Determining a patient's posture from mechanical vibrations of the heart
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1. A method comprising:
- sensing heart sounds associated with activity of a patient'"'"'s heart using an implantable medical device;
discriminating a posture of the patient from among a plurality of postures from the heart sounds; and
providing an indication of patient posture to a user or process.
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Abstract
A system for determining a patient'"'"'s posture by monitoring heart sounds. The system comprises an implantable medical device that includes a sensor operable to produce an electrical signal representative of heart sounds, a sensor interface circuit coupled to the sensor to produce a heart sound signal, and a controller circuit coupled to the sensor interface circuit. The heart sounds are associated with mechanical activity of a patient'"'"'s heart and the controller circuit is operable to detect a posture of the patient from a heart sound signal.
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1. A method comprising:
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sensing heart sounds associated with activity of a patient'"'"'s heart using an implantable medical device; discriminating a posture of the patient from among a plurality of postures from the heart sounds; and providing an indication of patient posture to a user or process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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