Patent ID: 11969233
Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method for monitoring a cardiovascular pressure in a patient, the method comprising:
measuring, by pressure sensing circuitry of a first device implanted in a pulmonary artery of the patient, a first set of cardiovascular pressures of the patient;
transmitting, via wireless communication circuitry of the first device, the measured first set of cardiovascular pressures to a second device;
determining, by the second device, a first set of postures of the patient;
thereafter communicating, by the second device, the determined first set of postures and the measured first set of cardiovascular pressures to a third device;
determining, by the third device whether, at a time of measurement of a given one of the measured first set of cardiovascular pressures, the patient's determined posture was any target posture of a set of multiple target postures, wherein the set of multiple target postures is defined by a location in the pulmonary artery in which the first device is implanted;
determining, by the third device, whether to store or discard the given measured cardiovascular pressure based on whether the posture was any target posture of the set of multiple target postures;
determining, by the third device, whether a threshold number of cardiovascular pressure measurements have been stored;
in response to a determination that the threshold number of cardiovascular pressure measurements have not been stored and the determination that the patient is in any target posture of the set of multiple target postures, setting, by the third device, a timer for a first amount of time, the expiration of which defines a second defined time for measuring a second set of cardiovascular pressures; and
in response to arrival of the second defined time:
measuring, by the first device, the second set of cardiovascular pressures of the patient;
determining, by the second device, a second set of postures of the patient; and
determining, by the third device, whether, at a time of measurement of a given one of the measured second set of cardiovascular pressures, the patient's determined posture was any target posture of the set of multiple target postures.