Detection of congestion from monitoring patient response to a recumbent position
First Claim
1. A method of obtaining information related to congestion of a patient, the method comprising:
- monitoring a recumbent angle of the patient over a period of time; and
comparing the recumbent angle of the patient to a recumbent angle threshold, wherein the recumbent angle threshold is related to a congestive condition.
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Abstract
Systems and methods obtain information that allows detection of whether a patient suffers from congestion by monitoring a response of the patient to a recumbent position of the patient'"'"'s body. The patient may be monitored to determine a respiration pattern for a non-recumbent position such as standing and a respiration pattern for a recumbent position such as lying down. The two patterns may be compared, either by a processing device or a physician, to determine a difference in the two respiration patterns. Furthermore, the congestion may be inferred from detecting an amount of time that the patient spends in a recumbent position or from detecting the recumbent angle that the patient obtains, either of which is presumed to indicate whether a recumbent position presents discomfort to the patient due to the presence of congestion.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of obtaining information related to congestion of a patient, the method comprising:
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monitoring a recumbent angle of the patient over a period of time; and comparing the recumbent angle of the patient to a recumbent angle threshold, wherein the recumbent angle threshold is related to a congestive condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for obtaining information related to congestion of a patient, the system comprising:
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a reclination sensor that is configured to produce a signal indicative of a reclination of the patient; reclination circuitry that is configured to produce reclination data from the reclination signal; and a processing device that is configured to communicate with the reclination circuitry to determine a recumbent angle of the patient from the reclination data, and that is configured to compare the recumbent angle to a recumbent angle threshold that is related to a congestive condition. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for obtaining information related to congestion of a patient, the system comprising:
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means for determining a recumbent angle of the patient; and means for comparing the recumbent angle to a recumbent angle threshold that is related to a congestive condition. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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