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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2022
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Pramodsingh Hirasingh Thakur, Woodbury, MN (US);
Michael J. Kane, St Paul, MN (US);
Jeffrey E. Stahmann, Ramsey, MN (US);
Keith R. Maile, New Brighton, MN (US);
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods to determine an indication of contractility of a heart of a patient using received physiologic information, and to determine blood pressure information of the patient using the heart sound information and the determined indication of contractility of the heart. The system can include an assessment circuit configured to determine an indication of contractility of a heart of the patient using first heart sound (S) information of the patient, and to determine blood pressure information of the patient using second heart sound (S) information of the patient and the determined indication of contractility of the heart.