Disclosed herein is a medical service personnel management system. The system includes an electronic device associated with a medical service person having access to a first location, a network interface disposed in the electronic device and configured to facilitate transmission of medical service personnel information through a network. The system further includes at least one server device disposed at a central location and communicatively coupled to the network. The server device comprises a processor, a memory communicatively coupled to the processor and comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor causes the processor to receive the medical service personnel information from the network interface via the network, receive a prescription for a patient, retrieve one or more prescription parameters from the prescription for the patient, automatically analyze the one or more prescription parameters and the medical service personnel information.
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A wearable medical device configured to monitor a patient for cardiac arrhythmias includes a water-resistant belt, ECG sensing electrodes, and therapy electrodes discrete from the ECG sensing electrodes. At least some of the ECG sensing electrodes and therapy electrodes are disposed on one or more common adhesive backings configured to be adhesively attached to the patient's torso. The wearable medical device also includes an elongated cable, including a removable connector, and a control unit configured to be removably electrically coupled to the electrodes via the removable connector. The control unit is configured to monitor a sensed ECG of the patient, and responsive to a detection of cardiac arrhythmia, provide at least one defibrillating pulse to at least one of the therapy electrodes. The control unit is housed in a waterproof case formed from a waterproof material that is sealed to prevent ingress of water during operation in a wet environment.
A wearable cardiac device for providing feedback during device assembly includes a garment configured to be continuously worn and an electrode belt including a plurality of assemblable elements. Each of the assemblable elements is configured for assembly into the garment prior to use of the wearable cardiac device. The plurality of assemblable elements includes electrodes configured to facilitate sensing electrical signals associated with cardiac activity of and/or deliver one or more therapeutic pulses to a patient. At least one of the plurality of assemblable elements includes respective local assembly feedback circuitry. Each respective local assembly feedback circuitry includes an assembly verification sensor configured to sense whether the respective assemblable element is correctly assembled into the garment and local assembly feedback indicator(s) locally disposed on the respective assemblable element and configured to provide a human-discernable feedback alert indicating whether the respective assemblable element is correctly assembled into the garment.
Hybrid ventilation apparatuses, systems and methods are provided. Some example mechanical ventilation apparatuses include a gas delivery system, at least one oxygen concentrator for generating oxygen enriched gas for delivery to a patient, at least one pressurized oxygen source for providing oxygen for delivery to the patient, and a controller. Based at least in part on an FIO2 setting for the gas to be delivered to the patient, the controller may determine an oxygen enriched gas flow rate of the oxygen enriched gas and a pressurized oxygen source flow rate of the oxygen from the at least one pressurized oxygen source, for the gas to be delivered to the patient. The controller may control the gas delivery system to deliver the gas to the patient in accordance with the FIO2 setting, the determined oxygen enriched gas flow rate, and the determined pressurized oxygen source flow rate.
An ambulatory medical device capable of delivering therapy to a patient is provided. The ambulatory medical device comprises at least one controller operatively connected to at least one sensor configured to detect a health disorder of the patient, at least one treatment element configured to deliver therapy to the patient, and at least one response mechanism configured to be actuated by the patient, the at least one response mechanism having one of a first state and a second state. The at least one controller being configured to delay delivery of the therapy to patient for a first predetermined period of time responsive to detection of the health disorder and the at least one response mechanism having the first state, and to deliver the therapy to the patient in response to continued detection of the health disorder, the at least one response mechanism remaining in the first state.
Devices, systems, and methods for providing patient wear compliance information are provided. For example, a medical device includes a plurality of electrodes configured to be continuously coupled externally to a patient and to monitor electrical activity on the skin of the patient. The system also includes at least one motion sensor configured to generate a motion signal based upon movement of the patient. The system further includes a processor configured to receive an electrical signal based on the monitored electrical activity, record a wear onset event based on the electrical signal and the motion signal, record a wear offset event based on one or more of the electrical signal and the motion signal indicating that the patient is not wearing the medical device, and output a graphical representation including information regarding the patient's wear compliance based on the recorded wear onset event and the recorded wear offset event.
A patient monitoring system includes at least one sensor configured to measure patient data including physiologic waveform data, a defibrillator configured to couple to the at least one sensor and including a touchscreen user interface, at least one processor communicatively coupled to the touchscreen user interface and configured to cause the touchscreen user interface to display the patient data including at least one physiologic waveform based on the physiologic waveform data, detect user input including a first user touchscreen input and a second user touchscreen input, define endpoints of a caliper based on the first user touchscreen input and the second user touchscreen input, wherein the endpoints of the caliper identify a particular portion of the at least one physiologic waveform, and cause the touchscreen to display a measurement of the particular portion of the at least one physiologic waveform based on the endpoints of the caliper.
