Patent ID: 11872344
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A ventilator system for detecting and treating concurrent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) event(s) overlap syndrome, the ventilator system comprising:
a pressure generator configured to generate a pressurized flow of breathable gas for delivery to an airway of a subject;
one or more sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to one or more parameters related to the breathable gas; and
one or more physical computer processors operatively connected to the one or more sensors and the pressure generator, the one or more physical computer processors configured by computer readable instructions to:
detect presence of obstructive sleep apnea OSA event(s) and/or expiratory flow limitation (EFL) in the subject based on the output signals; and
responsive to detecting concurrent presence of the OSA event(s) and the EFL:
determine one or more OSA event(s) therapy parameters indicative of one or more of a first pressure, a first flow, and a first volume for treating the detected obstructive sleep apnea in the subject;
determine one or more EFL therapy parameters indicative of one or more of a second pressure, a second flow, and a second volume for treating the detected expiratory flow limitation in the subject;
determine a priority treatment based on a comparison between the one or more OSA event(s) therapy parameters and the one or more EFL therapy parameters; and

control the pressure generator to deliver the determined priority treatment to the subject.