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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2004
Applicants:
G. Ian Rowlandson, Milwaukee, WI (US);
David E. Albert, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Patrick Dorsey, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Inventors:
G. Ian Rowlandson, Milwaukee, WI (US);
David E. Albert, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Patrick Dorsey, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Assignee:
GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for determining a correlation between sleep apnea and sudden cardiac death. One embodiment of the method can include predicting sudden cardiac death in a patient being monitored for sleep apnea by acquiring respiration data and electrocardiogram data from the patient and analyzing the respiration data and the electrocardiogram data to determine a correlation between sleep apnea and sudden cardiac death.