Patent ID: 8630811
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: A61B,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method of pattern recognition for classifying and evaluating the functional status of a patient with chronic disease comprising: determining a plurality of individual variable indexes (IVIs), wherein the value for each IVI is calculated, in part, from cardiopulmonary exercise test measurements gathered from sub-maximal exercise bouts, and wherein the exercise test measurements include Resting PetCO determining a plurality of weighted IVIs by multiplying each IVI by a weighting value for that IVI; calculating, by a computer system, a multivariable index score (MVI), wherein the MVI is the result of dividing the sum of the plurality of weighted IVIs by the sum of the weighting values for each IVI; classifying said functional status based on the MVI.