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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Atrium Medical Corporation, Hudson, NH (US);
Inventors:
Greg Peatfield, Atkinson, NH (US);
Ted Karwoski, Hollis, NH (US);
Assignee:
ATRIUM MEDICAL CORPORATION, Merrimack, NH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/03 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/7267 (2013.01); A61B 5/036 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61B 5/7475 (2013.01); A61M 1/008 (2013.01); A61M 1/0019 (2013.01); A61M 1/0031 (2013.01); A61B 5/0816 (2013.01); A61B 5/4848 (2013.01); A61B 5/6852 (2013.01); A61B 5/7225 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3344 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3389 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); A61M 2210/101 (2013.01);
Abstract
Devices, computer readable programs and methods determine a patient parameter, including volume and/or flow rate of a fluid draining through a drain tube from a chest cavity of a patient, by using at least one pressure value at an end of the drain tube associated with a fluid collection canister and at least one pressure value within the drain tube at a location distant from the collection canister. The pressure values are processed with a non-linear solver to determine the patient parameter.