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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2018
Applicant:
University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Dublin;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/316 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/024 (2013.01); A61B 5/02405 (2013.01); A61B 5/316 (2021.01); A61B 5/4812 (2013.01); A61B 5/4818 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of monitoring sleep comprises simultaneously recording a person's electrocardiogram (ECG) and photoplethysmogram (PPG), deriving a plurality of parameters from the recorded data, and providing an output indicative of a sleep characteristic based upon an analysis of the parameters. The ECG and PPG may be recorded using an apparatus which is a combination of a Holter monitor and a pulse oximeter, which is wearable in ambulatory manner.