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Detection and differentiation of sleep disordered breathing

US9675268B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Inovise Medical, Inc. · US

Inventors

Peter Bauer · Ludwigshafen, DE
Marco Dalla Gasperina · Vancouver, US
Patricia A. Arand · McMinnville, US
Timothy Wheeler · Portland, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 5, 2010
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 10, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2562/0219
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A vector method for monitoring a subject's sleep-disordered breathing utilizing a single, anatomy-attached (anatomically outside or implanted inside), three-orthogonal-axis accelerometer(s), including the steps of (1) collecting from a sleeping subject three-orthogonal-axis data relating to at least one of sound data, subject posture, subject activity, snoring, and respiration, and (2) following such collecting, processing and analyzing collected data to detect associated, disordered breathing including assessing the presence of at least one of (a) sleep-disordered breathing generally, (b) sleep apnea specifically, and (c) differentiation between central and obstructive sleep apnea. Further involved is the acquiring of ECG data, and that the mentioned processing and analyzing include recognition of such acquired ECG data.

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