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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2010
Marc D. Feldman, San Antonio, TX (US);
John Porterfield, Edmond, OK (US);
Karthik Raghavan, San Diego, CA (US);
Jonathan W. Valvano, Austin, TX (US);
John A. Pearce, Austin, TX (US);
Marc D. Feldman, San Antonio, TX (US);
John Porterfield, Edmond, OK (US);
Karthik Raghavan, San Diego, CA (US);
Jonathan W. Valvano, Austin, TX (US);
John A. Pearce, Austin, TX (US);
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for determining tissue versus fluid components of an organ include a detector that generates a detector signal based on electrical signals derived from tissue and fluid. The apparatus includes a signal processor in communication with the detector which subtracts in real time a tissue component from the detector signal and produces a fluid volume signal. A method for monitoring a patient's fluid volume of a patient's organ. An apparatus for monitoring a patient's organ. A method for monitoring a patient's organ. A method to piggyback an admittance system onto a AICD/Bi-ventricular Pacemaker for a heart of a patient, in particular a weakened heart having features consistent with congestive heart failure. An apparatus for monitoring an organ, such as a heart, lungs, brain, skeletal muscle, and bladder of a patient which includes a detector which detects the admittance of the organ. The apparatus includes a transmitter in communication with the detector which transmits a wireless signal indicative of the admittance of the organ. A method for monitoring an organ of a patient includes the steps of detecting with a detector the admittance of the organ. There is the step of transmitting with a transmitter in communication with the detector a wireless signal indicative of admittance of the organ.