Monitoring an epilepsy disease state with a supervisory module
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1. A system for monitoring a disease state in a human patient, comprising:
- patient components, said patient components comprising;
an implantable electrode array for collecting neurological signals;
an acoustic sensor mounted the patient'"'"'s head;
an accelerometer mounted in the patient'"'"'s head;
an implanted unit comprising an implantable recording electrode signal processor for processing the neurological signals collected by the electrode array, said implanted unit being coupled to the accelerometer and configured to monitor head movement and position with respect to gravity using the accelerometer, said implanted unit being coupled to the acoustic sensor and further configured to monitor respiratory pattern, latency of vocal signals reaching a steady state threshold amplitude level, and frequency of vocal signals using the acoustic sensor;
a disease state estimator coupled to the implanted unit, said disease state estimator being configured to estimate the patient'"'"'s disease state based at least in part on the respiratory pattern, the latency of vocal signals reaching the steady state threshold amplitude level, and the frequency of vocal signals; and
a supervisory module external to the patient'"'"'s body for receiving the patient'"'"'s disease state from the patient components and displaying a time history of the patient'"'"'s disease state.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for monitoring an epilepsy disease state in a human patient are described. The system includes patient components and a supervisory module. The patient components include: an implantable electrode array for collecting neurological signals, an implantable recording electrode signal processor for processing the neurological signals collected by the electrode array, and a disease state estimator for estimating the patient'"'"'s disease state. The supervisory module receives the patient'"'"'s disease state from the patient components and displays a time history of the patient'"'"'s disease state.
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25 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring a disease state in a human patient, comprising:
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patient components, said patient components comprising; an implantable electrode array for collecting neurological signals; an acoustic sensor mounted the patient'"'"'s head; an accelerometer mounted in the patient'"'"'s head; an implanted unit comprising an implantable recording electrode signal processor for processing the neurological signals collected by the electrode array, said implanted unit being coupled to the accelerometer and configured to monitor head movement and position with respect to gravity using the accelerometer, said implanted unit being coupled to the acoustic sensor and further configured to monitor respiratory pattern, latency of vocal signals reaching a steady state threshold amplitude level, and frequency of vocal signals using the acoustic sensor; a disease state estimator coupled to the implanted unit, said disease state estimator being configured to estimate the patient'"'"'s disease state based at least in part on the respiratory pattern, the latency of vocal signals reaching the steady state threshold amplitude level, and the frequency of vocal signals; and a supervisory module external to the patient'"'"'s body for receiving the patient'"'"'s disease state from the patient components and displaying a time history of the patient'"'"'s disease state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of monitoring a disease state in a human patient, comprising:
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collecting neurological signals with an implantable electrode array; processing the neurological signals collected by the electrode array with an implantable recording electrode signal processor; monitoring respiratory pattern, latency of vocal signals reaching a steady state threshold amplitude level, and frequency of vocal signals using an acoustic sensor mounted in the patient'"'"'s head; monitoring head movement and position with respect to gravity using an accelerometer mounted in the patient'"'"'s head; estimating the patient'"'"'s disease state with a disease state estimator based at least in part on the head movement and position with respect to gravity, the respiratory pattern, the latency of vocal signals reaching the steady state threshold amplitude level, and the frequency of vocal signals; and displaying a time history of the patient'"'"'s disease state on a supervisory module. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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