Patent Application
20220023515
n/a.
The present technology is generally related to a method and system of thermally stimulating a patient with an implantable controller for an implantable blood pump.
With the advent of fully implantable blood pump systems comes a controller that is implanted within the body of patient. The controller has an internal battery that provides power to the implantable blood pump. Like any controller with a battery, the controller gives off heat as it provides power to the pump. As the power increases, for example, in the presence of thrombus, more heat is transferred from the controller to the patient, which may cause discomfort and even pain.
The techniques of this disclosure generally relate to a method and system of thermally stimulating a patient with an implantable controller for an implantable blood pump.
In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method of cooling a patient with an implantable blood pump. The method includes measuring a temperature of an internal controller, the internal controller being in communication with the implantable blood pump. an alert is generated if the temperature of the internal controller exceeds a predetermined temperature threshold.
In another aspect of this embodiment, the alert instructs the patient to place a heating pad on a body of the patient.
In another aspect of this embodiment, the alert instructs the patient to place the heating pad on the back of a neck of the body of the patient.
In another aspect of this embodiment, wherein the alert instructs the patient to go to a hospital.
In another aspect of this embodiment, the predetermined temperature threshold is 39 degrees Celsius.
In another aspect of this embodiment, the predetermined temperature threshold is between 39 degrees Celsius and 43 degrees Celsius.
In another aspect of this embodiment, the predetermined temperature threshold is 43 degrees Celsius.
In another aspect of this embodiment, the method further includes communicating the measured temperature to an external controller in communication with the internal controller.
In another aspect of this embodiment, the alert is generated by the external controller.
In another aspect of this embodiment, the alert instructs the patient to thermally stimulate the back of a neck of the body of the patient.
In one aspect, a system for cooling a patient with an implantable blood pump includes an internal controller configured to be in communication with the implantable blood pump. An external controller is configured to be in communication with the internal controller, the external controller being configured to generate an alert if a temperature of the internal controller exceeds a predetermined temperature threshold.
In another aspect of this embodiment, the internal controller includes at least one temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the internal controller.
In another aspect of this embodiment, the internal controller is configured to communicate the measured temperature to the external controller.
In another aspect of this embodiment, the alert instructs the patient to place the heating pad on the back of a neck of the body of the patient.
In another aspect of this embodiment, the alert instructs the patient to go to a hospital.
In another aspect of this embodiment, the predetermined temperature threshold is 39 degrees Celsius.
In another aspect of this embodiment, the predetermined temperature threshold is between 39 degrees Celsius and 43 degrees Celsius.
In another aspect of this embodiment, the predetermined temperature threshold is 43 degrees Celsius.
In another aspect of this embodiment, the alert instructs the patient to thermally stimulate the back of a neck of the body of the patient.
In one aspect, a method of cooling a patient with an implantable blood pump includes measuring a temperature of an internal controller with a temperature sensor coupled to the internal controller, the internal controller being in communication with the implantable blood pump. The measured temperature is communicated to an external controller in communication with the internal controller. An alert is generated if the temperature of the internal controller exceeds a temperature greater than 39 degrees Celsius, the alert notifying the patient to thermally stimulate a back of the neck of the patient.
A more complete understanding of the present invention, and the attendant advantages and features thereof, will be more readily understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein:
It should be understood that various aspects disclosed herein may be combined in different combinations than the combinations specifically presented in the description and accompanying drawings. It should also be understood that, depending on the example, certain acts or events of any of the processes or methods described herein may be performed in a different sequence, may be added, merged, or left out altogether (e.g., all described acts or events may not be necessary to carry out the techniques). In addition, while certain aspects of this disclosure are described as being performed by a single module or unit for purposes of clarity, it should be understood that the techniques of this disclosure may be performed by a combination of units or modules associated with, for example, a medical device.
In one or more examples, the described techniques may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software, the functions may be stored as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium and executed by a hardware-based processing unit. Computer-readable media may include non-transitory computer-readable media, which corresponds to a tangible medium such as data storage media (e.g., RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory, or any other medium that can be used to store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer).
Instructions may be executed by one or more processors, such as one or more digital signal processors (DSPs), general purpose microprocessors, application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), field programmable logic arrays (FPGAs), or other equivalent integrated or discrete logic circuitry. Accordingly, the term “processor” as used herein may refer to any of the foregoing structure or any other physical structure suitable for implementation of the described techniques. Also, the techniques could be fully implemented in one or more circuits or logic elements.
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It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to what has been particularly shown and described herein above. In addition, unless mention was made above to the contrary, it should be noted that all of the accompanying drawings are not to scale. A variety of modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teachings without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention, which is limited only by the following claims.
