Monitoring device and method for operating a monitoring device

US8939904B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Michael Lippert · Ansbach, DE
• Michael Vollkron · Pressbaum, AT
• Gerald Czygan · Berlin, DE
• Stefan Paule · Scheßlitz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 4, 2011
• Grant date: Jan 27, 2015
• Expiry date: Mar 9, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/365
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A monitoring device for a patient for predicting a cardiovascular anomaly and a method for operating a monitoring device is provided. Furthermore, an implantable electrotherapy device, such as an implantable cardiac pacemaker, an implantable cardioverter, or an implantable defibrillator, having a monitoring device are also provided. In an embodiment, the monitoring device acquires a value change of a hemodynamic parameter, which occurs as a result of a detected value change of a state parameter, for example, as a result of an activation or deactivation of a cardiac resynchronization therapy. By suitable evaluation of the value change of the hemodynamic parameter, the monitoring device can output an evaluation result signal which is indicative of an imminence of a cardiovascular anomaly, such as a cardiac decompensation, long beforehand and with high specificity.