Core body temperature monitoring in heart failure patients
First Claim
1. An implantable heart monitor, comprising:
- a. a blood pH level sensor for determining a blood pH level of a patient;
b. a bodily activity sensor for determining a bodily activity level of said patient;
c. a processing unit operatively configured to process data representative of said blood pH level and said bodily activity level of said patient, said processing unit further configured for calculating a relationship between said blood pH level and said bodily activity level and for generating an alarm message in response to a determination that said relationship is outside of a predefined acceptable range; and
d. a transmission unit for transmitting data representative of said blood pH level, said bodily activity level and an alarm message to said external monitor.
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Abstract
An implanted heart monitor includes sensors that measure various aspects of the heart failure patient'"'"'s heart. A remote heart monitoring system connects the implanted heart monitor to a care provider, such as a physician. The data provided by the implanted heart monitor permits the care provider to obtain valuable data on the heart in order to make health care decisions affecting the heart failure patient'"'"'s treatment. In many cases, the measurement of core body temperature and other patient data will enable the care provider to alter the patient'"'"'s treatment to address the patient'"'"'s condition. The implanted heart monitor can communicate over a wireless communication link with an external monitor. The implanted heart monitor may be implemented as part of a pacing device (i.e., pace maker) or may be a separate unit devoted to monitoring functions. The external monitor communicates with a monitoring station over a communication link. The monitoring station can operate as a centralized data collection unit, collecting data from multiple external monitors and multiple implanted heart monitors. Various other aspects of a heart failure patient'"'"'s heart and/or body can be monitored, such as heart rate, blood pH levels, blood CO2 levels, and any other indications of the heart failure patient'"'"'s activity. Various predetermined thresholds may be set to trigger alarms and/or data reports.
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17 Claims
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1. An implantable heart monitor, comprising:
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a. a blood pH level sensor for determining a blood pH level of a patient;
b. a bodily activity sensor for determining a bodily activity level of said patient;
c. a processing unit operatively configured to process data representative of said blood pH level and said bodily activity level of said patient, said processing unit further configured for calculating a relationship between said blood pH level and said bodily activity level and for generating an alarm message in response to a determination that said relationship is outside of a predefined acceptable range; and
d. a transmission unit for transmitting data representative of said blood pH level, said bodily activity level and an alarm message to said external monitor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6)
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5. The implantable heart monitor of claim 5, wherein said transmission unit is further operative to transmit said core body temperature.
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7. A heart monitoring system, comprising:
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a blood pH level sensor for determining a blood pH level of a patient;
a bodily activity sensor for determining a bodily activity level of the patient; and
a heart monitor operatively connected to the blood pH level sensor and the bodily activity sensor and configured to receive and process data representative of the blood pH level and the bodily activity level, wherein said data representative of blood pH level is processed and correlated into a core body temperature;
the heart monitor further being configures to generate an alarm message upon determination that a relationship between the core body temperature and the bodily activity level is outside of a predetermined range. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An implantable heart monitor, comprising:
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a. a CO2 level sensor for determining a blood CO2 level in a patient'"'"'s blood;
b. a bodily activity sensor for determining a bodily activity level of said patient;
c. a transmission unit for transmitting said blood CO2 level and said bodily activity level to an external monitor;
d. a processor operatively connected to the CO2 level sensor, the bodily activity sensor and the transmission unit, wherein the processor is configured to calculate a relationship between said blood CO2 level and said bodily activity level and generate an alarm message in response to a determination that said relationship is outside of a predefined acceptable range;
wherein said transmission unit is further operative to transmit said alarm message to said external monitor. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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