Hill-rom Services, Inc.

Rachid Oulad Slimane

Yue Wang

Suresha Venkataraya

Chau Chong Ye

Aye Aung

Thierry Flocard

Gilles Camus

Jean-Francois Tarsaud

Florian Garnero

Bernard Arnaud

Lokesh Bhatt

Pierre Deguignet

Nicolas Odic

Cahu Chong Ye

A system is provided for monitoring a patient on an air support system. The system comprises a capacitive sensor system having a capacitive sensor positioned at the underside of an air filled mattress, and a respiration signal processing module that receives the output of the capacitive sensor system and is configured to monitor patient respiration. Respiration is monitored by: periodically sampling the capacitive sensor system output to obtain measurements of incremental body displacement; analyzing a plurality of the samples to determine one or more values for parameters of patient respiratory rate; and determining when one or more of the parameter values indicate abnormal respiration. A corresponding method and computer program are also provided.

Capacitive sensor for respiratory monitoring

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Montpellier, France

Rachid Oulad Slimane