Detection of hypovolemia using implantable medical device
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1. A system, comprising:
- a physiological sensor adapted to sense a physiological signal indicative of a volume of circulating blood; and
an implantable medical device communicatively coupled to the physiological sensor, the implantable medical device comprising;
a signal processor adapted to process the physiological signal; and
a hypovolemia detector adapted to detect a hypovolemia using the processed physiological signal and to produce a hypovolemia detection signal indicative of the detection of hypovolemia.
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Abstract
An implantable medical device receives a physiological signal indicative of circulatory blood volume and detects hypovolemia from that physiological signal. In one embodiment, an implantable pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) senses a PAP signal, and the implantable medical device detects hypovolemia from the PAP signal.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a physiological sensor adapted to sense a physiological signal indicative of a volume of circulating blood; and
an implantable medical device communicatively coupled to the physiological sensor, the implantable medical device comprising;
a signal processor adapted to process the physiological signal; and
a hypovolemia detector adapted to detect a hypovolemia using the processed physiological signal and to produce a hypovolemia detection signal indicative of the detection of hypovolemia. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for operating an implantable medical device, the method comprising:
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receiving a physiological signal indicative of a volume of circulating blood; and
detecting a hypovolemia from the physiological signal using the implantable medical device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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