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A61B 5/0205 - Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
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A wearable treatment device for monitoring physical activity and providing therapy to a subject includes a garment, cardiac sensing electrodes configured to detect cardiac information for the subject, at least one activity sensor configured to monitor at least one of motion or position for the subject, treatment electrodes configured to deliver treatment shocks to the subject, and a controller. The controller is configured to guide the subject through a physical activity, measure the subject's performance of the physical activity using the detected cardiac information for the subject and the monitored at least one of motion or position for the subject, monitor the detected cardiac information for the subject to identify whether the subject is experiencing a treatable arrhythmia, and determine a confidence level for an identified treatable arrhythmia using the monitored at least one of motion or position for the subject.
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A medical equipment management system is described that includes a database including status and software information for medical equipment, a user interface configured to display at least one summary level indicator comprising a summary level status indicator for at least one group of the medical equipment, wherein the group of medical equipment corresponds to a user-defined geographic region, and a computer located remotely from the medical equipment and communicatively coupled to the user interface and the database, the computer configured to establish a communicative connection with the medical equipment, receive status updates from the medical equipment, update the status information in the database based on the status updates, receive a request to access the database, and provide the updated status information for the group of medical equipment to the user interface, wherein the summary level status indicator at the user interface is based on the updated status information.
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DEPLOYMENT STATIONS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT AND GUIDANCE APPARATUSES
In one aspect, a deployment station for portable emergency medical treatment and guidance apparatuses is provided. The deployment station can include a first storage section for holding at least one emergency medical treatment and guidance apparatus that includes a plurality of medical supplies; a second storage section for holding at least one defibrillator including electronic circuitry to administer electrotherapy; a housing containing the first storage section and the second storage section, the housing including: a readiness indicator for indicating a readiness of the at least one emergency medical treatment and guidance apparatus and the at least one defibrillator based on obtained readiness information; and at least one processor and memory mechanically coupled to the housing and communicatively coupled to the readiness indicator.
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MONITORING PHYSIOLOGICAL STATUS BASED ON BIO-VIBRATIONAL AND RADIO FREQUENCY DATA ANALYSIS
A patient monitoring device includes an ECG sensor coupled to a patient, a sensor coupled to the patient and configured to detect bio-vibrational signals, and a radiofrequency monitoring device configured to produce information responsive to electromagnetic energy reflected from the patient's thoracic cavity. A processor processes the ECG signals, the bio-vibrational signals, and the radio frequency information to generate a plurality of physiological parameters of the patient. The processor also performs at least one of a predictive analysis and a trend analysis of the plurality of physiological parameters to determine a current clinical condition of the patient. The trend analysis includes determining a substantial relationship between changes in the plurality of physiological parameters. The processor can also compare the current clinical condition of the patient to predetermined clinically actionable criteria to determine one or more clinically actionable events and provide an output relating to one or more clinically actionable events.
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H04Q 9/00 - Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
An ergonomic and unobtrusive cardiac monitoring and treatment device for continuous wear includes a band configured to be worn about a thoracic region of a patient within a T1 thoracic vertebra region to a T12 thoracic vertebra region. The band includes a vertical span of between 1 to 15 centimeters along at least 50 percent of a length of the band and is configured to be immobilized relative to a skin surface of the thoracic region by exerting one or more compression forces. The device also includes electrodes and associated circuitry disposed about the band, one or more sensor ports for receiving one or more physiological sensors separate from ECG sensing electrodes, and a controller. The controller includes an ingress-protected housing and a processor configured to analyze ECG information of the patient, detect one or more treatable arrhythmias based on the ECG information, and cause delivery of electrotherapy.
An external ambulatory medical system configured to be worn by a patient and release a fluid to the patient's skin before providing therapy is provided. The medical system includes a garment configured to be worn about the patient's torso, a medical device controller configured to receive cardiac signals of the patient, and a plurality of therapy electrodes configured to be operably connected to the medical device controller and disposed in the garment. Each of the plurality of therapy electrodes includes a pressure source configured to provide a pressurized fluid to facilitate conductive gel deployment for the medical system. The pressure source includes a reservoir containing the pressurized fluid and at least one release mechanism configured to cause a release of the pressurized fluid from the reservoir to an exit port of the pressure source when the medical system is preparing to deliver a therapeutic shock to the patient.
Example defibrillator electrode assemblies compression assemblies are described that may be dimensioned and configured for use on a patient despite physical constraints that limit the area or locations on a patient onto which an electrode assembly may be placed. A cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) assembly is also described that protects a patient with a transthoracic incision from further injury during application of CPR compressions proximate to the incision.
In one aspect, a portable medical treatment and guidance apparatus for interactively assisting a user in treating a patient is provided. The apparatus can include: a housing having at least one compartment; a plurality of medical supplies housed within the at least one compartment; a user interface configured to provide an interactive query flow for assisting the user in providing medical treatment; at least one sensor adapted to detect removal of at least one medical item of the plurality of medical supplies; and at least one processor and memory mechanically coupled to the housing and communicatively coupled to the user interface, the at least one sensor, and communications circuitry.
