as a function of the number of processed parameter values by the at least one processing unit;

wherein the resuscitation device is implantable in the pharyngeal area of the human being, said sensor is arranged to detect a breathing signal from said human being,

the said predetermined function is such that it allows said at least one processing unit to determine whether said human being is in a state of developing apnoea, and

the response device comprises a stimulation device designed to provoke an induced aspiration reflex by a resuscitating stimulation of the respiratory area of the human brain stem by providing a stimulus to a pharyngeal area.

11. The resuscitation device according to claim 10, wherein said stimulation device is configured to provide a stimulus to at least one of the following portions of the pharyngeal area:

oropharynx and nasopharynx.

12. The resuscitation device according to claim 11, wherein said stimulation device is configured to provide a stimulus to a nasopharyngeal area around one or both tubae auditivae.

13. The resuscitation device according to claim 10, wherein said sensor is configured as being at least one of:

a sensor to detect human cerebral activity by sensing EEG signals from the pharynx,

a sensor to measure temperature or pressure,

a sensor to measure neural activity,

a microphone, and

a sensor to provide EMG data.

14. The resuscitation device according to claim 13, wherein said sensor is configured to detect human cerebral activity by sensing EEG signals from a nasopharynx.

15. The resuscitation device according to claim 10, wherein said predetermined function is such that it allows said at least one processing unit to establish whether said human being is in a state of developing apnoea when it detects absence of breathing during a time period of at least 5 seconds.

16. The resuscitation device according to claim 10, wherein the stimulation device is at least one of an electrical stimulation device and a mechanical stimulation device.

17. The resuscitation device according to claim 16, wherein the stimulation device is said electrical stimulation device and said electrical stimulation device is provided with either mono-polar or multipolar electrodes.

18. The resuscitation device according to claim 17, wherein said electrodes are configured as being one of electrodes that can be placed in a human tissue, electrodes in the form of needles and electrodes that can be anchored in a subject'"'"'s pharynx such as screw treads or flabs.

19. The resuscitation device according to claim 18, wherein said device has a conductive housing arranged as an antenna for detecting electric activity of a human body, as well as an electrode to guide an electric current to the human body in its direct proximity.

20. The resuscitation device according to claim 16, wherein said stimulation device is said mechanical stimulation device configured to provide mechanical stimulation of mechanoreceptors in a dorsolateral area of the nasopharynx.

21. The resuscitation device according to claim 10, wherein said device is designed such as not to have any external sensor and stimulation device.