公开(公告)号：US20140276174A1

公开(公告)日：2014-09-18

申请号：US13839933

申请日：2013-03-15

Applicant: ELWHA LLC

Inventor： Roderick A. HYDE ,  Kenneth G. CALDEIRA ,  Lowell L. WOOD, JR. ,  Dennis J. RIVET ,  Michael A. SMITH

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/08 ,  A61B7/00 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61M16/00 ,  A61H9/00

Abstract: A system can perform the following procedure as part of a plan to treat sleep apnea, according to an embodiment. The system monitors a degree to which an airway of a subject is open, and monitors a condition that is related to the degree to which the airway is open. The system also correlates the condition to the degree to which the airway is open, and generates a data structure that represents the correlation between the condition and the degree to which the airway is open. This system can allow a sleep-apnea-treatment system to operate in a closed-loop mode, i.e., to monitor a level of sleep apnea in a subject by monitoring the correlated condition, and to treat the subject in a manner that the treatment system deems appropriate for the level of sleep apnea that the treatment system determines that the subject is experiencing.

Abstract translation: 根据实施例，系统可以执行以下过程作为治疗睡眠呼吸暂停的计划的一部分。 系统监测被检者的气道打开的程度，并且监视与气道打开程度相关的状况。 该系统还将条件与气道打开的程度相关联，并生成表示气道开放状态与程度之间的相关性的数据结构。 该系统可以允许睡眠呼吸暂停治疗系统以闭环模式操作，即通过监测相关状况来监测受试者的睡眠呼吸暂停水平，并以使治疗系统 认为适合于治疗系统确定受试者正在经历的睡眠呼吸暂停水平。