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A system includes a guidance device that provides feedback to a user to compress a patient's chest at a rate of between about 90 and 110 compressions per minute and at a depth of between about 4.5 centimeters to about 6 centimeters. The system includes a pressure regulation system having a pressure-responsive valve that is configured to be coupled to a patient's airway. The pressure-responsive valve is configured to remain closed during successive chest compressions in order to permit removal at least about 200 ml from the lungs in order to lower intracranial pressure to improve survival with favorable neurological function. The pressure-responsive valve is configured to remain closed until the negative pressure within the patient's airway reaches about −7 cm H2O, at which time the pressure-responsive valve is configured to open to provide respiratory gases to flow to the lungs through the pressure-responsive valve.
A medical device capable of determining its location is provided. The medical device comprises a memory, one or more antennas, one or more processors coupled with the memory and the one or more antennas, a location manager component executable by the one or more processors. The location manager component is configured to receive first location information from a first location information source and second location information from a second location information source, to rank the first location information source and the second location information source according to a hierarchy of location information sources, the hierarchy of location information sources specifying that the first location information source is of higher rank than the second location information source, determine an approximate location of the medical device based on the first location information, and improve the accuracy of the approximate location based on the second location information.
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A61B 5/349 - Detecting specific parameters of the electrocardiograph cycle
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A system includes a processor coupled to a memory, the processor and memory configured to determine a proficiency level of a user of a rescue application based on stored data indicative of the user's proficiency level, and based on the user's proficiency level, select a level of operation for the rescue application. The rescue application is executed on a mobile device and configured to control operation of an AED. Each of multiple levels of operation for the rescue application allows the user a different degree of control over the operation of the AED. The processor and memory are configured to present, to the user, a set of instructions associated with the selected level of operation; and to enable control of the AED according to the selected levels of operation. A different set of instructions is associated with each of the multiple levels.
A system for removing device signals from surface electrical signals received from an ambulatory patient worn device is provided. The system includes a wearable cardiac monitoring device configured to be continuously worn by a patient. The wearable cardiac monitoring device includes signal generation circuitry to provide a device-generated signal having a predetermined frequency; a skin-contacting surface to inject the device-generated signal into a skin of the patient; an electrode to acquire the surface electrical signal from the skin of the patient; and processing circuitry. The surface electrical signal includes a device-generated signal and a physiological signal generated by the patient. The processing circuitry samples the surface electrical signal from the patient, identifies, based on the predetermined frequency, aliasing content generated by the device-generated signal within the surface electrical signal, filters the aliasing content generated by the device-generated signal to isolate the physiological signal, and provides the physiological signal.
Data samples derived from raw physiological data captured by sensors of a wearable medical device monitoring a patient's heart, such as a first ECG channel data sample, a second ECG channel data sample, and/or a cardio-vibrational data sample, are applied to a multi-tier machine learning engine to determine a cardiac condition measure traditionally calculated based upon information typically derived in a laboratory or clinical setting. A first tier of the multi-tier machine learning engine may analyze the physiological data sample(s) using first machine learning classifier(s) to obtain a first result. The first result may then be applied to second machine learning classifier(s) of a second tier of the machine learning engine, along with physiological metrics and/or patient clinical information, to determine the cardiac condition measure.
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A patient-coupled resuscitation device for use with a plurality of medical devices is provided. The resuscitation device includes a portion configured to provide treatment, a connector configured to connect the resuscitation device to one of a first medical device and a second medical device, and a housing including a memory and associated circuitry. The memory and associated circuitry is configured to store a device identifier to identify the resuscitation device; receive medical treatment information from the first medical device, the medical treatment information including at least one of: patient physiological data, patient characteristic data, and rescuer performance data; receive timing information of the medical treatment information from the first medical device; record the medical treatment information and the timing information; and transfer, upon detecting a connection to the second medical device, the medical treatment information and the timing information to the second medical device.
A wearable medical device is provided for monitoring a cardiac condition of a patient, where the device is releasably mounted to the patient's chest and includes at least two skin-facing electrodes forming a first one or more ECG leads for ongoing monitoring of heart functioning and at least one touch electrode for intermittently obtaining additional circuit vectors for deriving additional metrics regarding the functioning of the patient's heart. Each touch electrode is configured to form an additional lead/vector that is a larger vector and/or separated by at least 15° from a corresponding first lead/vector formed from the first one or more ECG leads in a vector cardiogram representation of the first one or more ECG leads and the additional lead/vector.
A61B 5/0245 - Measuring pulse rate or heart rate using sensing means generating electric signals
A61B 5/259 - Means for maintaining electrode contact with the body using adhesive means, e.g. adhesive pads or tapes using conductive adhesive means, e.g. gels
According to some aspects, a wearable device is provided. The wearable device includes a memory, one or more antennas, one or more processors coupled with the memory and the one or more antennas, a location manager component executable by the one or more processors and configured to determine a location of the wearable device, and a direction manager component executable by the one or more processors. The direction manager component may be configured to receive, via the one or more antennas, information descriptive of a location of the medical device, determine a path between the location of the wearable device and the location of the medical device, and provide information descriptive of the path.
