Patent ID: 9689866
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01N,G16H,Y10T

Claim:
1. A device for monitoring cardiac health comprising; a testing cartridge comprising a sample input and an assay for a brain natriuretic peptide in a sample taken from a patient who has hypertension; a brain natriuretic peptide detector that measures a level of a brain natriuretic peptide with the testing cartridge, and based on the measured level of brain natriuretic peptide, detects changes in the level of brain natriuretic peptide; a recorder that records a level of one or more biomarkers including the measured level of brain natriuretic peptide and patient input(s) regarding sign(s) and symptom(s) of a disease to set or refine a baseline level of brain natriuretic peptide for the patient; and a communication port connecting the recorder and the brain natriuretic peptide detector, wherein the communication port transmits a personalized recorded result or a personalized measured result based on at least the measured level of brain natriuretic peptide and the baseline brain natriuretic peptide level for the patient in combination with a patient's medical records, to a health care provider, provides feedback to the patient and alerts the patient to the patient's test results.