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Acoustic physiological sensor

  • US 20090124916A1
  • Filed: 01/13/2009
  • Published: 05/14/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a physiological sensor including a biocompatible body sized and shaped to be implanted within a subject to contact tissue, at least a portion of the body including a material having at least one physical property that changes in response to a physiological condition predictive or indicative of a tachyarrhythmia when that portion of the body is implanted in contact with the tissue, wherein the change in the at least one physical property occurs because of the contact between that portion and the tissue, wherein the portion of the body is sized and shaped such that the change in the physical property is detectable using acoustic energy to provide an indication of the physiological condition.

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