Patent ID: 11872030
Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the change in respiratory effort is a first change in respiratory effort, and wherein the method comprises automatically administering the drug to the patient, the method further comprising, by the one or more processors:
detecting a frequency modulation of a third plurality of R-waves from a third portion of the ECG signal based at least in part on automatically administering the drug;
comparing a frequency modulation of a second plurality of R-waves from the second portion of the ECG signal with the frequency modulation of the third plurality of R-waves from the third portion of the ECG signal based at least in part on detecting the frequency modulation of the third plurality of R-waves; and
determining a second change in respiratory effort of the patient based at least in part on the comparison of the frequency modulation of the second plurality of R-waves from the second portion of the ECG signal with the frequency modulation of the third plurality of R-waves from the third portion.