IMplantable devices and methods for monitoring COPD in patients
A patient and monitoring system technology, applied in the field of medical systems, can solve problems such as difficult patient compliance
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[0038] first go to figure 1 , an exemplary medical monitoring system 10 constructed in accordance with the present invention will now be described. The medical monitoring system 10 is configured for indirectly assessing the neurorespiration of a patient 12 suffering from a respiratory disease such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by monitoring aspects of the patient's 12 breathing over one or more breathing cycles. Drive (NRD). For example, the medical monitoring system 10 may track NRD by sensing biomarkers indicative of NRD (e.g., electromyographic (EMG) signals), and generating neural respiratory drive (NRD) indicators (values representative of NRD) based on the sensed biomarkers. NRD of Patient 12. The medical monitoring system 100 is further configured to predict the onset of an acute exacerbation of the respiratory disease of the patient 12 based on the generated NRD index value, and to warn / notify the patient 12 (or an accompanying person) if the onse...
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