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G16Z 99/00 - Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
G01C 21/16 - Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups by using measurement of speed or acceleration executed aboard the object being navigated; Dead reckoning by integrating acceleration or speed, i.e. inertial navigation
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Disclosed is a wearable cardiac therapeutic system including a plurality of therapy electrodes disposed in a garment and a fluid pressure source including a barrel configured to house the conductive gel and an actuation mechanism. A therapy controller is configured to detect an arrhythmic event in a patient based on sensed electrical activity of the patient's heart, initiate an activation signal indicating that the conductive gel is to be released on to the body of the patient, and cause the delivery of one or more electrical therapeutic shocks to the heart of the patient. Gel activator circuitry is configured to receive the activation signal from the therapy controller, and cause the fluid pressure source to expel the conductive gel onto the body of the patient proximate the one or more of the therapy electrodes and prior to the delivery of the one or more electrical shocks to the patient.
A serviceable wearable cardiac treatment device for continuous extended use by an ambulatory patient includes a garment, a device controller, and an ingress-protective housing. The garment is configured to dispose therein a plurality of ECG sensing and therapy electrodes to monitor for and treat a cardiac arrhythmia in the patient. The device controller is configured to be in separable electrical communication with the plurality of ECG sensing and therapy electrodes and includes an impact-resistant energy core, and first and second circuit boards affixed to opposing sides of the impact-resistant energy core. The impact-resistant energy core includes a frame and at least one capacitor permanently bonded to the frame to form a unitary mass. The ingress-protective housing is configured to enable removal of the impact-resistant energy core and the first and second circuit boards during servicing.
Systems and methods related to the field of cardiac resuscitation, and in particular to devices for assisting rescuers in performing cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) are described herein. The system includes an applicator device configured to provide ACD CPR treatment to a patient's chest according to a plurality of phases at least one sensor configured to be coupled to the patient's chest and to measure at least one parameter related to the ACD CPR treatment and information for determining whether at least one transition point of the ACD CPR treatment has been reached; and one or more processors configured to provide a feedback signal based on a parameter for administering ACD CPR treatment to the patient's chest according to a desired treatment protocol.
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A61H 31/02 - "Iron-lungs", whether or not combined with gas breathing means
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External Defibrillator System Configured with Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Rescue Treatment Guidance
An external defibrillator system including at least one chest compression sensor configured to obtain motion data indicative of chest compressions administered to the victim, an electrode assembly configured to be applied to the chest of the victim and obtain electrocardiogram (ECG) data, a capacitor configured to provide a defibrillation shock to the victim based on the ECG data, and at least one processor, configured to perform operations for analyzing the motion data and the ECG data to calculate chest compression parameters associated with treatment of chest compressions, determining a CPR treatment metric indicative of an overall CPR treatment, and generating a recommendation to change one or more chest compression parameters.
A61B 5/308 - Input circuits therefor specially adapted for particular uses for electrocardiography [ECG]
A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes ; Identification of persons
A61B 5/11 - Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb
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Systems and methods are provided for monitoring progression of a cardiac disease in a patient by providing cardio-vibrational image matrixes and/or ECG image matrices generated using sensor data supplied by a medical device. In some examples, cardio-vibrational image matrices and/or ECG image matrices are output as image files. In some implementations, systems and methods are provided for using such cardio-vibrational image matrices and/or an ECG image matrices, and/or other clinical information, using machine learning classifiers, to assess cardiac risk in a patient. In some implementations, systems and methods are provided for using cardio-vibrational image matrixes and/or ECG image matrices, and/or other clinical information for real-time analysis of cardiac risk.
A wearable therapeutic device to facilitate care of a subject is provided. The wearable therapeutic device can include a garment having a sensing electrode. The garment includes at least one of an inductive element and a capacitive element, and a controller identifies an inductance of the inductive element or a capacitance of the capacitive element, and determines a confidence level of information received from the sensing electrode based on the inductance or the capacitance. The wearable therapeutic device also includes an alarm module coupled with the controller and configured to provide a notification to a subject based on the confidence level.
A system for monitoring and/or reviewing transitions between types of medical treatment events provided for a patient during a rescue effort includes a medical device and a computing device. The medical device includes a chest compression sensor configured to receive time-correlated signals representative of chest compressions. The medical device is configured to generate a case file for the rescue effort comprising times of occurrence for a plurality of medical events. The computing device is configured to: receive the case file for the rescue effort, select and determine the time of occurrence for a first event of the plurality of medical events from the case file, select and determine the time of occurrence for a second event of the plurality of medical events, and determine a transition time between the time of occurrence of the first event and the time of occurrence of the second event.
