Patent ID: 8978643
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a sub-apneic ventilation target for a ventilator comprising the steps of: setting a ventilation target to an initial value; monitoring a patient's respiration for a duration; analyzing data representing the patient's respiration to detect events indicating an apneic threshold; if no events are detected, increasing the ventilation target and continue to monitor the patient's respiration for a duration; if events are detected, setting a sub-apneic threshold and reducing the ventilation target to substantially the sub-apneic threshold or lower to determine the sub-apneic ventilation target; wherein the determined sub-apneic ventilation target is such that chronic sympathetic activation of the patient is mitigated when ventilation is provided at substantially the determined sub-apneic ventilation target.