Method and apparatus for monitoring the autonomous nervous...

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A61B 5/053 (2006.01) A61B 5/103 (2006.01)

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CA 2718717

A method and an apparatus for monitoring the autonomous nervous system of a sedated patient. The method comprises steps of providing a skin conductance signal measured at an area of the patient's skin through a measurement interval, calculating a characteristic of said skin conductance signal, establishing a first output signal indicating the state of pain or discomfort in the patient, and a second output signal indicating the state of awakening in the patient, based on said characteristic of said skin conductance signal. The calculating of the signal characteristic comprises calculating a value representative of a statistical dispersion, e.g., the standard deviation, of the values of the skin conductance signal through the measurement interval.

La présente invention un procédé et un appareil permettant la surveillance du système nerveux autonome d'un patient sous sédation. Ce procédé comporte plusieurs opérations consistant à fournir un signal de conductance de la peau mesurée sur une zone de la peau du patient au moyen d'un intervalle de mesure, à calculer une caractéristique dudit signal de conductance de la peau, à établir un premier signal de sortie indiquant l'état de douleur ou d'inconfort du patient, et un second signal de sortie indiquant l'état de réveil du patient, sur la base de ladite caractéristique dudit signal de conductance de la peau. Le calcul de la caractéristique du signal consiste à calculer une valeur représentative d'une dispersion statistique, telle qu'un écart standard, des valeurs du signal de conductance de la peau au moyen de l'intervalle de mesure.

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