Foundry Innovation & Research 1, Ltd.

Annette Kent

Hanson S Gifford, Iii

Conor M Hanley

Fiachra M Sweeney

Jeffry J Grainger

Mark E Deem

John R Britton

Patient fluid management systems, particularly for use in treating patients at various stages of heart failure, are disclosed. Disclosed systems employ vascular dimension monitoring sensors to provide accurate, early, real-time estimation of circulating blood volume as an input metric to the system control, allowing for more accurate modulation of treatment based on the patient's current fluid volume state.

Patient fluid management systems and methods employing integrated fluid status sensing

Systems and methods are disclosed that provide for regular, periodic or continuous monitoring of fluid volume based on direct measurement of an inferior vena cava (IVC) physical dimension using a wireless measurement sensor implanted in the IVC. By basing diagnostic decisions and treatments on changes in an IVC physical dimension, information on patient fluid state is available across the entire euvolemic range of fluid states, thus providing earlier warning of hypervolemia or hypovolemia and enabling the modulation of patient treatments to permit more stable long-term fluid management.

Systems and methods for self-directed patient fluid management

Systems and methods for patient fluid management

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Annette Kent