[54] RESPIRATION DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS
[75] Inventors: Akio Yamanishi, Hyogo; Kenji Hamaguri, Osaka, both of Japan
[73] Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan
[21] Appl. No.: 95,296
[22] Filed: Jul. 21,1993
[30] Foreign Application Priority Data
Jul. 23, 1992 [JP] Japan 4-197085
[51] Int. CL« A61B5/08
[52] U.S. CI 128/633; 128/666;
128/716; 128/671
[58] Field of Search 128/633-634,
128/664-665, 666, 670-671, 716, 721-724;
607/62
[56] References Cited
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5,146,916 9/1992 Kallok et al 607/62 X
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US005385144A
[ii] Patent Number: 5,385,144 [45] Date of Patent: Jan. 31,1995
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
The Japanese Journal of Thoracic Diseases, Special
Edition, (vol. 30), Apr. 1992.
Primary Examiner—Angela D. Sykes
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Price, Gess & Ubell
[57] ABSTRACT
The object of this invention is to provide an extremely simple device to extract information to distinguish between obstructive apnea and central apnea and which performs this operation automatically based on the extracted information.
The device is equipped with analog signal processor 2 for generating pulse wave signals based on light received from a light emitting means and passing through or reflecting off living tissue; pulse wave base line analog signal processor 9 for extracting change components of a base line of the generated pulse wave signal; and master microcomputer 6 for distmguishing between obstructive apnea and central apnea on the basis of the extracted pulse wave base line change components.
11 Claims, 6 Drawing Sheets
