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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Daniel C. Sigg, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Sarah Anne Audet, Shoreview, MN (US);
Tommy D. Bennett, Shoreview, MN (US);
Dwight H. Warkentin, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Inventors:
Daniel C. Sigg, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Sarah Anne Audet, Shoreview, MN (US);
Tommy D. Bennett, Shoreview, MN (US);
Dwight H. Warkentin, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/34 (2006.01); A61M 1/16 (2006.01); A61M 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/34 (2013.01); A61M 1/16 (2013.01); A61M 1/3669 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3344 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3523 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); A61M 2230/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical device system including a physiological sensor and ultrafiltration unit senses a physiological signal in a patient and computes a fluid status measurement of the patient using the physiological signal. Ultrafiltration therapy is delivered to the patient according to a therapy delivery control parameter established in response to the fluid status measurement.