Monitoring an interval within the cardiac cycle
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorLi Wang
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Abstract
Aspects of this disclosure describe measuring intervals within a cardiac cycle to, for example, determine whether a patient is a candidate for cardiac therapy initiation or modification. The intervals may be measured in response to a trigger identifying a physiological event. The intervals and an identification of the physiological event may be stored. A physician or clinician may determine whether the patient is a candidate for cardiac therapy modification based on the measured intervals.
Claims27
A method comprising:
- identifying, with one or more monitors associated with an implantable medical device (IMD) implanted within a patient, at least one physiological event;
- and
- measuring, with an interval measurement unit, an interval within a cardiac cycle for one or more cardiac cycles in response to the identification of the at least one physiological event to generate one or more measured intervals.
An implantable medical device (IMD) comprising:
- one or more monitors configured to identify at least one physiological event of a patient;
- and
- an interval measurement unit configured to measure an interval within a cardiac cycle for one or more cardiac cycles in response to the identification of the at least one physiological event to generate one or more measured intervals.
A system comprising:
- one or more monitors associated with an implantable medical device (IMD) configured to:
- identify at least one physiological event of a patient;
- an interval measurement unit configured to measure an interval within a cardiac cycle for one or more cardiac cycles in response to the identification of the at least one physiological event to generate one or more measured intervals;
- and
- transmit the one or more measured intervals;
- and
- the system further comprising a programmer configured to receive the one or more measured intervals and present the one or more measured intervals.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that cause one or more processors in an implantable medical device (IMD) to:
- identify, with one or more monitors, at least one physiological event of a patient;
- and
- measure, with an interval measurement unit, an interval within a cardiac cycle for one or more cardiac cycles in response to the identification of the at least one physiological event to generate one or more measured intervals.
A system comprising:
- means for identifying at least one physiological event of a patient;
- and
- means for measuring an interval within a cardiac cycle for one or more cardiac cycles in response to the identification of the at least one physiological event to generate one or more measured intervals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.