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| 8177724 | System and method for snore detection and confirmation The invention provides a method for determining when a person is snoring by determining a candidate snore event by detecting the occurrence of a person's breath, and detecting the occurrence of a sound event. The method further includes confirming that the candidate... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172765 | Method of assessment of airway variability in airway hyperresponsiveness The invention relates to a method of assessing airway variability in airway responsiveness or asthma by measuring the variation of resistance (Rrs) by a forced oscillation technique utilizing either a single or a plurality of input frequencies during a plurality of ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167812 | Device and method for detecting obstructive events In a method for detecting a physiological signal at least one ventilation parameter is measured. The device for detecting a physiological signal has at least one sensor for measuring a ventilation parameter and a control unit for the ventilation pressure. A device f... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8152733 | Method for improving recognition rate of respiratory wave The present invention discloses a method for improving recognition rate of respiratory wave, which is used for a data processing module of a respiratory rate measuring or monitoring device, specifically, said method comprises the steps of: receiving, via a data proc... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152732 | Microprocessor system for the analysis of physiologic and financial datasets A system and method for organization and analysis of complex and dynamically interactive time series is disclosed. One example comprises a processor based system for relational analysis of physiologic signals for providing early recognition of catastrophic and patho... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152734 | System and method for diagnosis of bovine diseases using auscultation analysis A system and method are provided for diagnosis of bovine respiratory diseases using auscultation techniques. Acoustic characteristics of a recorded spectrogram are compared with existing data enabling a diagnosis to be made for a diseased animal. Lung sounds are obt... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147419 | Automated interpretive medical care system and methodology Improved apparatus and methods for monitoring, diagnosing and treating at least one medical respiratory condition of a patient are provided, including a medical data input interface adapted to provide at least one medical parameter relating at least to the respirati... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8128575 | System and method for the automatic detection of the expiratory flow limitation The present invention refers to a system and a method for the automatic detection of the expiratory flow limitation of a subject. In an embodiment thereof the system for the automatic detection of expiratory flow limitation of a subject comprises determining the res... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128574 | Carbon dioxide-sensing airway products and technique for using the same An airway device is provided that may track the flow of respiratory gases through the device with sensing elements at a plurality of locations along the gas flow path of the device. Such a device may be useful for assessing a variety of clinical states, for adjustin... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8109884 | Dynamic metabolism monitoring system A metabolism monitoring system, data analyzer, and method is disclosed for processing data to very quickly estimate metabolic parameters. The analyzer of the invention uses a dynamic observer state estimator to estimate the parameters and tracks their values as they... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8105242 | Process and device for lung ventilation A process with a corresponding device for lung ventilation involves recording an image of the lung status with an electric impedance tomography (EIT) system (2) and the total area of ventilated lung areas is determined by a computing unit (4) from all ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100836 | Augmented RIC model of respiratory systems The present invention generally relates to an apparatus and method analyzing the respiratory characteristics of a human respiratory system from impulse oscillometry data, through the use of a linear network of electrical components. The present invention offers an i... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8070686 | Monitoring lung fluid status using the cardiac component of a thoracic impedance-indicating signal This patent document describes, among other things, systems and methods for monitoring lung fluid status, such as monitoring the presence or absence of pulmonary edema, in a subject using information about the cardiac impedance-indicating component of a measured imp... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8066647 | Method for detecting and discriminating breathing patterns from respiratory signals A signal representative of a patient's respiration is split into equal length epochs. A primary feature is extracted from each epoch that acts as a compressed representation of the signal events. Statistics are applied to the primary feature to produce one or more s... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8066646 | Large diameter plethysmograph A plethysmograph is described that includes a reference chamber having a top wall, a bottom wall, a barrier wall spaced beneath the bottom wall, a continuous side wall having a lower edge, and a first continuous flange with a lower edge below the bottom wall and abo... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8043224 | Telemedicine system System for remote medical interaction with a patient, comprising: a tester, or a sensor, for acquiring medical data from a patient and a personal transmitter, associated with the tester, or a sensor, configured to automatically and wirelessly transmit the medical da... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8029448 | Telemedicine system, and method for communication with remotely located patients Breathing interval measurement apparatus for measuring breathing of a subject, the apparatus comprising: a breathing interval beginning determinator, a breathing interval end determinator, and a timer associated with said breathing interval beginning determinator an... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8002711 | Methods and devices for relieving stress Easy to use, cost-effective methods and devices for evaluating and treating stress and thereby disorders caused or exacerbated by stress are provided. More particularly methods and devices for identifying RSA waves during respiration which provide a subject with rea... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7993278 | Method and system for non-invasively measuring pulmonary function A method and system for measuring pulmonary function. The method comprises the following steps of: (1) providing or obtaining a measurement of a subject breathing an inert gas composition; (2) providing or obtaining a measurement of the subject breathing a replaceme... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7993280 | Rapid shallow breathing detection for use in congestive heart failure status determination Systems and methods involve use of a medical device comprising sensing circuitry. One or more respiratory parameters are detected using the device. Patient baseline weight is provided, and an output signal indicative of a patient's congestive heart failure status is... