Patent ID: 11944464
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 13:
14. A controller for determining a neural respiratory drive measure of a user in an EMG measurement system, wherein the controller is adapted to:
non-invasively obtain a first EMG signal from a plurality of electrodes, at least two of the plurality of electrodes being disposed contralaterally;
process the first EMG signal with a first processing sequence to produce a processed EMG signal;
process the first EMG signal with a second processing sequence to produce a surrogate respiration signal, the second processing sequence and the first processing sequence being parallel to and independent from one another;
detect inhalations of the user based on the surrogate respiration signal;
time align the detected inhalations with the processed EMG signal; and
determine the neural respiratory drive measure based on the time aligned detected inhalations and processed EMG signal,
wherein the surrogate respiration signal is produced only from the first EMG signal.