Patent ID: 7890160
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A heart monitoring system comprising: an implantable medical device; a service center; a central data base; a user interface; said implantable medical device comprising said service center comprising another data communication interface configured to allow at least an indirect data communication with said implantable medical device wherein said another data communication interface is connected to said central data base and to said user interface; wherein said control unit is configured to initiate transmission of said collected data to said service center; said service center further comprising a data evaluation module connected to said data base wherein said data evaluation module is configured to evaluate data stored in said data base including data trending of stored data, wherein said data evaluation module is further configured to generate a decompensation indicator signal if a change in said DC thoracic impedance from said first electrode combination and said DC thoracic impedance from said second electrode combination show a preset increase and activity level shows a preset decrease and said breathing rate shows a second preset increase; and, said user interface and said data evaluation module are further configured to allow a physician to set for each data, trend trigger criteria that signifies detection of decompensation and wherein said data evaluation module is further configured to generate said decompensation indicator signal whenever a combination of trigger criteria are met by trended data.