Patent ID: 8221327

Claim:
A method, comprising: sensing a first set of one or more physiological parameters using one or more first sensors of a first medical unit configured to operate outside a patient's body; sensing a second set of one or more physiological parameters using one or more second sensors of a second medical unit configured for operation inside the patient's body; identifying, based on one or both of the first set of physiological parameters and the second set of physiological parameters, a cardiopulmonary disorder affecting a patient as a breathing rhythm disorder or identifying, based on one or both of the first set of physiological parameters and the second set of physiological parameters, the cardiopulmonary disorder affecting the patient as a non-rhythm breathing disorder, wherein identifying the cardiopulmonary disorder as a non-rhythm breathing disorder comprises discriminating between chronic bronchitis, asthma, emphysema, pulmonary edema and at least one other pulmonary vascular disorder; and controlling a therapy delivered to the patient based on the identified cardiopulmonary disorder, wherein at least one of identifying and controlling are performed using circuitry.