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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2008
Yong K. Cho, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Tommy D. Bennett, Shoreview, MN (US);
Mark K. Erickson, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Maneesh Shrivastav, Blaine, MN (US);
Saul E. Greenhut, Aurora, CO (US);
Karen J. Kleckner, New Brighton, MN (US);
Charles P. Sperling, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Robert A. Corey, Roseville, MN (US);
Yong K. Cho, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Tommy D. Bennett, Shoreview, MN (US);
Mark K. Erickson, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Maneesh Shrivastav, Blaine, MN (US);
Saul E. Greenhut, Aurora, CO (US);
Karen J. Kleckner, New Brighton, MN (US);
Charles P. Sperling, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Robert A. Corey, Roseville, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A method of determining respiratory effort in a medical device in which pressure signals are sensed to generate corresponding sample points, an inspiration and an expiration are detected in response to the sensed pressure signals, a breath is detected in response to the detected inspiration and the detected expiration, and the respiratory effort is determined in response to the detected breath.