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7618378 |
Breath biofeedback system and method
A breath biofeedback method and system for encouraging a subject to modify respiration. The system includes a thoracic volume input module measuring thoracic volume data of the subject and a...
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7611472 |
Apnea monitor
The present invention is an apnea monitor giving alarm when apnea occurs. It uses new designed gas flow sensor and gas differential flow sensor to detect actual airflow from patients nose and...
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7608047 |
Reusable snore/air flow sensor
A sensor for use with a polysomnograph in a sleep lab setting is made reusable by laminating a PVDF film and associated lead contacts within a flexible, moisture-impervious plastic envelope that is...
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7606668 |
Gas monitoring system and method
A method and apparatus for interfacing a plurality of volumetric measurement systems, each of which includes a gas measurement and a flow measurement system, to a host system via an interface unit.
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7603170 |
Calibration of impedance monitoring of respiratory volumes using thoracic D.C. impedance
A system includes an implantable medical device that includes a trans-thoracic impedance measurement circuit providing a trans-thoracic impedance signal of a subject. A controller is coupled to the...
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7591789 |
Talking incentive spirometry devices
An apparatus used in the medical industry, in order to increase transpulmonary pressure and respiratory volumes, to improve inspiratory muscle performance and re-establish the normal pulmonary...
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7588543 |
Method and apparatus for predicting work of breathing
A method of creating a non-invasive predictor of both physiologic and imposed patient effort from airway pressure and flow sensors attached to the patient using an adaptive mathematical model. The...
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7575555 |
Docking station for retrieving data in conjunction with improved incentive spirometry devices
An apparatus used in the medical industry, in order to increase transpulmonary pressure and respiratory volumes, to improve inspiratory muscle performance and re-establish the normal pulmonary...
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7575553 |
Methods and systems for assessing pulmonary disease
Sensing physiological conditions using the sensors of a respiratory therapy device can be used to assess a presence of pulmonary diseases other than breathing rhythm disorders. Non-rhythm related...
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7567831 |
Respiratory measurement system and method related thereto
A respiratory measurement system and a method for measuring respiratory motion are provided. The system includes a strapping device that is configured to be placed across a chest of a person. The...
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7566310 |
System for diagnosing and treating sleep apnea
Two programs measure upper airway resistance using Resistance=Pressure/Flow. Raw flow and pressure data is divided into breaths and time adjusted so each breath starts with the value zero. Each...
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7562657 |
Method and apparatus for non-invasive prediction of intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEPi) in patients receiving ventilator support
The present invention describes a method and apparatus for non-invasive prediction of the “intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure” (PEEPi) which is secondary to a trapping of gas, over and...
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7559903 |
Breathing sound analysis for detection of sleep apnea/popnea events
Apparatus for use detection of apnea includes a microphone mounted in the ear of the patient for detecting breathing sounds and a second external microphone together with an oximetric sensor. A...
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7540843 |
Diagnostics and treatment of sleep apnea
Methods of diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea by taking measurements from a subject suffering from sleep apnea are disclosed. The methods include modelling the air flow through the upper airway...
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7530956 |
Daytime/nighttime respiration rate monitoring
A device and method can monitor or trend a patient's respiration rate measurements according to the time of day. The device, which may be implantable or external, collects and classifies...
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7529670 |
Automatic speech recognition system for people with speech-affecting disabilities
A speech recognition system is provided that, in one embodiment, includes an input 104 operable to receive voice utterances from a user, a speaker monitoring agent 132 operable to determine a...
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7513875 |
Method and system for managing mechanical respiratory ventilation
A system and computer implemented method for operating a respiratory ventilator ventilating a subject. One or more body signals obtained from the subject indicative of the subject's ventilation are...
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7473228 |
System and method for monitoring a respiration rate of an occupant of a predetermined volume
An ultrasonic sensing system includes an ultrasonic transmitter, an ultrasonic receiver, a processor and a memory subsystem. The transmitter is positioned to transmit an ultrasonic signal into a...
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7457753 |
Telephone pathology assessment
A system for remote assessment of a user is disclosed. The system comprises application software resident on a server and arranged to interact across a network with a user operating a client device...
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7451760 |
Controlling drug delivery apparatus
A drug package comprising a plurality of drug vials containing drugs for delivery to a patient in a drug delivery device; and a data carrier including drug treatment information for use by the drug...
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7438690 |
Peak expiratory flow meter capable of measuring continuous expiratory flow signal
Disclosed herein is a peak expiratory flow meter capable of measuring continuous expiratory flow. The peak expiratory flow meter includes a lower casing unit ( 110 ), an air expansion unit ( 130 )...
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7425201 |
Method and apparatus for predicting work of breathing
A method of creating a non-invasive predictor of both physiologic and imposed patient effort from airway pressure and flow sensors attached to the patient using an adaptive mathematical model. The...
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7418859 |
Device for measuring a volume flow with inductive coupling
A device for measuring a volume flow, especially a tidal volume flow sensor, with a flow channel ( 1 ) and with a sensor element ( 6 ) arranged within the flow channel ( 1 ), is shown and...
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7413549 |
Detecting and quantifying apnea using ventilatory cycle histograms
Subject matter includes methods and devices for detecting and quantifying apnea. One exemplary implementation includes deriving a ventilation related parameter in real-time from a patient, deriving...
