Ronald Edward Dean

Address:

15023 Madison Pike, Morning View, KY 41063

VIN:

KMHDU46D87U247434

Make:

HYUNDAI

Model:

ELANTRA

Year:

2007

US Patent:

20130289401, Oct 31, 2013

Filed:

Oct 12, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/878591

Inventors:

Michael Edward Colbaugh - Level Green PA, US
Ronald Dean Dean Fligge - Greensburg PA, US
Vijay Kumar Iyer - Export PA, US
Douglas Mechlenburg - Murrysville PA, US
Edmund Arnliot Shaw - Pittsburgh PA, US
Nathan Zimmerman - Murrysville PA, US

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. - EINDHOVEN

International Classification:

A61B 5/0488

US Classification:

600437, 600534, 600536

Abstract:

An apparatus for use in diagnosing the presence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in a patient includes a sensing module structured to measure a parameter indicative of a tremor in the patient's neck, tongue and/or throat muscles while the patient is awake, the parameter not being airflow through the patient's airway. The sensing module generates one or more electrical signals based on the measured parameter. The apparatus also includes a processor operatively coupled to the sensing module, the processor being structured to receive the one or more electrical signals, perform an analysis of the one or more electrical signals, and based on the analysis determine whether the transducer tremor has a frequency in at least one predetermined frequency range that is indicative of OSA.