Patent ID: 8798747
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A system adapted to be coupled to a body having external appendages including a finger, a toe, an ear, an arm, and a wrist, the system comprising: a non-invasive hemodynamic sensing device including at least a portion configured to be attached to one of the external appendages, the non-invasive hemodynamic sensing device configured to sense a hemodynamic signal indicative of at least a heart rate, produce hemodynamic data associated with the hemodynamic signal, and transmit the hemodynamic data; and an implantable medical device configured to be communicatively coupled to the non-invasive hemodynamic sensing device via a wireless communication link to receive the hemodynamic data, the implantable medical device including: wherein one of the non-invasive hemodynamic sensing device and the implantable medical device includes a parameter generator configured to produce the one or more cardiac performance parameters including the heart rate parameter using the hemodynamic data.