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

Claim 15:
16. The method of claim 11, wherein the physiologic information comprises respiration information of the patient, heart sound information of the patient, and activity information of the patient, the method comprising:
detecting, using the assessment circuit, an indication of worsening patient status using the received physiologic information of the patient;
determining, using the assessment circuit, 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
determining, using the assessment circuit, 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.