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

Claim 15:
16. A method for monitoring a cardiovascular pressure in a patient using a pressure sensing device implanted in a pulmonary artery of the patient, the method comprising:
determining whether a first defined time for a cardiovascular pressure measurement has arrived;
in response to arrival of the first defined time, determining, whether the patient is in 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 pressure sensing device is implanted;
in response to a determination that the patient is in any target posture of the set of multiple target postures, measuring the patient's cardiovascular pre s sure using the pressure sensing device;
transmitting, via wireless communication circuitry of the pressure sensing device, the measured cardiovascular pressure to a second device;
determining whether a threshold number of pressure measurements have been taken;
in response to a determination that the threshold number of pressure measurements have not been taken and the determination that the patient is in any target posture of the set of multiple target postures, setting a timer for a first amount of time, the expiration of which defines a second defined time for cardiovascular pressure measurement; and
in response to arrival of the second defined time, again determining whether the patient is in any target posture of the set of multiple target postures.