Back to results
US 11,596,357 B2Granted
Sleep study system and method
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsStefan Winter, Edmund Arnliot Shaw
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A sleep study system comprises a set of sensors for monitoring physiological parameters of a subject during sleep as part of a sleep study and for monitoring the sleep stage of the subject. It is determined if intervention to the subject is needed for maintenance or repair to the sleep study system. If so, a time to perform the intervention is also derived based on the sleep stage of the subject, in particular so as to be least disruptive to the subject.
Claims15
A sleep study system, comprising:
- a set of sensors for monitoring physiological parameters of a subject during sleep as part of a sleep study and for monitoring the sleep stage of the subject;
- a processor adapted to:
- determine from outputs of the set of sensors that there is sensor malfunction or sensor disconnection so that intervention to the subject is needed for maintenance or repair to the sleep study system;
- and
- determine from the outputs of the set of sensors a time to perform the intervention in dependence on the sleep stage of the subject, and provide an output relating to the time to perform the intervention.
2 more elements
A sleep study method, comprising:
- monitoring physiological parameters of a subject during sleep and monitoring the sleep stage of the subject using a set of sensors;
- determining from the outputs of the set of sensors that there is sensor malfunction or sensor disconnection so that intervention to the subject is needed for maintenance or repair to the sleep study system;
- and
- determining from the outputs of the set of sensors a time to perform the intervention in dependence on the sleep stage of the subject, and providing an output relating to the time to perform the intervention.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.