Apparatus for detecting an apnea/hypopnea condition
AssigneeNihon Kohden Corporation
InventorsShinji Yamamori, Yukio Nonaka, Shinichiro Uchimasu
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Abstract
While remarkably reducing the botheration and burden on the subject, an apnea/hypopnea condition can be detected correctly and easily, and the type of the condition can be identified. A detecting apparatus for detecting an apnea/hypopnea condition of a living body, includes: an electric current applying electrode section to supply an electric current via electrodes into a cervical region of the living body; a measurement electrode section to measure an impedance of the cervical region by the electric current; an analysis section which detects an apnea/hypopnea condition based on the measured impedance; and an output section which outputs the result of detection.
Claims9
A detecting apparatus for detecting an apnea/hypopnea condition of a living body, including:
- an electric current applying electrode section configured to supply an electric current via electrodes into a cervical region of the living body;
- a measurement electrode section configured to measure impedance of the cervical region by the electric current;
- an analysis section configured to detect an apnea/hypopnea condition based on the measured impedance;
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- an output section configured to output the result of detection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.