System and method for characterizing patient respiration
    81.
    发明授权
    System and method for characterizing patient respiration 有权
    用于表征患者呼吸的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07678061B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-03-16

    申请号:US10824941

    申请日:2004-04-15

    IPC分类号: A61B5/08 A61N1/00

    摘要: Patient respiration may be characterized using a marked respiration waveform involving a respiration waveform annotated with symbols, markers or other indicators representing one or more respiration characteristics. A respiration waveform may be acquired by sensing a physiological parameter modulated by respiration. A marked respiration waveform may be generated based on the acquired respiration waveform and one or more detected respiration waveform characteristics and/or respiration-related conditions. One or more components used to generate the marked respiratory waveform may be fully or partially implantable.

    摘要翻译: 患者呼吸可以使用标示的呼吸波形来表征,该呼吸波形涉及用符号,标记或代表一个或多个呼吸特征的其它指示符注释的呼吸波形。 可以通过感测由呼吸调制的生理参数来获取呼吸波形。 可以基于所获取的呼吸波形和一个或多个检测到的呼吸波形特征和/或呼吸相关条件来生成标记的呼吸波形。 用于产生标记的呼吸波形的一个或多个组件可以是完全或部分可植入的。

    Apparatus and Method for Detecting Lung Sounds Using an Implanted Device
    83.
    发明申请
    Apparatus and Method for Detecting Lung Sounds Using an Implanted Device 有权
    使用植入装置检测肺声的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20100010378A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-01-14

    申请号:US12545652

    申请日:2009-08-21

    IPC分类号: A61B7/00

    摘要: 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 controller receives the signals and processes the signals to detect the presence of adventitious lung sounds. A respiratory cycle sensor operating in conjunction with the lung-sound sensor enables classification of an adventitious lung sound according to its time occurrence within the respiratory cycle. Posture sensing in conjunction with lung-sound sensing provides valuable additional information as to the severity of the lung congestion.

    摘要翻译: 使用植入式传感器检测到指示肺充血的不定肺声。 传感器适于邻近肺部系统定位,并响应于肺部系统活动而输出指示肺部声音的信号。 控制器接收信号并处理信号以检测不定肺声的存在。 与肺声传感器一起操作的呼吸循环传感器可以根据呼吸周期内的时间发生分类不定肺声。 结合肺部感觉的姿势感知提供了关于肺充血严重程度的有价值的附加信息。

    System and method for transmitting energy to and establishing a communications network with one or more implanted devices
    86.
    发明授权
    System and method for transmitting energy to and establishing a communications network with one or more implanted devices 失效
    用于向一个或多个植入装置发送能量并建立通信网络的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07471986B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-12-30

    申请号:US10783285

    申请日:2004-02-20

    申请人: John D. Hatlestad

    发明人: John D. Hatlestad

    IPC分类号: A61N1/00 A61N1/08

    CPC分类号: A61N1/3787

    摘要: Systems and methods for automatically powering and communicating with an implantable medical device through an inductive link are disclosed. A preferred embodiment comprises an inductive coil or set of such coils. One coil may be mounted or installed on or near the bed of a patient as a component of a transmission module. Another coil may a component of an implantable medical device. The coils are energized by a resonant circuit to generate an electromagnetic field in the vicinity of the bedside. Without any action on the patient's part, the implantable device receives the inductively transmitted energy to power its immediate operation or recharge its battery, thereby extending its longevity, potentially indefinitely. The inductive link also enables data transfer communication between the transmission module and implantable device. Some embodiments of a system disclosed herein also can be configured as a component of an Advanced Patient Management System that helps better monitor, predict and manage chronic diseases.

    摘要翻译: 公开了通过电感链路自动供电和与可植入医疗装置通信的系统和方法。 优选实施例包括一个感应线圈或一组这样的线圈。 一个线圈可以作为传输模块的组件安装或安装在患者床上或其附近。 另一个线圈可以是可植入医疗装置的部件。 线圈由谐振电路通电,以在床边附近产生电磁场。 无需对患者进行任何动作,可植入装置接收感应发射的能量来为其即时操作提供动力或对其电池进行再充电,从而可能无限期地延长其寿命。 感应链路还使得传输模块和可植入设备之间的数据传输通信。 本文公开的系统的一些实施例还可以被配置为高级患者管理系统的组件,其有助于更好地监测,预测和管理慢性疾病。

    Daytime/nighttime respiration rate monitoring
    87.
    发明申请
    Daytime/nighttime respiration rate monitoring 有权
    白天/夜间呼吸率监测

    公开(公告)号:US20080312541A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-12-18

    申请号:US11820002

    申请日:2007-06-15

    IPC分类号: A61B5/0205

    摘要: 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 respiration rate measurements over time. The trended information about particular classes of respiration rate measurements is then communicated to a remote external device, which in turn provides an indication of heart failure decompensation. Examples of classes of respiration rate measurements include a daily maximum respiration rate value, a daily minimum respiration rate value, a daily maximum respiration rate variability value, a daily minimum respiration rate variability value, and a daily central respiration rate value. These respiration rate measurements can be further classified into daytime or nighttime respiration rate measurements.

    摘要翻译: 一种装置和方法可以根据一天中的时间来监视或趋向于患者的呼吸速率测量。 该装置可以植入或外部收集和分类呼吸速率测量随时间的变化。 关于呼吸率测量的特定类别的趋势化信息然后被传送到远程外部设备,远程外部设备又提供心力衰竭失代偿指示。 呼吸速率测量类别的实例包括每日最大呼吸率值,每日最小呼吸率值,每日最大呼吸率变异值,每日最小呼吸率变异性值和每日中心呼吸率值。 这些呼吸率测量可以进一步分为白天或夜间呼吸率测量。

    Optical differentiation between plants and background utilizing a single
CCD camera
    90.
    发明授权
    Optical differentiation between plants and background utilizing a single CCD camera 失效
    使用单个CCD相机的植物和背景之间的光学差异

    公开(公告)号:US5621460A

    公开(公告)日:1997-04-15

    申请号:US496615

    申请日:1995-06-29

    IPC分类号: A01M7/00 H04N5/33 H04N9/097

    摘要: An optical system for detecting vegetation with the use of a single image sensor, such as a charge coupled device (CCD) camera is provided by optical elements which project separate red and near infrared (NIR) images onto the CCD camera. The camera then can supply output signals representative of the two images to a signal processing device that determines the nature of the vegetation that provided the original image. Embodiments are described where the imaging sensor utilizes unitary optical splitters to provide wide-angle separate images. In another version a single lens and a group of mirrors provide a narrow-angle telescope device. Another version includes two separate lens, red and NIR filters, each adjacent to one of the lenses so as to project an image on separate areas of the CCD camera.

    摘要翻译: 通过将单独的红色和近红外(NIR)图像投影到CCD照相机上的光学元件,提供了使用诸如电荷耦合器件(CCD)照相机的单个图像传感器来检测植被的光学系统。 相机然后可以将表示两个图像的输出信号提供给确定提供原始图像的植被的性质的信号处理装置。 描述实施例,其中成像传感器利用单一分光器来提供广角分离的图像。 在另一个版本中,单个透镜和一组镜子提供了一个窄角望远镜装置。 另一个版本包括两个独立的镜头,红色和NIR滤镜,每个镜头都与其中一个镜头相邻,以便在CCD相机的不同区域上投影图像。