Title:
METHODS AND DEVICES FOR IDENTIFYING SUCTION EVENTS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2015/195916
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides for a method, control device (140), and implantable system (100), for acquiring a plurality of flow rate data points over time, each data point indicative of a flow rate of blood through an implantable blood pump (101), calculating, based on the plurality of acquired flow rate data points, a value characterizing one or more features (710, 720, 730, 740) of a waveform formed from the plurality of flow rate data points; and determining, based on the value, the presence or absence of a suction condition in the pump.
Inventors:
BROWN MICHAEL C (US)
VOSKOBOYNIKOV NEIL (US)
VOSKOBOYNIKOV NEIL (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2015/036430
Publication Date:
December 01, 2016
Filing Date:
June 18, 2015
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Assignee:
HEARTWARE INC (US)
International Classes:
A61M60/232; A61M60/422; A61M60/523; A61M60/546
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KOHN, David et al. (David Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP,600 South Avenue Wes, Westfield New Jersey, US)
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