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A wearable medical device is provided for monitoring the cardiac health of a patient, for example, for indications of cardiac anomalies, where the device includes ECG sensors in electrical contact with the patient’s body, therapy electrodes for providing electrical therapy to the patient’s heart, and a control unit having at least one touch control with force sensor disposed on its housing for contacting with a finger. Signals from the touch control may be analyzed to identify force application below a first force threshold and at or above a second force threshold below the first force threshold, and, responsive to detecting such application of force, user input may be registered. User inputs to the at least one touch control may be used to delay therapy by the therapy electrodes.
Medical techniques include systems and methods for administering a positive pressure ventilation, a positive end expiratory pressure, and a vacuum to a person. Approaches also include treating a person with an intrathoracic pressure regulator so as to modulate or upregulate the autonomic system of the person, and treating a person with a combination of an intrathoracic pressure regulation treatment and an intra-aortic balloon pump treatment.
Among other things, in one aspect, we describe a system for assisting with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The system includes at least one sensor; and one or more processors configured for calculating a chest compliance relationship based on data received from the at least one sensor, and determining a neutral position of chest compression based at least in part on a feature of the chest compliance relationship. The system can take the form of an active compression-decompression device.
A61H 31/00 - Artificial respiration or heart stimulation, e.g. heart massage
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G16H 20/40 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
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Patient-Specific Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Ramp Up Protocols
A system for administering patient-specific chest compressions includes an automated chest compressor configured to be applied to the chest of the patient to administer chest compressions to the patient; at least one force sensor configured to sense force information for force exerted on the patient by the chest compressor from the applied chest compressions; and at least one processor and memory communicatively coupled with the chest compressor and the at least one force sensor. The at least one processor and memory are configured to control the chest compressor to administer the chest compressions over an initial compression period according to an initial compression protocol. The initial compression protocol includes a plurality of chest compressions of increasing scheduled depths with a first compression at an initial depth and a final compression at a final target depth greater in magnitude than the initial depth.
A patient management system for generating customized patient reports for users is provided. The system includes communications circuitry configured to receive first physiological data from a plurality of monitoring medical devices and receive second physiological data from a plurality of therapeutic medical devices. The system also includes at least one processor configured to perform instructions configured to cause the at least one processor to receive a selection from an end user regarding a customized report on at least one of the first physiological data from the plurality of monitoring medical devices or the second physiological data from the plurality of therapeutic medical devices, determine at least one information field for the customized report based on an access level of the end user, and compile the customized report including the at least one information field and using the at least one of the first physiological data or the second physiological data.
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A61M 16/00 - Devices for influencing the respiratory system of patients by gas treatment, e.g. mouth-to-mouth respiration; Tracheal tubes
Systems for detecting contact between an electrode and a patient's skin using one or more contact detection schemes are provided. An example system can include an electrode assembly comprising at least one electrode configured to be disposed substantially proximate to the patient's skin and configured to at least one of sense an ECG signal of the patient and provide one or more therapeutic pulses to the patient, one or more sensors disposed on the electrode assembly and isolated from the electrode, the sensors configured to measure one or more properties to determine contact between the electrode and the patient's skin, and a controller configured to receive data representing the measured one or more properties and determine, based at least in part on the received data, whether the electrode is in contact with the patient's skin. The sensors can include temperature, impedance, capacitance, optical, and other similar sensors.
In one example, an ambulatory medical device is provided. The ambulatory medical device includes a plurality of subsystems, at least one sensor configured to acquire data descriptive of a patient, a user interface and at least one processor coupled to the at least one sensor and the user interface. The at least one processor is configured to identify subsystem status information descriptive of an operational status of each subsystem of the plurality of subsystems and to provide a device health report for the ambulatory medical device via the user interface, the device health report being based on the operational status of each subsystem.
A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes ; Identification of persons
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A wearable therapeutic device is provided. The wearable therapeutic device includes a garment, and the garment includes an electrode and a conductive thread. A control unit is coupled to the conductive thread and identifies an electrical connection between a conductive surface of the electrode and the conductive thread, and an alarm module can provide information about the positioning of the electrode in the garment based on the electrical connection.
A patient-worn ambulatory cardiac monitoring device for monitoring a patient during a patient activity includes at least one physiological sensor configured to detect signals indicative of cardiac activity, an activity sensor and associated circuitry configured to monitor patient movements, and a vibrational sensor configured to monitor a cardio-vibrational signal of the patient. The at least one physiological sensor can include one of an ECG sensor and a heart rate sensor. At least one processor in communication with the at least one physiological sensor, the activity sensor, and the vibrational sensor, is configured to measure, during the patient activity, at least one time interval between an ECG fiducial point in an ECG signal and a cardio-vibrational fiducial point in the cardio-vibrational signal during a cardiac cycle of the patient’s heart.
