Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1993-11-15
1995-03-21
Sykes, Angela D.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
128671, 12820418, 12820423, A61B 50205
Patent
active
053986822
ABSTRACT:
A device for diagnosing sleep apnea by identifying desaturation and resaturation events in oxygen saturation of a patient's blood. The slope of the events is determined and compared against various information to determine sleep apnea.
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