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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Heartware, Inc., Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Inventors:
Zoe Demou, Miami, FL (US);
Antonio Luiz Silva Ferreira, Davie, FL (US);
Assignee:
HeartWare, Inc., Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/12 (2006.01); A61B 5/029 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/029 (2013.01); A61B 5/1118 (2013.01); A61B 5/14535 (2013.01); A61B 5/4845 (2013.01); A61B 5/686 (2013.01); A61B 5/7235 (2013.01); A61M 1/1086 (2013.01); A61M 1/122 (2014.02); A61M 2205/702 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides for each of a method of characterizing divergence of a monitored flow rate of blood through an implantable blood pump, and a method of predicting an upcoming adverse cardiac event using operating data of the blood pump, such as the characterized divergence data. Predicting an upcoming adverse cardiac event may be further based on similar operating data from a plurality of other implantable blood pumps.