In an illustrative embodiment, a system for providing automation and virtual assistance to medical claims processing includes a predictive analytics platform configured to receive patient information for a medical claim from a claims processing system, cross-reference the patient information with stored data to identify a patient record, apply the patient information to machine learning classifier(s) to estimate a likelihood of match between the patient information and the patient record, provide patient record information to the claims system, receive claims data from the claims system, access, from a data universe, requirements corresponding to a payer corresponding to the medical claim, the requirements having been generated through training machine learning classifier(s) with claims data corresponding to claims denied by the payer, verify the claims data in view of the requirements, and provide an indication of missing claims information and/or invalid claims information to the claims system.
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MEDICAL DEVICE INTEGRATED WITH PORTABLE DISPLAY AND FUNCTIONALITY
A system is provided for integrating at least one portable computing device with a resuscitative medical device such as a defibrillator. The system may include a carrying case coupled to the resuscitative medical device. The carrying case may include a storage space for the at least one portable computing device and a wireless charging system for charging the at least one portable computing device. The system may be configured to enable secure data transfer between each of the devices, including data communication and data storage. A processor of the resuscitative medical device may be configured to activate the wireless charging system and charge the at least one portable computing device under certain circumstances. The processor may further be configured to prioritize or optimize charging and data transfer between the resuscitative medical device and each of multiple portable computing devices.
A system for tracking and management of emergency medical services (EMS) responses includes one or more servers configured to assign two or more EMS responses of a plurality of EMS responses corresponding to a plurality of incidences to an EMS vehicle, wherein a first EMS response of the two or more EMS responses is an emergency patient transport and another EMS response of the two or more EMS responses is a pre-scheduled patient transport, provide a user interface comprising a map comprising location information for the two or more EMS responses, receive location information updates for the EMS vehicle, update the map and a status of the EMS vehicle at the user interface based on the location information updates, and store a status history for the EMS vehicle.
A system and method for conservation of battery power in a portable medical device is provided. In one example, a processor arrangement includes a dual core processor having an ARM core and a DSP core. The portable medical device includes a monitor having the dual core processor, in communication with a belt node processor. The DSP core receives physiological data from the physiological sensor and sends the physiological data to the ARM core. The ARM core analyzes the physiological data to determine if a treatment sequence is necessary. The DSP core receives physiological data from the at least one physiological sensor and sends the physiological data to the ARM core, and also analyzes the physiological data to determine proper timing of the treatment sequence by the at least one therapy delivery device to synchronize at least one pulse of the treatment sequence with the physiological data.
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A wearable medical monitoring device is configured to manage drive booting. The wearable medical monitoring device includes a plurality of ECG electrodes configured to sense ECG signals from a patient, a plurality of therapy pads configured to deliver one or more therapeutic shocks, and a monitor operably connected to the plurality of ECG electrodes and the plurality of therapy pads. The monitor includes at least one processor and a supervisory circuit configured to monitor a state of the at least one processor when the at least one processor is configured to boot from a current drive. The supervisory circuit is configured to control the at least one processor to boot from an alternative drive different from the current drive based on the state of the at least one processor.
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A wearable defibrillator configured to provide changing alarms. The wearable defibrillator includes one or more physiological sensors including one or more ECG electrodes, one or more defibrillator electrodes, and a wearable medical device controller including a memory and at least processor coupled to the memory. The at least one processor is configured to monitor ECG signals from the one or more ECG electrodes, detect a cardiac abnormality in the patient based on the ECG signals, issue an alarm in response to detecting an event of interest, determine that no predetermined response to the issued alarm has been received, analyze information relating to historical alarms issued to the patient and historical patient responses to alarms stored in the memory to determine a patient tendency towards a particular alarm response pattern, and change the issued alarm according to the determined patient tendency towards the particular alarm response pattern.
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An ambulatory medical device comprises: a sensing component to be disposed on a patient for detecting a physiological signal of the patient; and monitoring and self-test circuitry configured for detecting a triggering event and initiating one or more self-tests based on detection of the triggering event. The ambulatory medical device senses the physiological signal of the patient substantially continuously over an extended period of time.
An external defibrillator system includes one or more compression sensors; one or more physiological sensors; and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to: receive and process chest compression signals and physiological signals from the sensors, determine values for chest compression depth and/or chest compression rate based on the received chest compression signals, determine a trend of at least one physiological parameter over a period comprising multiple chest compressions based on the received physiological signals, adjust a target chest compression depth and/or target chest compression rate based on the determined trend of the at least one physiological parameter, compare the determined values for chest compression depth and/or chest compression rate to the adjusted target compression depth and/or the adjusted target compression rate, and provide feedback about the quality of chest compressions performed on the patient.
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A remote alarm for use with a wearable medical device. The remote alarm is configured to receive alarms, voice messages and prompts issued by the wearable medical device and to repeat those alarms, voice messages and prompts in a manner that can more easily be perceived by a patient wearing the wearable medical device or a bystander. The remote alarm can be configured to receive a communication from the wearable medical device, and in response, to identify one or more messages to be provided to the patient or a bystander. The messages may be provided audibly, visually, tactilely or combinations thereof. The remote alarm may further be configured to take certain actions depending upon the content of the communication, such as sending a telephone message to alert emergency personnel to the identity, location and medical condition of the patient, or sending an email.
