Patent ID: 7662101
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: A61B,A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. A medical therapy control system, comprising: an external respiratory therapy device comprising a first sensor system configured to sense a first set of one or more physiological conditions and a therapy unit configured to provide positive airway pressure to a patient; an implantable cardiac therapy device comprising a second sensor system configured to sense a second set of one or more physiological conditions and a therapy unit configured to deliver electrical stimulation to the patient's heart; a cardiopulmonary disorder processor coupled to the first and the second sensor systems and configured to detect rhythm breathing disorders, including at least apnea, and non-rhythm breathing disorders, including one or more pulmonary vasculature disorders, based on changes in the first set and the second set of sensed physiological conditions, the cardiopulmonary disorder processor configured to identify a cardiopulmonary disorder affecting a patient as a breathing rhythm disorder or a non-rhythm breathing disorder; and a therapy controller coupled to the cardiopulmonary disorder processor and configured to control a therapy delivered to the patient based on the identified cardiopulmonary disorder, wherein at least one of the cardiopulmonary disorder processor and the therapy controller are disposed within the implantable cardiac therapy device; wherein the cardiopulmonary disorder processor is further configured to detect one or more infectious pulmonary disorders based on the first set and the second set of sensed physiological conditions and to identify the cardiopulmonary disorder as the breathing rhythm disorder, the non-rhythm breathing disorder, or an infectious pulmonary disorder; wherein the one or more infectious pulmonary disorders comprise one or more of bronchitis, pneumonia, bronchiolitis, tuberculosis, and bronchiectasis; and wherein the cardiopulmonary disorder processor is further configured to identify the infectious pulmonary disorder as bronchitis, pneumonia, bronchiolitis, tuberculosis, or bronchiectasis.