Patent ID: 6458086
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A blood flow monitoring system comprising:an implantable blood flow sensor; an implantable myocardial contractility sensor; a first microcontroller in communication with said blood flow sensor and said conductility sensor collecting data from said blood flow sensor and said contactility sensor, wherein the data is coupled with time stamp information; and a first radio frequency transceiver communicating the data and the time stamp information to an external monitor, said external monitor comprising: an elecmocardiogram sensor; a second radio frequency transceiver receiving the data and time stamp information; a third radio fluency transceiver transmitting the time stamped or synchronized information to a distant receiver; and a microcontroller coupled to said second and third transceivers and said electrocardiogram sensor, wherein said microcontroller synchronizes output from said electrocardiogram sensor and the data to calculate in combination at least two synchronized parameters selected from a group consisting of blood flow, heart wall motion and electrocardiogram.