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An ambulatory medical device is provided. The ambulatory medical device includes at least one sensor configured to acquire data descriptive of a patient, a memory, a user interface, and at least one processor coupled with the memory, the at least one sensor, and the user interface. The at least one processor is configured to determine whether the ambulatory medical device is within a predefined range of a reference location and to initiate location-specific processing in response to determining that the ambulatory medical device is within the predefined range. The location-specific processing includes at least one of issuing a notification and adapting the user interface.
Embodiments of the present invention include a system having at least one sensor configured to monitor a muscle oxygen saturation (SmO2) level of a patient who is undergoing cardiac arrest and to generate a signal representing SmO2 level; a user interface device; a processor communicably coupled to the user interface device, the processor configured to cause the user interface device to present an array of two or more possible nodes of a clinical decision support tree, wherein at least one of the nodes indicates cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) treatment of the patient with no ventilation, and wherein at least another of the nodes indicates CPR treatment of the patient with active ventilation; determine which of the two or more possible nodes should be emphasized based on the SmO2 level; and update the array of the two or more possible nodes based on the determination.
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In some examples, an ambulatory medical device is provided. The ambulatory medical device includes at least one sensor configured to acquire data descriptive of the patient, one or more processors in communication with the at least one sensor, a patient care component executable by the one or more processors, and a limited functionality component executable by the one or more processors. The patient care component is configured to perform one or more primary operations of the ambulatory medical device at least in part by accessing the data descriptive of the patient. The limited functionality component is configured to exchange information with a communication device and to not affect the one or more primary operations of the ambulatory medical device.
An apparatus includes a medical device that includes a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) treatment feedback device, a memory, and at least one processor and a plurality of electrodes configured to provide at least an electrical impedance signal to the processor. The electrical impedance signal correspond to an electrical impedance measured at a chest of a patient. The processor is configured to receive the electrical impedance signal, process the electrical impedance signal to determine information representative of chest compressions performed by a rescuer on the patient during the CPR treatment of the patient, based on the processing, determine corrective action for the CPR treatment, and provide CPR treatment feedback comprising the corrective action at the CPR treatment feedback device.
A system for facilitating communications of assistance information for a caregiver includes an external defibrillator configured to collect patient treatment data, a first communications module for providing communication links between the external defibrillator and at least one remote medical services system, and at least one portable computing device comprising a second communications module. The first communications module is configured to communicate the patient treatment data to the at least one portable computing device via the second communications module, and the second communications module is configured to receive the patient treatment data in real-time, communicatively couple to the at least one remote medical services system, and based on the patient treatment data, receive assistance information for the caregiver from the at least one remote medical services system.
A medical device system for use in patient resuscitation and medical device management includes a fleet of medical devices associated with a common administrator and distributed over multiple locations. Each medical device includes a memory, a processor configured to store medical device information including device status information and clinical event information, and a communication component configured to transmit the stored medical device information via a network. The system includes one or more servers communicatively coupled to the fleet of medical devices and one or more user devices located remotely from the servers. The servers include a communication component configured to receive the medical device information from the fleet of medical devices, a memory configured to store the received medical device information, and a processor configured to provide a report comprising the device status information for the fleet of medical devices at a medical device dashboard accessible by the user devices.
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A remote interface system according to some embodiments includes one or more patient monitoring devices having one or more sensors for patient monitoring, one or more first processors to receive information from the sensors and generate patient data based thereon, a web server, a first communication system, and a first screen to display a representation of at least a first portion of the patient data, and a remote interface device including a second communication system, a second screen, one or more second processors, an application executed by the one or more second processors and configured to detect a presence of the first communication system, establish a communication link between the first and second communication systems, establish a reliable connection channel (e.g. secure websocket connection) with the web server, receive the patient data via the connection, and display at least a second portion of the patient data on the second screen.
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WEARABLE CARDIAC THERAPEUTIC DEVICES WITH HYDROPHOBIS AND/OR HYDROPHILIC DIELECTRIC FIBERS
A wearable cardiac therapeutic device includes at least one therapy electrode configured to deliver therapeutic electrical pulses to a patient's heart; and a support garment including at least one support pocket for supporting the at least one therapy electrode including a mesh interface including: a first side including hydrophobic fiber(s) proximate to electrically conductive fluid deployment opening(s) on the therapy electrode; a second side including hydrophilic fiber(s) proximate to the patient's skin; and conductive fiber(s) and/or conductive particles configured to be interspersed with the hydrophobic fiber(s) and hydrophilic fiber(s) such that the conductive fiber(s) and/or conductive particles conduct therapeutic electrical current from the therapy electrode to the patient's skin, wherein the mesh interface is configured to transfer electrically conductive fluid dispersed from one or more electrically conductive fluid reservoirs disposed on the therapy electrode towards the patient's skin.
