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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2022
Applicant:
Resmed Sensor Technologies Limited, Dublin, IE;
Inventors:
Redmond Shouldice, Dublin, IE;
Jose Ricardo Dos Santos, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeffrey Peter Armitstead, Bella Vista, AU;
Assignee:
RESMED SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, Dublin, IE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/0507 (2021.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06V 10/143 (2022.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/4818 (2013.01); A61B 5/015 (2013.01); A61B 5/0507 (2013.01); A61B 5/4552 (2013.01); A61B 5/7275 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 7/97 (2017.01); G06V 10/143 (2022.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01); G06V 2201/03 (2022.01);
Abstract
The disclosure provides methods for diagnosis or prediction of the likelihood of a subject experiencing obstructive sleep apnea, determined at least in part by measuring the degree of tongue fat in a subject using, e.g., thermal imaging, THz imaging or other multispectral imaging.