Patient monitoring system for congestive heart failure detection and related methods
OwnerKhai S. CHANGinventor
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Abstract
A patient monitoring system is for a patient, and may include a base and a frame extending upwardly. The patient monitoring system may include a weight sensor carried by the base, a pair of handrails carried by the frame to be grasped by the patient, and a pair of impedance sensors to be attached to the patient while the patient is on the weight sensor. The patient monitoring system may have a controller coupled to the pair of impedance sensors and the weight sensor and configured to sense a lung impedance of the patient, sense a weight of the patient, and determine whether the patient is experiencing CHF based upon the lung impedance and the weight of the patient.
Claims20
A patient monitoring system for a patient, the patient monitoring system comprising:
- a base and a frame extending upwardly therefrom;
- a weight sensor carried by said base;
- a pair of handrails carried by said frame to be grasped by the patient;
- at least one pair of impedance sensors to be attached to the patient while the patient is on the weight sensor;
- and
- a controller coupled to said at least one pair of impedance sensors and said weight sensor and configured to
- sense a lung impedance of the patient,
- sense a weight of the patient, and
- determine whether the patient is experiencing congestive heart failure (CHF) based upon the lung impedance and the weight of the patient.
A patient monitoring system for a patient, the patient monitoring system comprising:
- a server;
- and
- a patient monitoring device in communication with said server and comprising
- a base and a frame extending upwardly therefrom,
- a weight sensor carried by said base,
- a pair of handrails carried by said frame to be grasped by the patient,
- at least one pair of impedance sensors to be attached to the patient while the patient is on the weight sensor,
- a pair of electrodes respectively carried by said pair of handrails,
- a controller coupled to said at least one pair of impedance sensors, said weight sensor, and said pair of electrodes,
- said controller configured to
- sense a lung impedance of the patient,
- sense a weight of the patient, and
- determine whether the patient is experiencing congestive heart failure (CHF) based upon the lung impedance, and the weight of the patient, and
- a wireless transceiver coupled to said controller and configured to transmit the lung impedance of the patient, and the weight of the patient to said server.
A method of making a patient monitoring system for a patient, the method comprising:
- mounting a weight sensor on a base with a frame extending upwardly therefrom;
- mounting a pair of handrails on the frame to be grasped by the patient;
- providing at least one pair of impedance sensors to be attached to the patient while the patient is on the weight sensor;
- and
- coupling a controller to the at least one pair of impedance sensors and the weight sensor and configured to
- sense a lung impedance of the patient,
- sense a weight of the patient, and
- determine whether the patient is experiencing congestive heart failure (CHF) based upon the lung impedance and the weight of the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.