Method and device using myoelectrical activity for optimizing a patient's ventilatory assist
US8256419B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 18, 2005 |
| Grant date | Sep 4, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2230/60
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and device for determining a level of ventilatory assist to a ventilator-dependent patient, in which a critical threshold of a respiration-related feature is calculated. Fatigue of a respiratory muscle of the ventilator-dependent patient develops when the critical threshold is reached by the respiration-related feature. The level of ventilatory assist to the ventilator-dependent patient is controlled in relation to the critical threshold of the respiration-related feature so as to prevent fatigue of the patient's respiratory muscle.
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