System and method for analyzing cardiovascular pressure measurements made within a human body
First Claim
1. A system for analyzing cardiovascular pressure data within a human body, comprising:
- a sensor implanted at a location in the human body for measuring pressure data;
a communication device implanted in the human body and in wireless communication with the sensor for receiving the pressure data from the sensor in an uncalibrated form; and
an external data processing unit having a barometric pressure sensor and capable of wireless communication with the communication device for receiving the uncalibrated pressure data, wherein the external data processing unit is adapted to use real-time barometric data to calibrate the uncalibrated pressure data, and generate relative pressure data in real-time based on barometric and calibrated pressure data.
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Abstract
A cardiovascular pressure data analyzing system having one or more implanted pressure sensors, an implanted communication device in wireless communication with the sensor and an external data processing unit adapted to use real-time barometric data to calibrate uncalibrated pressure data received from the communication device. The external data processing unit can be portable, is in communication with a remote database to transfer the calibrated pressure data to the remote database, and is capable of providing reprogramming information to the communication device. A method of analyzing pressure data including gathering pressure data from an implanted pressure sensor in a human body, retrieving the pressure data through a communication device implanted in the human body, transmitting pressure data from the communication device to an external data processing unit, and calibrating the pressure data at the external processing unit to compensate for inherent characteristics of the sensor.
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28 Claims
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1. A system for analyzing cardiovascular pressure data within a human body, comprising:
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a sensor implanted at a location in the human body for measuring pressure data;
a communication device implanted in the human body and in wireless communication with the sensor for receiving the pressure data from the sensor in an uncalibrated form; and
an external data processing unit having a barometric pressure sensor and capable of wireless communication with the communication device for receiving the uncalibrated pressure data, wherein the external data processing unit is adapted to use real-time barometric data to calibrate the uncalibrated pressure data, and generate relative pressure data in real-time based on barometric and calibrated pressure data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of analyzing pressure data, comprising:
gathering pressure data at a pressure sensor implanted in a human body;
retrieving the pressure data from the pressure sensor by a communication device implanted in the human body;
transmitting pressure data from the communication device to an external data processing unit; and
calibrating the pressure data at the external processing unit to compensate for inherent characteristics of the sensor. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system for analyzing blood pressure data corresponding to blood pressure in a human body, the system comprising:
implanted sensor means implanted for collecting diagnostic information within the human body;
implanted communication means for collecting diagnostic information from the implanted sensor means; and
external data processing means for automatically receiving and calibrating diagnostic information from the implanted communication means.
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