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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2007
Kent Lee, Shoreview, MN (US);
Jonathan T. Kwok, Denville, NJ (US);
Hugo Andres Belalcazar, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Jennifer Lynn Pavlovic, Afton, MN (US);
Ronald W. Heil, Jr., Roseville, MN (US);
Kent Lee, Shoreview, MN (US);
Jonathan T. Kwok, Denville, NJ (US);
Hugo Andres Belalcazar, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Jennifer Lynn Pavlovic, Afton, MN (US);
Ronald W. Heil, Jr., Roseville, MN (US);
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to systems, devices, and methods for detecting infections associated with implantable medical devices. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method of detecting infection in a patient including measuring a physiological parameter using a chronically implanted sensor at a plurality of time points and evaluating the physiological parameter measurements to determine if infection is indicated. In an embodiment, the invention includes an implantable medical device including a first chronically implantable sensor configured to generate a first signal corresponding to a physiological parameter and a controller disposed within a housing, the controller configured to evaluate the first physiological parameter signal to determine if an infection is indicated. Other embodiments are also included herein.