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DETECTION OF HYPOVOLEMIA USING IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE

  • US 20110004109A1
  • Filed: 09/14/2010
  • Published: 01/06/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for monitoring a body having a pulmonary artery and a cardiac wall, the system comprising:

  • an hypovolemia detection module configured to receive a pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) signal via wireless telemetry, the hypovolemia detection module including a signal processor configured to process the PAP signal and a hypovolemia detector configured to produce a diastolic PAP (DPAP) using the processed PAP signal and produce at least one of a hypovolemia detection signal and a hypovolemia prediction signal using at least the DPAP, the hypovolemia detection signal indicative of a detection of hypovolemia, the hypovolemia prediction signal indicative of an elevated risk of hypovolemia.

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