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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2008
Applicants:
Yoav Avidor, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Daniel Burkhoff, West Harrison, NY (US);
Pierre Squara, Enghien-les-Bains, FR;
Hanan Keren, Kfar-Saba, IL;
Inventors:
Yoav Avidor, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Daniel Burkhoff, West Harrison, NY (US);
Pierre Squara, Enghien-les-Bains, FR;
Hanan Keren, Kfar-Saba, IL;
Assignee:
Cheetah Medical, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of monitoring sleep of a sleeping subject is disclosed. The method comprises determining a phase shift of input radiofrequency signals received from the subject during sleep relative to output radiofrequency signals transmitted to the subject during sleep, calculating cardiac output based on the phase shift, and using the cardiac output for identifying sleep apnea events.