Techniques for mitigating motion artifacts from implantable physiological sensors
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1. A method comprising:
- accessing a thoracic cavity of a patient;
controlling air pressure within the thoracic cavity of the patient via a vacuum to mitigate a risk of lung collapse during implantation of a sensor, wherein the sensor comprises a sound sensor;
positioning the sensor within the thoracic cavity of the patient;
securing the sensor to an inner wall of the thoracic cavity;
monitoring a physiological characteristic of a patient with the sensor secured to the inner wall of the thoracic cavity of the patient; and
sending a signal based on the monitored physiological characteristic from the sensor to a remote device.
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Abstract
Disclosed techniques include monitoring a physiological characteristic of a patient with a sensor that is mounted to an inner wall of a thoracic cavity of the patient, and sending a signal based on the monitored physiological characteristic from the sensor to a remote device.
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1. A method comprising:
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accessing a thoracic cavity of a patient; controlling air pressure within the thoracic cavity of the patient via a vacuum to mitigate a risk of lung collapse during implantation of a sensor, wherein the sensor comprises a sound sensor; positioning the sensor within the thoracic cavity of the patient; securing the sensor to an inner wall of the thoracic cavity; monitoring a physiological characteristic of a patient with the sensor secured to the inner wall of the thoracic cavity of the patient; and sending a signal based on the monitored physiological characteristic from the sensor to a remote device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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accessing a thoracic cavity of a patient; controlling air pressure within the thoracic cavity of the patient via a vacuum to mitigate a risk of lung collapse during implantation of a sound sensor; positioning the sound sensor within the thoracic cavity of the patient; securing the sound sensor to an inner wall of the thoracic cavity; monitoring sounds with the sound sensor secured to the inner wall of the thoracic cavity of the patient; and sending a sound signal based on the monitored sounds from the sound sensor to a controller of an implantable medical device implanted within the patient. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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