Patent ID: 7664546
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: A61B,A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. A posture detection system, comprising: an implantable cardiac device; a patient-external respiratory therapy device comprising a posture sensor configured to be coupled to the patient; a processor and memory, the processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory; and a communications channel between the implantable cardiac device and the patient-external respiratory therapy device, the communications channel configured to transfer posture information between the implantable cardiac device and the patient-external therapy respiratory device, wherein processor execution of the stored instructions causes one or both of the implantable cardiac device and the patient-external respiratory therapy device to detect episodes of sleep disordered breathing, correlate detected episodes of sleep disordered breathing to postural positions based on the posture information, provide an output based on the correlation, and enhance subsequent detection of disordered breathing episodes using correlation relationships between postural positions and episodes of disordered breathing.