The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2005
Stefan Schätzl, Weilheim, DE;
Jörg Meier, Munich, DE;
Aleksandra Dana-mika, Munich, DE;
Thomas Betzl, Kirchseon, DE;
Oliver Lange, Germering, DE;
Stefan Schätzl, Weilheim, DE;
Jörg Meier, Munich, DE;
Aleksandra Dana-Mika, Munich, DE;
Thomas Betzl, Kirchseon, DE;
Oliver Lange, Germering, DE;
MAP Medizin-Technologie GmbH, Martinsried, DE;
Abstract
A device and a method for evaluating a signal that can indicate the respiration of a person, particularly suitable for examining a patient with respect to the occurrence of sleep-related breathing disturbances. In one example, a device for evaluating a signal indicative of the temporal course of the respiration of a patient, in particular a respiratory flow signal, includes an electronic evaluation program or circuitry which is configured in such a manner that it evaluates the signal by continuously generating intermediate evaluation results for short signal periods and for longer signal periods being parallel thereto, and performs an identification of respiratory patterns in the time signal or in specific time periods on the basis of the position of the intermediate evaluation results of the short signal periods relative to the intermediate evaluation results of the longer signal periods.