Patent ID: 7920913
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for increasing accuracy of measurements produced using an implanted sensor implanted within a patient, where the measurements produced using the implanted sensor are affected by cycles of a cyclical body function, the method comprising: (a) obtaining an accurate measurement of a physiologic property for the patient; (b) using the implanted sensor to produce a plurality of measurements of a same physiologic property as the physiologic property for which the accurate measurement is obtained at step (a); (c) comparing the measurements produced using the implanted sensor at step (b) to the accurate measurement obtained at step (a) to thereby identify when relative to the cyclical body function the measurements produced using the implanted sensor are most accurate; and (d) configuring the implanted system to thereafter use the implanted sensor to produce measurements of the same physiologic property when the measurements produced using the implanted sensor are most accurate as identified at step (c).