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7390305 |
Peak flow meter
A peak flow meter is described with a body having a sample channel and at least one bypass channel. One of at least two flow range scales may be selected using a flow range selector to adjust the...
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RE40402 |
Non-invasive method for optimizing the respiration of atelectatic lungs
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus to identify alveolar opening and collapse of a lung. To automatically generate the settings of ventilator parameters in a simple and gentle way,...
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7387610 |
Thoracic impedance detection with blood resistivity compensation
This document discusses, among other things, a cardiac rhythm management device or other implantable medical device that uses thoracic impedance to determine how much fluid is present in the...
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7381189 |
Temperature and respiration acquisition apparatus and method
A device and method for simultaneously acquiring a temperature and a respiration rate of a patient. In some embodiments of the invention, the device can include a probe, a temperature sensing...
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7367955 |
Combined laser spirometer motion tracking system for radiotherapy
An improved non-invasive respiration monitor combines signals from a spirometer and laser chest displacement sensor to reduce signal error. The improved respirations signal can be used for position...
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7367954 |
Method and apparatus for determining cardiac output
A method and apparatus for use in determining the cardiac output. The method includes measuring a first parameter indicative of a patient's oxygen uptake and a second parameter indicative of the...
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7363085 |
Augmenting hypoventilation
An exemplary method includes sensing respiratory information related to tidal volume, based at least in part on the respiratory information, determining if the tidal volume is less than a limit...
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7338410 |
Systems and methods for breathing exercise regimens to promote ischemic preconditioning
Systems and methods for promoting ischemic preconditioning in individuals are provided. Ischemic preconditioning is provided by exercise treatments. The exercise treatments consist of breathing...
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7335164 |
Multiple function airway adapter
An integrated airway adapter capable of monitoring any combination of respiratory flow, O 2 concentration, and concentrations of one or more of CO 2 , N 2 O, and an anesthetic agent in real time,...
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7322937 |
Method and breathing apparatus for assessing pulmonary stress
In a method and breathing apparatus for assessing pulmonary stress, wherein pressure controlled flow of respiratory gas is generated, an ensuing flow is measured, resistance and compliance are...
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7318808 |
Combining measurements from breathing rate sensors
A method for combining breathing rate measurements from two or more independent measurement channels. Independent measurements of breathing rate, for instance by impedance pneumography and...
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7291115 |
Spirometer and method to measure the ventilatory function by spirometry
The function of the multispirometer and procedure to measure the ventilatory function by spirometry is to know how a person exhales or expels air with the objective to study and monitor the...
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7282032 |
Portable respiratory diagnostic device
A portable, handheld device for measuring lung- and airway-specific respiratory parameters. The device defines a chamber in fluid communication with a mouthpiece. A sensor and/or a flow sensor...
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7276031 |
System and method for classifying patient's breathing using artificial neural network
Described is a method and system for analyzing a patient's breaths. The arrangement may include a sensor and a processor. The sensor detects data corresponding to a patient's breathing patterns...
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7267652 |
Systems and methods for respiratory event detection
The present invention is directed to improved systems and methods for processing respiratory signals derived generally from respiratory plethysmography, and especially from respiratory inductive...
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7258670 |
System and method for diagnosing and monitoring respiratory insufficiency for automated remote patient care
A system for diagnosing and monitoring respiratory insufficiency for automated remote patient care is presented. A database stores monitoring sets containing recorded measures relating to patient...
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7252640 |
Detection of disordered breathing
Devices and methods for detecting disordered breathing involve determining that the patient is asleep and sensing one or more signals associated with disordered breathing indicative of...
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7241269 |
Apparatus and method for delivery of an aerosol
An apparatus for measuring lung ventilation, comprising: a pressure device to measure volume of air flow; an aerosol-generating device that provides aerosol particles to be released at a determined...
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7225021 |
Differentiation of central sleep apnea and obstructive sleep apnea using an implantable cardiac device
An implantable cardiac device is programmed to differentiate between central sleep apnea and obstructive sleep apnea. The implantable cardiac device utilizes a respiration-related parameter (e.g.,...
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7224285 |
Gas monitor using electrochemical cell and method of operating
A method and apparatus for gas detection uses a sensor such as an electrochemical (EC) cell and includes a feedback control loop to control a pump to establish a first predetermined gas flow rate...
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7211049 |
Breath measurement
The invention provides a breath monitoring device comprising means to record a first breathing state of a user, and means to detect a deviation from the recorded breathing state in a subsequent use...
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7207948 |
Systems and methods for monitoring cough
The present invention provides systems and methods for monitoring subjects, especially during sleep. Respiratory and sound data are recorded and coughs arousal are recognized as joint events in...
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7207947 |
System and method for detecting circadian states using an implantable medical device
Techniques are provided for detecting the circadian state of a patient using an implantable medical device based on selected blood carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) parameters. In one example, the implantable...
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7207946 |
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...
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7190995 |
System and method for analysis of respiratory cycle-related EEG changes in sleep-disordered breathing
A system and method for determining respiratory cycle-related EEG changes (RCREC) for a subject with sleep-disordered breathing are provided. The method includes receiving an EEG signal from the...
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7189204 |
Sleep detection using an adjustable threshold
Devices and methods for sleep detection involve the use of an adjustable threshold for detecting sleep onset and termination. A method for detecting sleep includes adjusting a sleep threshold...
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