Patient eligibility for automatic initiation of therapy based on variability of sleep onset latency

Abstract

A device and/or method to determine patient eligibility for automatic initiation of therapy based on variability of sleep onset latency. The device comprises a control portion programmed to determine patient eligibility of a patient, based on at least one variability metric of sleep onset latency of the patient, for initiating sleep disordered breathing (SDB) stimulation therapy via an automatic sleep detection mode. The automatic sleep detection mode may be a selection from a plurality of modes, wherein the plurality of modes may include a motion-activity only detection mode, a non-motion-activity physiologic parameter detection mode, a combination motion-activity and non-motion-activity physiologic parameter detection mode and a posture timer detection mode.

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