Peter Edward Bateman;Gordon Joseph Malouf;David John Bassin;Robert Henry Frater;Michael Berthon-Jones;Steven Paul Farrugia
发明人:
Michael Berthon-Jones,Gordon Joseph Malouf,Peter Edward Bateman,David John Bassin,Robert Henry Frater,Steven Paul Farrugia
申请号：
US13278613
公开号：
US20120160243A1
申请日:
2011.10.21
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
A method and apparatus for treating sleep disordered breathing. An arousal index is determined for use in an outer loop of a control algorithm, the arousal index being a measure of the frequency of sleep arousals. The respiratory airflow signal in an inner loop of the control algorithm is monitored to detect an airway obstruction. If the arousal index is high, then the sensitivity of obstruction detection and/or the aggressiveness of the treatment is increased, and if the arousal index is low, then the sensitivity of the obstruction detection and/or the aggressiveness of the treatment is decreased.
