Method and apparatus for monitoring cardio-pulmonary health

US10426380B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ResMed Sensor Technologies Limited · IE

Inventors

• Klaus Henry Schindhelm · Hornsby, AU
• Steven Paul Farrugia · Parramatta, AU
• Michael Waclaw Colefax · Sydney, AU
• Faizan Javed · Sydney, AU
• Rami Khushaba · Sydney, AU
• Conor Heneghan · Goatstown, IE
• Philip De Chazal · Monkstown, IE
• Alberto Zaffaroni · Dublin, IE
• Niall Fox · Kilcormac, IE
• Patrick Celka · Savièse, CH
• Emer O'Hare · Dublin, IE
• Stephen James Redmond · Sydney, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: May 30, 2013
• Grant date: Oct 1, 2019
• Expiry date: Mar 8, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H50/30
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Disclosed is a cardio-pulmonary health monitoring apparatus. The apparatus comprises a contactless motion sensor configured to generate one or more movement signals representing bodily movement of a patient during a monitoring session; a processor; and a memory storing program instructions configured to cause the processor to carry out a method of processing the one or more movement signals. The method comprises extracting one or more sleep disordered breathing features from the one or more movement signals, and predicting whether a clinical event is likely to occur during a predetermined prediction horizon based on the one or more sleep disordered breathing features.