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

Claim 10:
11. A medical device for patient monitoring, the medical device comprising:
one or more processors;
non-transitory computer readable memory in electronic communication with the one or more processors; and
instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor one or more processors, to cause the one or more processors to:
receive an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal associated with a patient,
detect a change in a frequency modulation of the ECG signal between a first portion of the ECG signal and a second portion of the ECG signal, wherein the first portion corresponds to the patient breathing without resistance and the second portion corresponds to the patient breathing with resistance,
determine a change in respiratory effort of the patient based at least in part on the change in the frequency modulation,
determine a change in a respiratory condition of the patient based on the change in respiratory effort, and
generate an output indicative of the change in respiratory condition.