Detection of congestion from monitoring patient response to a recumbent position

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PATENT NO 7226422
APP PUB NO 20040073128A1
SERIAL NO

10267982

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Systems and methods obtain information that allows detection of whether a patient suffers from congestion by monitoring a response of the patient to a recumbent position of the patient's body. The patient may be monitored to determine a respiration pattern for a non-recumbent position such as standing and a respiration pattern for a recumbent position such as lying down. The two patterns may be compared, either by a processing device or a physician, to determine a difference in the two respiration patterns. Furthermore, the congestion may be inferred from detecting an amount of time that the patient spends in a recumbent position of from detecting the recumbent angle that the patient obtains, either of which is presumed to indicate whether a recumbent position presents discomfort to the patient due to the presence of congestion.

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CARDIAC PACEMAKERS INC4100 HAMLINE AVENUE NORTH ST PAUL MN 55112-5798

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Hatlestsad, John Maplewood, MN 7 209
Stahmann, Jeffrey E Ramsey, MN 483 23329
Zhu, Qingsheng Little Canada, MN 196 11802

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