MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING HEMATOCRIT AND SVO2
First Claim
1. An implantable medical device for monitoring a hematocrit level and a SvO2 level of a patient comprising:
- at least one medical lead including an optical sensor module that measures at least one hematocrit value and at least one SvO2 value using at least first, second, and third light radiation wavelengths;
a blood constituent determining device that obtains measured hematocrit values and SvO2 values, and that determines a present hematocrit level from said at least one hematocrit value and that determines a present SvO2 level from said at least one SvO2 value; and
a patient status determining device that determines a patient status by evaluating said present hematocrit level and said present SvO2 level, to derive a change of a condition of said patient, therefrom, and that makes said patient status or said change available as an output.
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Abstract
A method, an implantable medical device, and a computer-readable medium encoded with programming instructions allow monitoring of a hematocrit value and an SvO2 level of a patient, making use of at least one medical lead connected to an implantable medical device that carries an optical sensor module that measures at least one hematocrit value and at least one SvO2 value using at least first, second and third light radiation wavelengths, by determining a present hematocrit value from at least one of the measured hematocrit values and determining a present SvO2 value from at least one of the measured SvO2 values, and determining a patient status by evaluating the present hematocrit value and the present SvO2 value, to allow a change in the patient status to be identified.
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62 Claims
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1. An implantable medical device for monitoring a hematocrit level and a SvO2 level of a patient comprising:
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at least one medical lead including an optical sensor module that measures at least one hematocrit value and at least one SvO2 value using at least first, second, and third light radiation wavelengths; a blood constituent determining device that obtains measured hematocrit values and SvO2 values, and that determines a present hematocrit level from said at least one hematocrit value and that determines a present SvO2 level from said at least one SvO2 value; and a patient status determining device that determines a patient status by evaluating said present hematocrit level and said present SvO2 level, to derive a change of a condition of said patient, therefrom, and that makes said patient status or said change available as an output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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12. (canceled)
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31. A method for monitoring a hematocrit level and a SvO2 level of a patient in an implantable medical device connectable to at least one medical lead including an optical sensor module adapted to measure at least one hematocrit value and at least one SvO2 value by means of at least first, second, and third light radiation wavelengths, comprising the steps of:
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measuring hematocrit values and SvO2 values; determining a present hematocrit level by means of said at least one hematocrit value and to determine a present SvO2 level by means of said at least one SvO2 value; and determining a patient status based on an evaluating said present hematocrit level and said present SvO2 level, including deriving a change of said patient status. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. (canceled)
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62. A computer-readable medium encoded with programming instructions loadable into an internal memory of an implantable medical device that is connected to at least one medical lead that carries an optical sensor module that measures at least one hematocrit value and at least one SvO2 value using first, second and third light radiation wavelengths, said programming instructions causing said implantable medical device to monitor a hematocrit level and an SvO2 level, by causing said implantable medical device to:
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measure hematocrit values and SvO2 values; determine a present hematocrit value from at least one of said hematocrit values and to determine a present SvO2 value from at least one of said SvO2 values; and determine a patient status by evaluating said present hematocrit value and said present SvO2 value, including derivation of a change of said patient status.
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