US 7,572,225 B2
Sleep logbook
Jeffrey E. Stahmann, Ramsey, Minn. (US); Jesse W. Hartley, Lino Lakes, Minn. (US); Quan Ni, Shoreview, Minn. (US); Kent Lee, Eridley, Minn. (US); and John D. Hatlestad, Maplewood, Minn. (US)
Assigned to Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, Minn. (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/920,569.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/504229, filed on Sep. 18, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2005/0085738 A1, Apr. 21, 2005
Int. Cl. A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/103 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 600—484  [600/483; 600/529; 600/300; 600/595] 40 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated method for collecting and organizing information associated with sleep of a patient, comprising:
detecting sleep;
acquiring information associated with sleep, the information including a sleep-related event and one or more sensed physiological conditions of the patient associated with the sleep-related event; and
organizing the acquired information as an entry in a sleep logbook that maintains the association between the one or more sensed physiological conditions and the sleep-related event, the entry being one of a plurality of such entries in the sleep logbook for a corresponding plurality of sleep-related events;
wherein at least one of detecting, acquiring, and organizing is performed at least in part implantably.