STANDALONE SYSTEMIC ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING DEVICE
First Claim
1. An implantable monitoring device to monitor a patient'"'"'s arterial blood pressure and configured to be implanted subcutaneously, the device comprising:
- subcutaneous (SubQ) electrodes configured to obtain a subcutaneous electrocardiogram (SubQ ECG) that is indicative of electrical activity of the patient'"'"'s heart;
a plethysmography sensor configured to obtain a plethysmography signal indicative of changes in the patient'"'"'s arterial blood volume;
an arterial blood pressure monitor configured todetect one or more predetermined feature of the SubQ ECG signal,detect one or more predetermined feature of the plethysmography signal, anddetermine at least one value indicative of the patient'"'"'s arterial blood pressure based on at least one said detected predetermined feature of the SubQ ECG and at least one said detected predetermined feature of the plethysmography signal.
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Abstract
Certain embodiments of the present invention are related to an implantable monitoring device to monitor a patient'"'"'s arterial blood pressure, where the device is configured to be implanted subcutaneously. The device includes subcutaneous (SubQ) electrodes and a plethysmography sensor. Additionally, the device includes an arterial blood pressure monitor configured to determine at least one value indicative of the patient'"'"'s arterial blood pressure based on at least one detected predetermined feature of a SubQ ECG and at least one detected predetermined feature of a plethysmography signal. Alternative embodiments of the present invention are directed to a non-implantable monitoring device to monitor a patient'"'"'s arterial blood pressure based on features of a surface ECG and a plethysmography signal obtained from a non-implanted sensor.
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26 Claims
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1. An implantable monitoring device to monitor a patient'"'"'s arterial blood pressure and configured to be implanted subcutaneously, the device comprising:
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subcutaneous (SubQ) electrodes configured to obtain a subcutaneous electrocardiogram (SubQ ECG) that is indicative of electrical activity of the patient'"'"'s heart; a plethysmography sensor configured to obtain a plethysmography signal indicative of changes in the patient'"'"'s arterial blood volume; an arterial blood pressure monitor configured to detect one or more predetermined feature of the SubQ ECG signal, detect one or more predetermined feature of the plethysmography signal, and determine at least one value indicative of the patient'"'"'s arterial blood pressure based on at least one said detected predetermined feature of the SubQ ECG and at least one said detected predetermined feature of the plethysmography signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An implantable monitoring device to monitor a patient'"'"'s arterial blood pressure and configured to be implanted subcutaneously, the device comprising:
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a housing; subcutaneous (SubQ) electrodes configured to obtain a subcutaneous electrocardiogram (SubQ ECG) that is indicative of electrical activity of the patient'"'"'s heart, the subQ electrodes are attached to the housing; a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor configured to obtain a photoplethysmography (PPG) signal indicative of changes in the patient'"'"'s arterial blood volume, the PPG sensor comprising a light source and a light detector that are within, integral with or attached to the housing; an arterial blood pressure monitor, within the housing, configured to detect one or more predetermined feature of the SubQ ECG signal, detect one or more predetermined feature of the PPG signal, and determine at least one value indicative of the patient'"'"'s arterial blood pressure based on at least one said detected predetermined feature of the SubQ ECG and at least one said detected predetermined feature of the plethysmography signal; wherein the implantable monitoring device is configured to transfer the at least one value indicative of the patient'"'"'s arterial blood pressure to an non-implanted device; wherein the implantable monitoring device is not configured to pace the patient'"'"'s heart and not configured to defibrillate the patient'"'"'s heart; and wherein the at least one value indicative of the patient'"'"'s arterial blood pressure is/are indicative of diastolic pressure (DP), systolic pressure (SP), pulse pressure (PP), mean arterial pressure (MAP), a change in DP, a change in SP, a change in PP and/or a change in MAP.
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24. A non-implantable monitoring device to monitor a patient'"'"'s arterial blood pressure, the device comprising:
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surface electrodes configured to obtain a surface electrocardiogram (ECG) that is indicative of electrical activity of the patient'"'"'s heart; a non-implantable plethysmography sensor configured to obtain a plethysmography signal indicative of changes in the patient'"'"'s arterial blood volume; an arterial blood pressure monitor configured to detect one or more predetermined feature of the surface ECG signal, detect one or more predetermined feature of the plethysmography signal, and determine at least one value indicative of the patient'"'"'s arterial blood pressure based on at least one said detected predetermined feature of the surface ECG and at least one said detected predetermined feature of the plethysmography signal. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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