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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
May. 29, 2009
Allen J. Keel, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian Jeffrey Wenzel, San Jose, CA (US);
Edward Karst, S. Pasadena, CA (US);
Wenbo Hou, Lancaster, CA (US);
Taraneh Ghaffari Farazi, San Jose, CA (US);
Timothy A. Fayram, Gilroy, CA (US);
Eric S. Fain, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Paul A. Levine, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Allen J. Keel, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian Jeffrey Wenzel, San Jose, CA (US);
Edward Karst, S. Pasadena, CA (US);
Wenbo Hou, Lancaster, CA (US);
Taraneh Ghaffari Farazi, San Jose, CA (US);
Timothy A. Fayram, Gilroy, CA (US);
Eric S. Fain, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Paul A. Levine, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Pacesetter, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Certain embodiments of the present invention are related to an implantable monitoring device to monitor a patient's arterial blood pressure, where the device is configured to be implanted subcutaneously. The device includes subcutaneous (SubQ) electrodes and a plethysmography sensor. Additionally, the device includes an arterial blood pressure monitor configured to determine at least one value indicative of the patient's arterial blood pressure based on at least one detected predetermined feature of a SubQ ECG and at least one detected predetermined feature of a plethysmography signal. Alternative embodiments of the present invention are directed to a non-implantable monitoring device to monitor a patient's arterial blood pressure based on features of a surface ECG and a plethysmography signal obtained from a non-implanted sensor.