Autonomic arousal detection system and method
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1. A method for acquiring sleep information, comprising:
- sensing one or more physiological conditions modulated by a patient'"'"'s autonomic arousal response; and
detecting autonomic arousal events occurring during sleep based on the one or more sensed physiological conditions, wherein at least one of sensing the physiological conditions and detecting the autonomic arousal events is performed at least in part implantably.
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Abstract
Various approaches to detecting arousals from sleep involve generating signals modulated by muscle tone, brainwave activity, and/or other nervous system activity associated with a patient'"'"'s autonomic arousal response. Generating the signals and/or detecting autonomic arousals from sleep may be performed using an implantable device. Arousal information may be useful to identify sleep disorder events associated with arousals from sleep, for diagnostic purposes, and/or for therapy adjustment.
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1. A method for acquiring sleep information, comprising:
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sensing one or more physiological conditions modulated by a patient'"'"'s autonomic arousal response; and
detecting autonomic arousal events occurring during sleep based on the one or more sensed physiological conditions, wherein at least one of sensing the physiological conditions and detecting the autonomic arousal events is performed at least in part implantably. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A medical system for detecting autonomic arousal events occurring during sleep, comprising:
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one or more sensors configured to sense one or more physiological conditions associated with a patient'"'"'s autonomic arousal response; and
an implantable arousal detector coupled to the one or more sensors, the arousal detector configured to detect autonomic arousal events based on the one or more physiological conditions. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system for acquiring sleep information, comprising:
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means for sensing one or more physiological conditions modulated by a patient'"'"'s autonomic arousal response; and
means for detecting autonomic arousal events occurring during sleep based on the one or more sensed physiological conditions, wherein at least one of sensing the physiological conditions and detecting the autonomic arousal events is performed at least in part implantably. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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