Breath-based control of a therapeutic treatment
AssigneeRespironics, Inc.
InventorsJohn Frank, Peter D. Hill
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Abstract
A system and method for providing a therapeutic treatment, such as a flow of breathing gas, to a patient at variable treatment levels. A respiratory cycle monitor detects the patient's respiratory cycles and a control unit incrementally adjusts the treatment level from a first predetermined level to a second predetermined level over a first predetermined number of respiratory cycles. The amount of the incremental adjustment and the frequency of such adjustments over the course of the first predetermined number of respiratory cycles can be controlled to achieve a desired change in the therapeutic treatment over the course of the patient's respiration.
Claims33
A patient treatment system comprising:
- treatment means for providing a therapeutic treatment to a patient at variable treatment levels;
- respiratory cycle monitoring means for detecting a respiratory cycle of a patient;
- and
- treatment modifying means for changing said treatment level from a first predetermined treatment level to a second predetermined treatment level over a first predetermined number of respiratory cycles of such a patient by adjusting an output of said treatment means a first predetermined amount over a second predetermined number of respiratory cycles of such a patient.
A method of treating a patient comprising:
- providing a therapeutic treatment to a patient at variable treatment levels;
- detecting a respiratory cycle of such a patient;
- and
- changing said treatment level from a first predetermined treatment level to a second predetermined treatment level over a first predetermined number of respiratory cycles of such a patient by adjusting a treatment level by a first predetermined amount over a second predetermined number of respiratory cycles of such a patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.