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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Heartware, Inc., Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Inventors:
Michael C. Brown, Boston, MA (US);
Neil Voskoboynikov, Pembroke Pines, FL (US);
Assignee:
HeartWare, Inc., Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/10 (2006.01); A61M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/1086 (2013.01); A61M 1/1029 (2014.02); A61M 1/122 (2014.02); A61M 1/101 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3365 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides for a method, control device, and implantable system, for acquiring a plurality of flow rate data points over time, each data point indicative of a flow rate of blood through the pump, calculating, based on the plurality of acquired flow rate data points, a value characterizing one or more features of a waveform formed from the plurality of flow rate data points; and determining, based on the value, the presence or absence of a suction condition in the pump.