Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for cardiac function monitoring
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Application No.: US13794973Application Date: 2013-03-12
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Publication No.: US09675315B2Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: Zhendong Song , Xiaohong Zhou
- Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agent Evans M. Mburu
- Main IPC: A61B5/0215
- IPC: A61B5/0215 ; A61B7/04 ; A61N1/365 ; A61B5/0245 ; A61N1/362 ; A61N1/05 ; A61B6/12 ; A61B6/00

Abstract:
An implantable medical device that includes an elongated lead body having an outer surface and a first opening along the outer surface, a first sensor positioned along the lead body and configured to receive first acoustic signals through the first opening of the lead body and generate an electrical signal representative of sounds produced at a first targeted location along a patient's cardiovascular system, and a processor configured to determine an intensity of the first acoustic signals, and determine changes in blood pressure in response to the determined intensity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130289379A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CARDIAC FUNCTION MONITORING Public/Granted day:2013-10-31
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