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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2014
Applicant:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
John D. Hatlestad, Maplewood, MN (US);
Cal Roeske, Eagan, MN (US);
Loell Boyce Moon, Ham Lake, MN (US);
Jeffrey P. Cook, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/053 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61N 1/365 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/053 (2013.01); A61B 5/0535 (2013.01); A61B 5/0537 (2013.01); A61B 5/0809 (2013.01); A61B 5/416 (2013.01); A61B 5/6846 (2013.01); A61B 5/08 (2013.01); A61N 1/36521 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for monitoring pulmonary edema or other thoracic fluid status in a subject use thoracic impedance histogram information. An internal or external processor circuit receives the thoracic impedance histogram information and uses it to compute and provide a lung fluid status indication. The thoracic impedance histogram information can include a count, mean or median of a histogram bin or subrange of bins within the histogram range.