Patent ID: 8065010

Claim:
A system, comprising: an implantable medical device including: a plurality of sensors adapted to sense a plurality of signals indicative of a plurality of cardiopulmonary conditions including cardiogenic pulmonary edema, obstructive pulmonary disease, and restrictive pulmonary disease; an implant processor, coupled to the plurality of sensors, to process the plurality of signals; and an implant telemetry module, coupled to the implant processor, to transmit the processed plurality of signals; and an external system communicatively coupled to the implantable medical device via telemetry, the external system including: an external telemetry module to receive the processed plurality of signals; and an external processor coupled to the external telemetry module, the external processor including a cardiopulmonary condition detector adapted to detect dyspnea based on at least one or more signals of the processed plurality of signals and detect the plurality of cardiopulmonary conditions based on the processed plurality of signals after the dyspnea is detected, the cardiopulmonary condition detector including at least a cardiogenic pulmonary edema detector, an obstructive pulmonary disease detector, and a restrictive pulmonary disease detector.