Patent ID: 7945316

Claim:
A medical device system comprising: (a) a brain monitoring element for sensing activity of the brain and outputting a brain signal; (b) a respiratory monitoring element for sensing activity of the respiratory system and outputting a respiratory signal; and (c) a processor in communication with the brain monitoring element and the respiratory monitoring element, the processor configured to: (i) receive the brain signal and obtain information identifying one or more neurological events in the brain signal; (ii) receive the respiratory signal and obtain information identifying one or more respiratory events in the respiratory signal; and (iii) compare the brain signal to the respiratory signal, wherein the processor being configured to compare the brain signal to the respiratory signal comprises the processor being configured to perform the following: (a) for each of the one or more neurological events, determining whether said neurological event is within a specified time period of one of the one or more respiratory events; and (b) for each of the one or more respiratory events, determining whether said respiratory event is within a specified time period of one of the one or more neurological events.