Patent ID: 6454724
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An apnea monitor and alarm device for monitoring the breathing of a subject and for sounding an alarm in response to an interruption in breathing, said device comprising sensor means for sensing the cyclical rhythm of a subject's breathing, an alarm and first timing means for establishing a predetermined period of time during which said cyclical rhythm continues and means for arming said alarm in response to the passage of the predetermined time during which the cyclical rhythm continued, means including said sensing means for detecting an irregularity in the cyclical rhythm of the subject's breathing and second timing means for establishing a predetermined period of time during which the interruption in the cyclical rhythm of the subject's breathing continues and means for activating said alarm in response to the passing of the predetermined time during which the interruption in the cyclical rhythm of the subject's breathing continued and including means for deactivating the alarm and means for automatically reactivating the alarm in response to the passage of the predetermined time during which the cyclical rhythm has continued.