RESPIRATORY TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSORS

• Main Authors: SCHINDHELM, Klaus, Henry, PANI, Michael Aleksander, FARRUGIA, Steven, Paul, GREEN, Paul Anthony
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 16.08.2023
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DIAGNOSIS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PHYSICS; PROSTHESES; SURGERY; TESTING; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

The present invention discloses an apparatus for assessing a condition of a patient comprising a patient interface, the interface for communicating a treatment generated by a respiratory treatment apparatus to the respiratory system of a patient; and a sensing module, the sensing module adapted for removable coupling with the patient interface, the sensing module including a collector to accumulate exhaled breath that is exhaled to the patient interface, wherein the sensing module further comprises an electrochemical sensor, the electrochemical sensor configured to sense a chemical accumulated by the collector and to generate a signal indicative of the chemical in the collector.