NON-INVASIVE DETECTION OF THE OCCURRENCE OF APNEAE OR HYPOPNEAE IN A PATIENT
First Claim
1. An apparatus for non-invasive detection of the occurrence of apneae or hypopneae in a patient, comprising:
- means for collecting a patient'"'"'s endocardial acceleration (EA), comprising an external acceleration sensor able to be maintained in contact with the patient'"'"'s thoracic wall, and means for analysis, able to;
determine at least one parameter value that is a function of said collected endocardial acceleration, and conditionally deliver an apnea or hypopnea alert signal as a function of said at least one parameter value.
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Abstract
A device for the non-invasive detection of apneae or hypopneae in a patient. This apparatus collects the patient'"'"'s endocardial acceleration using an external acceleration sensor (12) able to be maintained in contact with the patient'"'"'s thoracic wall (10). An analysis is made to determine at least one parameter that is function of collected endocardial acceleration and to conditionally deliver an apnea or hypopnea alert signal as a function of the value taken by this parameter. This parameter can notably be a function of one and/or the other of the two endocardial acceleration peaks over one given heart cycle, the first peak (PEA I) corresponding to the ventricular isovolumetric contraction phase and the second peak (PEA II) to the ventricular isovolumetric relaxation phase.
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1. An apparatus for non-invasive detection of the occurrence of apneae or hypopneae in a patient, comprising:
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means for collecting a patient'"'"'s endocardial acceleration (EA), comprising an external acceleration sensor able to be maintained in contact with the patient'"'"'s thoracic wall, and means for analysis, able to;
determine at least one parameter value that is a function of said collected endocardial acceleration, and conditionally deliver an apnea or hypopnea alert signal as a function of said at least one parameter value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for non-invasive detection of the occurrence of apneae and hypopneae in a patient, comprising:
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means for collecting the patient'"'"'s endocardial acceleration (EA) comprising an external acceleration sensor able to be maintained in contact with the patient'"'"'s thoracic wall;
means for determining at least one parameter value that is a function of said collected endocardial acceleration, means for comparing said determined parameter to a first threshold; and
means for delivering an alert signal corresponding to an apnea or a hypopnea in response to said at least one parameter value crossing said threshold. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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