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Method and apparatus for monitoring cardiac output of a patient in a home environment

  • US 9,326,735 B2
  • Filed: 04/23/2013
  • Issued: 05/03/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of determining a measure of the cardiac output, CO, of a patient with a monitoring apparatus, the monitoring apparatus comprising a hardware processing unit and one or more physiological sensors, the method comprising:

  • obtaining, with the processing unit, measurements of one or more physiological characteristics of the patient from the one or more physiological sensors, the physiological characteristics including at least the heart rate, HR, of the patient, the systolic blood pressure, S, of the patient and the diastolic blood pressure, D, of the patient; and

    processing, with the processing unit, the measurements to determine a measure of the cardiac output of the patient;

    wherein the measure of the cardiac output of the patient is derived using the relationship;

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