System and method for improved compliance in respiratory therapy
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsMark Todd Kirby, Erik Witt
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Abstract
Systems and methods to provide respiratory therapy may determine a target pressure level in a current therapy session on the successful completion and/or compliance of a patient (for example for at least a threshold amount of respiratory therapy) during one or more prior therapy sessions. By gradually increasing the provided pressure level, patients may improve compliance, comfort, and/or other indicators of how well-tolerated the respiratory therapy is for a patient.
Claims15
A system for providing respiratory therapy to a subject having an airway, the system comprising:
- a pressure generator configured to generate a pressurized flow of breathable gas for delivery to the airway of the subject;
- one or more sensors configured to generated output signals conveying information related to one or more gas parameters of the pressurized flow of breathable gas;
- one or more processors configured to execute processing modules, the processing modules comprising:
- a compliance module configured to determine an amount of respiratory therapy that the subject received during a first therapy session, wherein the compliance module is further configured to determine whether the amount meets and/or passes a threshold amount of respiratory therapy;
- a target module configured to determine a target pressure for the pressurized flow of breathable gas during therapy sessions based on a prescribed therapy regimen and determinations by the compliance module pertaining to prior therapy sessions such that, for a second therapy session subsequent to the first therapy session, the target module determines the target pressure for the pressurized flow of breathable gas based on one or more determinations by the compliance module pertaining to the first therapy session;
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- a control module configured to adjust levels of one or more gas parameters of the pressurized flow of breathable gas based on the determined target pressure.
A method for compliance determination regarding respiratory therapy of a subject having an airway, the method comprising:
- generating output signals conveying information related to one or more gas parameters of a pressurized flow of breathable gas that is delivered to the airway of the subject;
- determining an amount of respiratory therapy that the subject received during a first therapy session;
- determining a compliance determination, wherein the compliance determination is based on whether the amount meets and/or passes a threshold amount of respiratory;
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- determining a target pressure for the pressurized flow of breathable gas during a second therapy session subsequent to the first therapy session, wherein the target pressure is based on a prescribed therapy regimen and the compliance determination pertaining to the first therapy session.
A system configured for providing respiratory therapy to a subject having an airway, the system comprising:
- means for generating a pressurized flow of breathable gas for delivery to the airway of the subject;
- means for generating output signals conveying information related to one or more gas parameters of the pressurized flow of breathable gas;
- means for determining an amount of respiratory therapy that the subject received during a first therapy session;
- means for determining a compliance determination, wherein the compliance determination is based on whether the amount meets and/or passes a threshold amount of respiratory therapy;
- means for determining a target pressure for the pressurized flow of breathable gas during a second therapy session subsequent to the first therapy session, wherein the target pressure is based on a prescribed therapy regimen and the compliance determination pertaining to the first therapy session;
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- means for adjusting levels of one or more gas parameters of the pressurized flow of breathable gas based on the determined target pressure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.