System and method for deriving relative physiologic measurements using an external computing device
First Claim
1. A system for deriving relative physiologic measurement values, comprising:
- an implantable medical device (“
IMD”
) operable to determine an absolute physiologic parameter value within a patient'"'"'s body, and communicate the absolute physiologic parameter value outside the patient'"'"'s body;
an external computing device operable to;
receive the absolute physiologic parameter from the IMD;
obtain an ambient condition value outside the body that can affect the absolute physiologic parameter value; and
calculate a relative physiologic parameter value from the ambient condition value and the absolute physiologic parameter value; and
a backend computing system operable to receive and store the relative physiologic parameter value from the external computing device.
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Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a system for deriving physiologic measurement values that are relative to ambient conditions. In one embodiment, the system comprises an implantable medical device (“IMD”) and an external computing device. The IMD is operable to determine an absolute physiologic parameter value within a patient'"'"'s body, and communicate the absolute physiologic parameter value outside the patient'"'"'s body, for example, to the external computing device. Further, the external computing device is operable to receive the absolute physiologic parameter from the IMD and obtain an ambient condition value outside the body that can affect the absolute physiologic parameter value. The external computing device then calculates a relative physiologic parameter value from the ambient condition value and the absolute physiologic parameter value.
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42 Claims
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1. A system for deriving relative physiologic measurement values, comprising:
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an implantable medical device (“
IMD”
) operable to determine an absolute physiologic parameter value within a patient'"'"'s body, and communicate the absolute physiologic parameter value outside the patient'"'"'s body;
an external computing device operable to;
receive the absolute physiologic parameter from the IMD;
obtain an ambient condition value outside the body that can affect the absolute physiologic parameter value; and
calculate a relative physiologic parameter value from the ambient condition value and the absolute physiologic parameter value; and
a backend computing system operable to receive and store the relative physiologic parameter value from the external computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for deriving relative physiologic measurement values, comprising:
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an implantable medical device (“
IMD”
) determining an absolute physiologic parameter value within a patient'"'"'s body;
communicating the absolute physiologic parameter value to an external computing device outside the patient'"'"'s body;
the external computing device obtaining an ambient condition value outside the body that can affect the absolute physiologic parameter value;
calculating a relative physiologic parameter value from the ambient condition value and the absolute physiologic parameter value;
communicating the relative physiologic parameter value from the external computing device to a backend computing system; and
storing the relative physiologic parameter value at the backend computing system. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A system for deriving relative blood pressure values, comprising:
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an implantable medical device (“
IMD”
) operable to determine an internal blood pressure value within a patient'"'"'s body, and communicate the internal blood pressure value outside the patient'"'"'s body;
an external computing device operable to;
receive the internal blood pressure value from the IMD;
obtain an ambient pressure value outside the body; and
calculate a relative blood pressure value from the ambient pressure value and the internal blood pressure value; and
a backend computing system operable to receive and store the relative blood pressure value from the external computing device. - View Dependent Claims (42)
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