System for detecting, diagnosing, and treating cardiovascular disease
First Claim
1. A system for treating congestive heart failure in a medical patient, the system comprising:
- a first sensor, wherein said first sensor comprises a pressure transducer that generates a signal indicative of fluid pressure within a heart;
a signal processing apparatus that generates an instructive signal that instructs the patient to take an appropriate therapeutic treatment to control the pressure within the patient'"'"'s heart, based at least in part on the signal generated by the pressure transducer;
a patient signaling device that communicates the instructive signal indicative of the appropriate therapeutic treatment to the patient, wherein the patient signaling device generates at least two distinct signals distinguishable from one another by the patient, each said signal indicative of a different therapeutic treatment; and
a housing, wherein at least a portion of a device selected from the group consisting of one or more of the following;
said signal processing apparatus, said pressure transducer, and said patient signaling device, is contained within or disposed on said housing.
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Abstract
The invention provides improved apparatus and methods for treating congestive heart failure in a medical patient. The apparatus includes a pressure transducer permanently implantable within the left atrium of the patient'"'"'s heart and operable to generate electrical signals indicative of fluid pressures within the patient'"'"'s left atrium. The pressure transducer is connected to a flexible electrical lead, which is connected in turn to electrical circuitry, which in the preferred embodiment includes digital circuitry for processing electrical signals. The electrical circuitry processes the electrical signals from the pressure transducer and, based at least in part on those signals, generates a signal that indicates a desired therapeutic treatment for treating the patient'"'"'s condition. That signal is then communicated to the patient via a patient signaling device, following which the patient administers to him or herself the prescribed therapeutic treatment indicated by the signal.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for treating congestive heart failure in a medical patient, the system comprising:
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a first sensor, wherein said first sensor comprises a pressure transducer that generates a signal indicative of fluid pressure within a heart; a signal processing apparatus that generates an instructive signal that instructs the patient to take an appropriate therapeutic treatment to control the pressure within the patient'"'"'s heart, based at least in part on the signal generated by the pressure transducer; a patient signaling device that communicates the instructive signal indicative of the appropriate therapeutic treatment to the patient, wherein the patient signaling device generates at least two distinct signals distinguishable from one another by the patient, each said signal indicative of a different therapeutic treatment; and a housing, wherein at least a portion of a device selected from the group consisting of one or more of the following;
said signal processing apparatus, said pressure transducer, and said patient signaling device, is contained within or disposed on said housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for treating congestive heart failure in a medical patient, the system comprising:
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means for generating a signal indicative of fluid pressure within a patient'"'"'s heart; means for generating an instructive signal; wherein said instructive signal instructs the patient to take an appropriate therapeutic treatment to control the pressure within the patient'"'"'s heart, based at least in part on signals generated by the means for generating a signal indicative of fluid pressure; means for communicating the instructive signal indicative of the appropriate therapeutic treatment to the patient, and wherein the means for communicating the instructive signal generates at least a first signal and a second signal, wherein said first and second signals are distinguishable from one another by the patient, wherein said first signal indicates a first therapeutic treatment, wherein said second signal indicates a second therapeutic treatment, and wherein said first signal is different from said second signal. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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