Patent ID: 11883191
Assignee: CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 6:
7. The medical system of claim 1, wherein the physiologic information comprises respiration information of the patient, heart sound information of the patient, and activity information of the patient, and
wherein the assessment circuit is configured to:
detect an indication of worsening patient status using the received physiologic information of the patient;
determine a heart failure score of the patient using a combination of the received respiration information of the patient, the received heart sound information of the patient, and the received activity information of the patient; and
determine a diagnostic score indicative of a likelihood that the detected indication of worsening patient status is caused by heart failure or pneumonia using the determined pneumonia score and the determined heart failure score.