Patent Document ID: 20150157275
Application ID: 14101663
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method of detecting respiratory distress in a patient, the computer including a processor, the method comprising acts of: monitoring patient data over a time period, said patient data comprising measures of respiratory rate and SpO 2 recorded simultaneously in a storage component; tracking said measures of respiratory rate and SpO 2 over said time period, individually, in corresponding least squares regression models; analyzing said least squares regression models of each of said measures of respiratory rate and SpO 2 to remove noisy deviation from respective said measures of respiratory rate and SpO 2 ; and identifying multiple segmented trends in each of said least squares regression models as one of an uptrend, downtrend, or neutral, wherein each of said trends in sequential combination establish a pattern; wherein said pattern triggers an alarm as an early warning system of patient distress and prevents false alarm fatigue.