107 results about "SLEEP APNEA (device)" patented technology

A device for treating a patient suffering from obstructive sleep apnea or snoring can include an expiratory valve connected to a manifold. The expiratory valve can include a body portion including a feedback port configured to be connected to an air flow generator. The expiratory valve can include a plunger at least partially disposed in the body portion. The expiratory valve can include a pressurizing chamber positioned between an end of the plunger and an end of the expiratory valve. The pressurizing chamber can be configured to receive air from the air flow generator through the feedback port.

An improved treatment of obstructive sleep apnea is disclosed. A method and various device combinations are presented. The device combinations describe optimal adjustments to properly position a nasal pillow in each of a patient's nares. A novel swivel joint is described to which a nasal pillow is slip-fit over. The swivel joint prevents loss of a proper seal between the nasal pillow and nare which may otherwise occur as a result of head movement. Also presented is an improved obturator mouthpiece design which substantially eliminates air flow through the oral cavity resulting from leakage in the oropharynx.

A anti-snoring and anti-obstructive sleep apnea apparatus has a plate or metal frame tongue shelf splint to prevent the flaccid tongue falling back, a palate shelf splint projection to elevate the soft palate and prevents its vibration, incisors teeth receptacles or pockets sockets for jaw displacer to hold the mandible moved forwards, and to prevent it falling back held between the bite block, catheter-tubing to administer oxygen supplementation from the external source which reduces air turbulence and promotes nasal breathing, a submental suprahyoid muscle stimulator placed below the tongue, and above the mucous membrane. An injection port is provided to administer any therapeutic agents and local anesthetics to reduce the sensitivity of the tongue and oral cavity mucus membrane lining to the foreign objects. This device is used to deliver therapeutic agents to prevent and to treat halitosis and various diseases.

A CPAP device and a method for treating sleep apnea use a head appliance with an oral adaptor comprising a tube partially inserted in a person's mouth and a diaphragm applied over the tube against the mouth, such that the lips are formed into a tight seal with the tube. A nasal seal is described comprising two rollers to which a strap is attached, so that the nasal seal is easily put in place, adjusted and maintained by rolling the rollers on the nose sides or pulling the straps.

A system for treating a patient suffering from obstructive sleep apnea may include a mask, a portable air flow generator configured to generate air flow at a relatively low flow rate, and a tube connecting the air flow generator and the mask such that air flow from the generator passes through an air flow generator valve on the mask. The mask may include a contact surface for forming a seal between the mask and the patient's face such that the mask surrounds the patient's nostrils, an expiration valve that opens during expiration, and an air flow generator valve that opens during inspiration. In some embodiments, the mask may further include an inspiration valve that opens during inspiration to allow air from outside the system to enter the mask.

Disclosed herein are various methods, systems, an apparatuses for determining appropriate situations to treat conditions such as sleep apnea. At appropriate times, treatment can be applied such as through electrical stimulation to a person (e.g., an electrical stimulation of a person's genioglossus muscle in response to detecting that the person is undergoing an obstructive sleep apnea precursor event). In exemplary embodiments, a sensor such as a microphone and/or motion sensor can be used to provide a processor with data to facilitate a determination by the processor as to whether an electrical stimulus should be applied.

A device for supporting a flexible hose extending between an individual and a stationary base unit nearby, is disclosed. The support device flexibly supports the hose generally above the individual yet readily accommodates movement by the individual while maintaining communication between the individual and the base unit through the hose. The device is particularly adapted for use by individuals suffering from sleep apnea and who use units to assist in breathing while sleeping or resting. The device can be easily placed into one or more configurations so that it is hidden from view or transportable.

An anti-sleep apnea device having an elastic abdomen belt optionally with a fabric strain sensor, a first signal-processing unit for processing signals from the fabric strain sensor in response to the change of circumference of the abdomen, two electrodes adapted to be disposed on the user's wrist for releasing electrical pulses to an acupoint of the user, a second signal-processing unit associated with the electrodes, and wireless means for transmitting signals from the first signal-processing unit to the second signal-processing unit. The present invention also discloses a method for managing sleep apnea by applying electrical pulses upon an acupoint of the user.

Techniques and wearable appliances for monitoring bruxism, and/or for alleviating bruxism or sleep apnea related to bruxism are provided. In certain example embodiments, there is provided a custom teeth guard configured to be attached to at least some teeth in one of the upper or lower jaws, having at least two different non-zero amounts of padding arranged at positions located between teeth in the upper jaw and teeth in the lower jaw in accordance with predetermined strength of grinding of teeth at the positions. The custom teeth guard may be useful in helping to preempt apneic events and/or the like, e.g., by reducing the incidence and/or severity of teeth grinding.

