Subcutaneous device for monitoring and/or providing therapies
First Claim
1. A subcutaneously implantable device comprising:
- a housing;
a clip attached to a top side of the housing that is configured to anchor the device to a muscle, a bone, and/or a first tissue;
a prong and electrode structure comprising;
a first prong with a proximal end attached to the housing and a distal end extending away from the housing that is configured to contact a first lung;
a first electrode on the first prong that is configured to contact the first lung; and
a second electrode on the first prong that is configured to contact the first lung;
ora first prong with a proximal end attached to the housing and a distal end extending away from the housing that is configured to contact a first lung;
a second prong with a proximal end attached to the housing and a distal end extending away from the housing that is configured to contact a second lung;
a first electrode on the first prong that is configured to contact the first lung; and
a second electrode on the second prong that is configured to contact the second lung; and
sensing circuitry in the housing in electrical communication with the first electrode and the second electrode that is configured to measure an impedance in the first lung and/or the second lung, and/or a transthoracic impedance across the first lung and the second lung.
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Abstract
A subcutaneously implantable device includes a housing, a clip attached to a top side of the housing that is configured to anchor the device to a muscle, a bone, and/or a first tissue, and a first prong with a proximal end attached to the housing and a distal end extending away from the housing that is configured to contact a first lung. A first electrode on the device is configured to contact the first lung, and a second electrode on the device is configured to contact the first lung or a second lung. Sensing circuitry in the housing in electrical communication with the first electrode and the second electrode is configured to measure an impedance in the first lung and/or the second lung, and/or a transthoracic impedance across the first lung and the second lung.
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21 Claims
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1. A subcutaneously implantable device comprising:
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a housing; a clip attached to a top side of the housing that is configured to anchor the device to a muscle, a bone, and/or a first tissue; a prong and electrode structure comprising; a first prong with a proximal end attached to the housing and a distal end extending away from the housing that is configured to contact a first lung; a first electrode on the first prong that is configured to contact the first lung; and a second electrode on the first prong that is configured to contact the first lung; or a first prong with a proximal end attached to the housing and a distal end extending away from the housing that is configured to contact a first lung; a second prong with a proximal end attached to the housing and a distal end extending away from the housing that is configured to contact a second lung; a first electrode on the first prong that is configured to contact the first lung; and a second electrode on the second prong that is configured to contact the second lung; and sensing circuitry in the housing in electrical communication with the first electrode and the second electrode that is configured to measure an impedance in the first lung and/or the second lung, and/or a transthoracic impedance across the first lung and the second lung. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of measuring an impedance in a first lung and/or a second lung, and/or a transthoracic impedance across the first lung and the second lung using a subcutaneously implantable device, the method comprising:
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anchoring a clip of the device to a muscle, a bone, and/or a first tissue, wherein the device includes a housing and a first prong with a prong and electrode structure that is configured to contact the first lung and/or to contact the first lung and the second lung; transmitting a current from a first electrode of the prong and electrode structure that is configured to contact the first lung to a second electrode of the prong and electrode structure that is configured to contact the first lung and/or the second lung; and measuring an impedance between the first electrode and the second electrode using sensing circuitry in the housing to determine the impedance of the first lung and/or the second lung, and/or the transthoracic impedance across the first lung and the second lung. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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