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7993279 | Methods and systems for implantably monitoring external breathing therapy An implantable device is used to monitor one or more conditions associated with an external breathing therapy delivered to the patient. The device may monitor therapy parameters including therapy effectiveness, impact of the therapy on the patient, therapy usage, co... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7985187 | Airway bypass site selection and treatment planning This invention relates to systems and methods for site selection and placement of extra-anatomic passages altering gaseous flow in a diseased lung. ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7981045 | Apparatus, method and computer program product for determining respiratory condition An apparatus for determining a respiratory condition includes a breath sound measuring unit 111 measuring a breath sound passing through a subject's airway by a breathing; a frequency converting unit 132 converting a frequency on the breath sound to ob... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7972276 | Method for removing posture dependence during evoked response monitoring of HF progression An exemplary method includes acquiring intrathoracic impedance values over one or more respiratory cycles, acquiring myocardial evoked response values and assessing cardiac condition based at least in part on the intrathoracic impedance values and the evoked respons... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7967759 | Endoscopic system with integrated patient respiratory status indicator The system 10 includes an endoscopic probe 20 and an expired air sampling device 24 functionally connected to a control console 28. In use, the endoscopic probe 20 is routed through a body lumen of a patient to, for example, visual... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7942822 | Implantable medical device with sleep apnea detection control and method A method for use in an implantable medical device comprises the steps of monitoring respiration with an amplifier having a gain, generating a moving apneic threshold based on recent respiration cycles, accumulating differences between amplitudes of respiration cycle... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7931600 | Apparatus and method for detecting lung sounds using an implanted device Adventitious lung sounds indicative of lung congestion are detected using an implantable sensor. The sensor is adapted to be positioned adjacent to a pulmonary system and to output signals indicative of lung sounds in response to pulmonary system activity. A control... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7914459 | Ventilator patient synchronization A method and apparatus that provides an expert system for determining respiratory phase during ventilatory support of a subject. Discrete phase states are partitioned and prior probability functions and observed probability functions for each state are defined. The ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7896812 | System and method for diagnosis and treatment of a breathing pattern of a patient 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 ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7896813 | System and method for monitoring periodic breathing associated with heart failure A system and method for monitoring in a patient includes producing sensor signals representative of a physiologic parameter associated with respiration. A periodic breathing cycle is detected based on the sensor signals. An output is produced as a function of the cy... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7896814 | Process and device for lung ventilation An electro-impedance tomography (EIT) system (2), with a computing unit (4) and a respirator (1) is described for gentle mechanical lung ventilation especially in case of atelectases. The presence, the extent and/or the spatial distribution of a... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7887493 | Implantable device employing movement sensing for detecting sleep-related disorders Methods and systems for evaluating a pathological condition include acquiring movement information, such as electromyogram (EMG) information, and sleep disordered breathing (SDB) information, and detecting the presence of a pathological condition using both movement... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7883471 | Minimally invasive determination of collateral ventilation in lungs Minimally invasive methods, systems and devices are provided for qualitatively and quantitatively assessing collateral ventilation in the lungs. In particular, collateral ventilation of a target compartment within a lung of a patient is assessed by advancement of a ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7878979 | Methods and systems for determining dynamic hyperinflation This invention provides methods and systems for non-invasively determining the presence (and amount) or absence of dynamic hyperinflation in a subject. The invention is based on a novel combination of respiratory parameters that can be measured in a way that is non-... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7850618 | Method and apparatus for determining conditions of biological tissues The present invention relates to a method of determining characteristics of biological tissues in humans and animals. In particular, it relates to determining the characteristics of tissues such as the lungs and airways by introducing a sound to the tissue, and reco... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7841987 | System and method for visualizing sleep-related information A method for improved visualization of information related to the physiology of a sleeping patient is disclosed. Physiological information from the patient is obtained by a device, converted to digital format, and transformed into physiological data of two or more t... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7819816 | Periodic disordered breathing detection Systems and methods are directed to evaluating breathing disorders, such as periodic disordered breathing. A signal representative of patient respiration is developed, typically patient-internally. An envelope of the signal is provided. Periodicity of the envelope i... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7819815 | Synchrony between end of ventilator cycles and end of patient efforts during assisted ventilation Automatic ongoing adjustment of the cycling-off time of ventilator inflation phase during assisted ventilation in accordance with true respiratory rate of a patient. Electrical signals are generated corresponding to the gas flow exchanged between patient and ventila... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7798974 | Automated provision of information related to air evacuation from a chest cavity A device according to an aspect of the invention includes an air escapement conduit having an inlet port providing air communication with a chest cavity and an outlet port providing air communication with a vacuum source, the conduit allowing an air flow from the in... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7771365 | Method and apparatus for laryngeal examination Method and apparatus for laryngeal examination of a subject (1) during exercise on apparatus such as a treadmill (2), for example to detect laryngeal dysfunction such as vocal cord dysfunction or exercise-induced laryngomalacia. The apparatus comprises... | 08/10/2010 |
