Wireless diagnostic system for indirect flow measurement in artificial heart pumps
AssigneeDale J. Yeatts
InventorDale J. Yeatts
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed for optimizing management of one or more implanted artificial heart pumps. An example method includes wirelessly retrieving, via one or more portable diagnostic devices, data regarding the one or more implanted artificial heart pumps. The example method further includes analyzing, by a server device, performance characteristics of the one or more implanted artificial heart pumps based on the retrieved data. The example method further includes causing rendering of the performance characteristics. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are contemplated.
Claims20
A method for managing an external heart pump controller of an implanted artificial heart pump using a portable diagnostic device physically attached to the external heart pump controller, the method comprising:
- receiving data at the portable diagnostic device from the external heart pump controller via one or more electrical connections at a connector port of the portable diagnostic device, wherein the external heart pump controller is incapable of wireless data transmission, wherein the portable diagnostic device comprises a wireless transmitter, wherein the portable diagnostic device is configured to facilitate diagnosis of one or more faults of the implanted artificial heart pump, wherein the connector port is configured to physically attach the portable diagnostic device to the external heart pump controller, and wherein the connector port is further configured to facilitate transmission of data between the external heart pump controller and the portable diagnostic device;
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- initiating wireless transmission of the data from the portable diagnostic device to a server device via the wireless transmitter, wherein the data transmitted from the portable diagnostic device is indicative of one or more performance characteristics of the implanted artificial heart pump.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer program instructions stored therein for managing an external heart pump controller of an implanted artificial heart pump using a portable diagnostic device physically attached to the external heart pump controller, the instructions when executed by a processor are configured to cause the portable diagnostic device to:
- receive data at the portable diagnostic device from the external heart pump controller via one or more electrical connections at a connector port of the portable diagnostic device, wherein the external heart pump controller is incapable of wireless data transmission, wherein the portable diagnostic device comprises a wireless transmitter, wherein the portable diagnostic device is configured to facilitate diagnosis of one or more faults of the implanted artificial heart pump, wherein the connector port is configured to physically attach the portable diagnostic device to the external heart pump controller, and wherein the connector port is further configured to facilitate transmission of data between the external heart pump controller and the portable diagnostic device;
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- initiate wireless transmission of the data from the portable diagnostic device to a server device via the wireless transmitter, wherein the data transmitted from the portable diagnostic device is indicative of one or more performance characteristics of the implanted artificial heart pump.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.