Patent ID: 9597006
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A method in a monitoring system of monitoring a sedated subject using a logic processor, the method comprising: receiving digital data representing said subject's EEG signal at said processor; calculating an absolute amplitude difference (d using said processor to determine one or more burst onsets; using said processor to determine one or more suppression onsets; using said processor to determine one or more interburst or burst suppression intervals by comparing one or more burst onsets to one or more previous suppression onsets; using said processor to determine a mean burst suppression interval for a specified time length wherein said mean burst suppression interval indicates time between a burst onset and the previous suppression onset, regardless of burst duration; using said mean burst suppression interval to inform therapy for said subject to maintain said desired state of sedation; wherein said determination of said one or more burst onsets comprises detecting when an absolute amplitude difference (d