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Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND TREATING HEART FAILURE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2010075674
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide improved technology and apparatus, coping with condition of a heart failure.

The apparatus and system provide methods of detecting a heart failure condition of a patient that may be based on one or more respiratory parameters of a patient. In an example embodiment, a monitoring device determines one or more heart failure condition indicators based on a measure of the patient respiratory airflow and/or a measure treatment pressure. Respiratory parameters such as respiration rate, hypopneas, apneas, Cheyne-Stokes breathing patterns or apnea-hypopnea counts may be compared with thresholds that are selected to represent a change in the condition of a heart failure patient such as an onset of a decompensation. Results of the comparisons may trigger a pressure treatment change and/or one or more warnings or messages to notify a patient or physician of a pending change to the patient's heart failure condition so that the patient may more immediately seek medical attention to treat the heart failure condition.


Inventors:
SCHINDHELM KLAUS HENRY
WILCOX IAN
COXON RACHEL ANN
Application Number:
JP2009173105A
Publication Date:
April 08, 2010
Filing Date:
July 24, 2009
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Assignee:
RESMED LTD
International Classes:
A61B5/0245; A61B5/08
Domestic Patent References:
JP2009517187A2009-04-30
JP2007531592A2007-11-08
JP2008515494A2008-05-15
Foreign References:
WO2007064682A12007-06-07
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shoichi Okuyama
Arihara Koichi
Matsushima Tetsuo
Hidefumi Kawamura
Naomi Yoshida
Ayako Nakamura
Fukagawa Eri
Satoshi Morimoto
Kyoko Tsunoda
Takashi Matsuzaki
Hirose Miki