Patent ID: 7878198
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: A61B,A61M,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for determining the cardiovascular condition of a patient relative to a patient's sleep disordered breathing while treating sleep disordered breathing comprising the steps of: delivering positive airway pressure at therapeutic levels for treatment of sleep disordered breathing with a pressure delivery device, detecting and recording breathing-related events associated with the treatment of the patient's sleep disordered breathing, adjusting delivery of positive airway pressure based on detected events, storing information concerning the breathing and cardiovascular condition of the patient and delivered positive airway pressure over time, correlating the cardiovascular condition of the patient, the patient's breathing, and treatment of the patient's sleep disordered breathing, and determining changes to said patient's cardiovascular condition relative to changes in breathing and changes in delivery of positive airway treatment.