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Automatic and ambulatory monitoring of congestive heart failure patients

US8475387B2 · kind B2 · utility

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193References

16Claims

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Assignee

adidas AG · DE

Inventors

P. Alexander Derchak · Ventura, US
Gary Michael Lucia · Ventura, US
Lance Myers · Pacifica, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 18, 2007
Grant date	Jul 2, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 6, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2562/0219
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This invention provides methods for non-invasively monitoring patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) and for reporting and/or warning of changes in the patients' status. The methods gather physiological data and combine the data into parameters by which the severity of CHF can be judged. Preferred parameters include periodic breathing and heart rate variability. This invention also provides systems for carrying out these methods which permit patients to engage in their normal daily activities. Preferably, physiological data analysis is performed by a portable electronic unit carried by the patients.

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