System and method for diagnosis and treatment of a breathing pattern of a patient

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9108009-B2
Application number	US-201414583005-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 24, 2014
Priority date	Aug 14, 2003
Publication date	Aug 18, 2015
Grant date	Aug 18, 2015

Abstract

Described is a system including a sensor and a processing arrangement. The sensor measures data corresponding to a patient's breathing patterns. The processing arrangement analyzes the breathing patterns to determine whether the breathing patterns are indicative of a REM sleep state. In another embodiment, the processing arrangement analyzes the breathing patterns to determine whether the breathing patterns are indicative of one of the following states: (i) a wake state and (ii) a sleep state. In another embodiment, a neural network analyzes the data to determine whether the breathing patterns are indicative of one of the following states: (i) a REM sleep state, (ii) a wake state and (iii) a sleep state. In another embodiment, the processing arrangement analyzes the data to determine whether the breathing pattern is indicative of an arousal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A positive airway pressure system for delivery of a flow of breathable gas at a positive treatment pressure with respect to ambient air pressure delivered to an entrance of a patient's airways in order to assist in treating a sleeping disorder in a patient, the positive airway pressure system comprising:
a flow generator which supplies a positive treatment pressure flow of breathable gases to be supplied to a patient;
a flow sensor located in a flow path o…

Assignees

• Univ New York

Inventors

• Rapoport David M
• Norman Robert G

Classifications

• G16H50/70

  Physics · mapped topic

• A61M16/06

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61M2230/10

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B5/087

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61M2016/0039

  Human Necessities · mapped topic