Patent ID: 8610583
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. An abnormality detecting device for a heart assist device, comprising: a user information acquiring means for obtaining user information that indicates an operation state of the heart assist device implanted in a body of a user or a biological state of the user measured by the heart assist device and associating said user information with time to store in a history information storing means; and an abnormal state judging means for referring to said history information storing means and judging whether or not an abnormal state is present based on a history of said user information, wherein said heart assist device comprises a liquid pump that is controlled by electric power such that a rotation speed is a desirable rotation speed, wherein said user information acquiring means acquires consumed power of said liquid pump as said user information, and wherein said abnormal state judging means judges whether or not the abnormal state is present in a flow path, based on a history of said consumed power of the liquid pump.