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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jonathan Pitts Crick, Bristol, GB;
Geeske Van Oort, Nieuwleusen, NL;
Assignee:
Vitatron Medical, B.V., Dieren, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600547 ; 607-9 ;
Abstract
A device and method useful in the diagnosis and treatment of congestive heart failure. Specifically the present invention senses the trans-thoracic impedance as well as patient posture. By correlating changes in posture with trans-thoracic impedance changes, the present invention is able to diagnose and assess the degree of congestive heart failure. The present invention is described in the context of an implantable pulse generator system, but it may also be practiced in conjunction with various types of implantable devices.