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Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2018
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Robert Filip Arnold Santala, Helsinki, FI;

Panu Takala, Helsinki, FI;

Juha Virtanen, Helsinki, FI;

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/0535 (2021.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0826 (2013.01); A61B 5/0535 (2013.01); A61B 5/0809 (2013.01); A61B 5/6823 (2013.01); A61B 5/7278 (2013.01); A61B 5/7282 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0209 (2013.01);
Abstract

An impedance-based respiration monitoring system for apnea detection includes at least three surface electrodes configured to record impedance respiration data from a patient's torso, a signal processing system, and an apnea detection module. The signal processing system is configured to generate a first respiration lead formed by a first set of surface electrodes from the at least three surface electrodes, the first respiration lead providing a first series of impedance measurements, and to generate a second respiration lead formed by a second set of surface electrodes attached to the patient's torso, the second lead providing a second series of impedance measurements. The apnea detection module is executable on a processor to calculate a first apnea metric based on the first series of impedance measurements, and calculate a second apnea metric based on the second series of impedance measurements. An apnea event is then detected based on the first apnea metric and the second apnea metric.


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