Systems and methods for deriving relative physiologic measurements using a backend computing system
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; and
communicate the absolute physiologic parameter value to a backend computing system; and
the backend computing system operable to;
receive the absolute physiologic parameter from the external computing device;
obtain an ambient condition value outside the patient'"'"'s body that can affect the absolute physiologic parameter value;
calculate a relative physiologic parameter value from the ambient condition value and the absolute physiologic parameter value; and
store the calculated relative physiologic parameter value.
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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”), an external computing device, and a backend computing system. The IMD determines an absolute physiologic parameter value within a patient'"'"'s body, and communicates the absolute physiologic parameter value outside the patient'"'"'s body, for example, to the external computing device. Further, the external computing device receives the absolute physiologic parameter from the IMD and communicates it to the backend computing system. The backend computing system receives the absolute physiologic parameter value and obtains an ambient condition value outside the body that can affect the absolute physiologic parameter value. The backend computing system then calculates a relative physiologic parameter value from the ambient condition value and the absolute physiologic parameter value, and in some embodiments, stores the relative physiologic parameter value in a storage location, such as a memory or database.
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44 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; and
communicate the absolute physiologic parameter value to a backend computing system; and
the backend computing system operable to;
receive the absolute physiologic parameter from the external computing device;
obtain an ambient condition value outside the patient'"'"'s body that can affect the absolute physiologic parameter value;
calculate a relative physiologic parameter value from the ambient condition value and the absolute physiologic parameter value; and
store the calculated relative physiologic parameter value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. 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;
communicating the absolute physiologic parameter value from the external computing device to a backend computing system;
the backend computing system obtaining an ambient condition value outside the patient'"'"'s 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; and
storing the relative physiologic parameter value at the backend computing system. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. 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 outside the patient'"'"'s body;
an external computing device operable to;
receive the internal blood pressure value from the IMD; and
communicate the internal blood pressure value to a backend computing system; and
the backend computing system operable to;
receive the internal blood pressure value from the external computing device;
obtain an ambient pressure value outside the patient'"'"'s body; and
calculate a relative blood pressure value from the ambient pressure value and the internal blood pressure value; and
store the calculated relative blood pressure value. - View Dependent Claims (44)
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