DE WAELE STIJN,WINTER STEFAN,GEERLINGS ALEXANDER CORNELIS
申请号:
IN2660CHN2014
公开号:
IN2660CHN2014A
申请日:
2014.04.08
申请国别(地区):
IN
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要:
The present invention relates to systems and methods for characterizing at least one anatomical parameter of an upper airway of a patient by analysing spectral properties of an utterance comprising: a mechanical coupler comprising means for restricting the jaw position of the patient means for recording an utterance and processing means for determining at least one anatomical parameter of the upper airway from the recorded utterance and comparing the recorded utterance to a threshold value. In addition the present invention relates to the use of the above mentioned systems as a diagnostics tool for assessing obstructive sleep apnea.