Patent №
US 7,370,650
Granted
2008-05-13
Filed 2004
Owner
MALLINCKRODT DEVELOPPEMENT FRANCE
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AI components
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Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
10968403
An apparatus is provided for controlling air supplied under pressure to a patient suffering from sleep disorders such as apnoea. The apparatus measures and/or calculates the inspiratory air flow, volume and pressure to the airway. Controlled pressurized air is supplied to the patient's upper anatomical airway, wherein the apparatus measures the air flow and pressure to the airway. The apparatus determines whether to increase or decrease the pressure to the patient's airway based on a determination of one or more factors, such as the occurrence of hypopnoea, hyperventilation, obstructive or central apnoea, air leakage and acoustical vibrations. Occurrences of events representing a sleep problem may be stored by the apparatus and retrieved by a clinician at a later date.
AI classification
Ownership
MALLINCKRODT DEVELOPPEMENT FRANCE
assignment · 198420750
COVIDIEN AG
assignment · 255460475
Assignors
NADJAFIZADEH, HOSSEIN, NICOLAZZI, PASCAL, LANOIR, VERONIQUE GRILLER
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.