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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Boulder, CO (US);
Inventors:
Mark Su, Boulder, CO (US);
Lockett Wood, Lyons, CO (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/029 (2006.01); A61B 5/0295 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/022 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/029 (2013.01); A61B 5/0295 (2013.01); A61B 5/7221 (2013.01); A61B 5/02416 (2013.01); A61B 5/022 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system is provided including a thoracic bio-impedance or bio-reactance (TBIR) analysis module, a photoplethysmograph (PPG) analysis module, and a cardiac output module. The TBIR module is configured to obtain TBIR information from a TBIR detector, and the PPG analysis module is configured to obtain PPG information from a PPG detector. The cardiac output module is configured to determine the cardiac output of a patient using the TBIR information and the PPG information.