The invention discloses a portable sleep apnea syndrome monitoring method and device and relates to the field of household medical equipment. The inconvenient use and high cost problems of the existing method and equipment are solved. The device comprises an electrocardio and respiration signal detector attached to the body of a user and a sleep apnea syndrome monitoring software based on intelligent terminal equipment, wherein the electrocardio and respiration signal detector comprises an electrocardio lead wire, an electrocardio signal detecting module, an impedance type respiration detecting module, an analog/digital conversion circuit, a processor and a wireless transmission module; an electrocardio detecting electrode and the lead wire are shared by an impedance type respiration detecting circuit and an electrocardio signal detecting circuit; the sleep apnea syndrome monitoring software on the intelligent terminal equipment realizes processing, storage, playback and display on electrocardio and respiration signals and real-time detection and alarm on sleep apnea and heart disease sudden events. Data transmission is carried out between the electrocardio and respiration signal detector and the intelligent terminal equipment.

A snoring prevention device prevents apnea symptoms and the like caused by snor-ing when a patient with severe snoring problem is sleeping, by using a dental guard having an upper jaw guard and a lower jaw guard so as to correct the upper jaw and lower jaw positions of the patient in order to prevent snoring during sleeping and specifically, the upper jaw guard and the lower jaw guard having a good comfortable fit, and an orthodontic state in which the upper jaw and the lower jaw of a patient from being artificially closed is avoided without applying an excessive force to a jaw joint such that sleep apnea and snoring can be prevented while enabling natural opening of the mouth.

The invention discloses an epidemic prevention respirator with a sleep apnea prevention function. The epidemic prevention respirator specifically comprises a bottom plate, an air source chamber, an air supply device and an inspiration mask, wherein the air source chamber is mounted at the top end of the bottom plate, universal wheels are fixed to the four corners of the bottom end of the bottom plate correspondingly, an air filtering chamber is formed in one side of the interior of the air source chamber, an oxygen generation chamber is arranged on the other side in the air source chamber, a first door body is hinged to one end, close to one side of the air filtering chamber, of the air source chamber, and a control panel is fixed to the side, close to the air filtering chamber, of the topend of the air source chamber. According to the epidemic prevention respirator with the sleep apnea prevention function, an air pressure sensor is arranged on the inspiration mask, the air pressure in the inspiration mask can be monitored in real time, once the head moves to cause air leakage of the inspiration mask during sleeping, the control panel can control a small inspiration pump to operate to perform air leakage compensation, unsmooth respiration of a user due to air leakage of the inspiration mask is avoided, and the use safety is higher.

The invention discloses a sleep apnea syndrome recognition device, and the device is characterized in that the input of a convolution kernel channel of a convolutional neural network is improved in a targeted manner, and electrocardio data and respiratory wave data are pre-processed to be served as the input of the neural network; an operation layer of a model is optimized, the number of convolution kernels is adjusted to be the relatively optimal number, the convolution stride is adjusted to be 2, and a Dropout layer is added in front of a full connection layer; and a model output layer is improved, the model is adjusted to be a binary classification result to be output, and a judgment result about whether the sleep apnea event occurs or not is obtained. According to the invention, the electrocardiogram data and the respiratory wave data are fused, so that the detection capability of the model is improved; the traditional LeNet-5 model is optimized, so that the sleep apnea syndrome recognition capability of the model is improved; and the model detection time is shorter than that of a deep neural network, so that the application cost is low, and the application range is wide.

The invention discloses a classified recognition device and method for sleep apnea hypopnea events. The classified recognition device for the sleep apnea hypopnea events is composed of a sensing unitand a circuit processing unit. The sensing unit comprises a piezoelectric sensor A, a piezoelectric sensor B, a piezoelectric sensor C and a sound sensor; the circuit processing unit comprises a charge amplifier, an analog-to-digital converter, a pre-amplifier, an audio encoder and a core processor. Physiological information collected by the recognition device in the monitoring process of the sleep breathing state does not cause sleep interference to a testee. Synchronous multi-channel non-contact signals can be obtained, various types of sleep breathing states can be effectively and meticulously divided, and the sleep breathing states can be found as soon as possible so that targeted measures can be taken in time.