PRESSURE GRADIENT MEASUREMENT FOR DETECTION OF SHUNT STENOSIS

摘要

The present invention relates to an implantable medical device, including a structure implantable within a living animal, at least one transducer/sensing element attached to vasculature adjacent the structure; the at least one transducer/sensing element being operatively configured to indicate a parameter associated with blood flow by producing an output which varies as a function of the parameter; and a communication element operatively coupled to the output of the at least one transducer/sensing elements, the communication element being configured to communicate information based on the output of the at least one transducer/sensing elements wirelessly to a remote element located outside the living animal.