Patent ID: 6277078
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An intrabody implantable system for long-term, real time monitoring of at least one parameter associated with heart performance, the system comprising:(a) a first sensor being implantable within a heart and being for collecting information pertaining to a pressure in a first cavity of the heart;(b) at least one additional sensor being implantable in a blood vessel supporting blood into or out of a second cavity of the heart, said at least one additional sensor being for collecting information pertaining to a pressure and a flow within said blood vessel; and(c) at least one device implantable in the body and being in data communication with said first sensor and said at least one additional sensor, said at least one device being for receiving said information pertaining to said pressure in the first cavity of the heart and said information pertaining to said pressure and said flow within said blood vessel and for relaying said information pertaining to said pressure in the first cavity of the heart and said information pertaining to said pressure and said flow within said blood vessel outside the body.