US 12,484,841 B2
Sleep monitoring
Anthony Sasse, Melbourne (AU); Cyril Jones, Melbourne (AU); Stephen Ratten, Melbourne (AU); and Owen Morgan, Melbourne (AU)
Assigned to BIOANALYTICS HOLDINGS LIMITED, Melbourne (AU)
Appl. No. 16/754,394
Filed by BIOANALYTICS HOLDINGS LIMITED, Melbourne (AU)
PCT Filed Oct. 15, 2018, PCT No. PCT/AU2018/000197
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 8, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/071291, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2017904161 (AU), filed on Oct. 13, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0196187 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/4806 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0004 (2013.01); A61B 5/002 (2013.01); A61B 5/14542 (2013.01); A61B 5/6819 (2013.01); A61B 5/682 (2013.01); A61B 5/6831 (2013.01); A61B 5/6832 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of monitoring a status of a body of a person during sleep, said method comprising:
retaining within a mouth of said body an intraoral body portion of a mandibular advancement device, the mandibular advancement device further comprising an extraoral anterior maxillary abutment portion mounted to the intraoral body portion via an extraoral member portion and an electronic detector being carried by the extraoral anterior maxillary abutment portion at a region directly below a nose of said body when the intraoral body portion is retained within said mouth, the extraoral member portion comprising:
a first arm portion extending from a central bore within the intraoral body portion, the first arm portion being threadedly engaged with a wheel positioned in the central bore such that adjustment of the wheel is configured to facilitate adjustment of an effective length of extension of the first arm portion external to the intraoral body portion, and
a second arm portion upon which the extraoral anterior maxillary abutment portion is mounted, the second arm coupled to the first arm portion via an extraoral adjustment means configured to angularly adjust the extraoral anterior maxillary abutment portion by adjusting an angle between the first arm portion and the second arm portion,
detecting indications of a state of said body via the electronic detector, said indications including at least an airflow into and/or out of said nose,
wirelessly transmitting a first data stream representing said indications to a data receiving means,
transmitting said first data stream from said data receiving means to a data processing means,
processing said first data stream within said data processing means to produce a second data stream representing said indications, or conclusion drawn from said indications, and
displaying a visual representation of said indications or conclusions.