Patents Assigned to Medcare Flags hf
  • Analysis of sleep apnea
    Patent number: 6936011
    Abstract: A non-intrusive and quantitative method and apparatus for diagnosing sleep apnea and detecting apnea events by monitoring during sleep abdominal effort and thoracic effort, determining the phase of each effort, determining the difference in phase between each type of effort, and then determining the rate of phase angle change and standard deviation over time. Also provided may be treatment when apnea events are detected to trigger therapy apparatus such as airway positive pressure apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Medcare Flags hf
    Inventor: Stephen H. Sheldon