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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2005
Applicants:
Barbro M. Kjellstrom, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Kathryn E. Hilpisch, St. Paul, MN (US);
Edward Chinchoy, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Inventors:
Barbro M. Kjellstrom, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Kathryn E. Hilpisch, St. Paul, MN (US);
Edward Chinchoy, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medical device chronically monitors cardiac function in a patient. An input circuit of the medical device receives a pressure signal representative of a pressure sensed within a ventricle of the patient's heart as a function of time. A processor derives from the pressure signal a myocardial performance index based upon pressures in the ventricle. The processor then provides an output based upon the myocardial performance index.