A patient monitoring device configured to monitor cardiac activity and sleep stage information of a patient is provided. The device includes a plurality of electrodes to acquire electrocardiogram (ECG) signals from the patient, at least one motion sensor configured to generate a motion signal based upon movement of the patient, and at least one processor. The processor is configured derive motion parameters from the motion signal, derive ECG parameters from the ECG signals, determine whether the patient is in an immobilized sleep stage or a non-immobilized sleep stage based upon the motion parameters and the ECG parameters, adjust one or more cardiac arrhythmia detection parameters such that the device operates in a first monitoring and treatment mode when the patient is in an immobilized sleep stage, and monitor the patient for the cardiac arrhythmia using the first monitoring and treatment mode.
A portable medical triage kit and interactive application that leads a user through a medically acceptable triage protocol for treating medical emergencies. The interactive application leads the user to treat major life threats of all nearby victims before treating minor threats of anyone.
A system for facilitating resuscitation includes: a first electrode assembly having a therapy side and a first motion sensor; a second electrode assembly having a therapy side and a second motion sensor; processing circuitry operatively connected to and programmed to receive and process signals from the first and second motion sensors to estimate at least one of a chest compression depth and rate during administration of chest compressions and to compare the chest compression depth or rate to a desired range; and an output device for providing instructions to a user to administer chest compressions based on the comparison of the estimated chest compression depth or rate to the desired range. One or both of the electrode assemblies may be constructed so that the conductive therapeutic portion is able to maintain substantial conformance to the anatomy of the patient when coupled thereto. For example, at least a portion of the flexible electrode pad may be able to flex from a more rigid sensor housing, or the sensor housing itself may be relatively small compared to the flexible electrode pad so as not to cause lift off of the therapeutic side from the patient.
A system for managing treatment of a person in need of emergency assistance is provided. The system includes at least one camera configured to be mounted to a person in need of medical assistance. The system also includes an image processing device, which can be configured to receive images captured by the at least one camera and to process the images to generate a representation of a rescue scene surrounding the person. The system further includes an analysis device. The analysis device can be configured to determine a characteristic associated with a resuscitation activity based on analysis of the representation of the rescue scene generated by the image processing device. A computer-implemented method for managing treatment of a person in need of emergency assistance is also provided.
Systems and methods for providing resuscitative chest compressions to a chest of a patient are described. One exemplary system may include a chest compressor for administering chest compressions to the patient, one or more sensors for measuring and generating electrocardiogram (ECG) signals of the patient's heart. The system may include at least one processor coupled to memory and configured to receive and analyze the signals corresponding to the ECG, determine an intrinsic heart rate, identify at least one ECG waveform within the ECG signals, select a chest compression protocol from at least three or at least four predetermined chest compression protocols for administration to the patient based at least in part on the intrinsic heart rate of the patient, and control the chest compressor based on the selected chest compression protocol.
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include at least one medical device having a device transceiver configured to wirelessly broadcast a device signal including at least unique identifier data and an information system is configured to maintain an active list of medical device inventory associated with a particular emergency response vehicle, and the processor is configured to automatically determine presence of the at least one medical device.
Embodiments of the present invention include a portable medical device with an integrated web server. The portable medical device is configured to establish a communication session with a user device. The integrated web server is configured to load software onto the user computing device for exchanging data with the portable medical device.
H04L 67/12 - Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
A therapeutic electrode component includes a base plate having a first side and a second side having a conductive surface. A repository having an internal volume to releasably retain a conductive fluid is disposed on the first side of the base plate. A rupturable membrane is disposed between the internal volume of the repository and the conductive surface of the base plate. A coupling is disposed on the base plate that is configured to detachably engage a gas charge, whereby the gas charge is detachable from the coupling without causing destruction of the gas charge, to provide a hermetic seal with an outlet of the gas charge, and to provide fluid communication between the internal volume of the repository and the outlet of gas charge when the gas charge is engaged by the coupling. A retainer is configured to detachably secure the gas charge to the base plate.
An inventory management system includes a wearable cardiac device comprising an associated plurality of separate wearable cardiac device components stored as inventory at a first inventory location; a plurality of communication interface circuits associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of separate wearable cardiac device components and configured to facilitate transmission of inventory information through a network; at least one server device disposed at a central location and comprising a processor; and a memory comprising instructions that cause the processor to receive the inventory information from the plurality of communication interface circuits; receive a prescription for a patient; retrieve one or more prescription parameters based on the prescription; locate, in the inventory information, the wearable cardiac device based on the prescription parameters; determine a deployment status of the wearable cardiac device; and select the wearable cardiac device for the patient.
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Systems and methods related to the field of cardiac resuscitation, and in particular to devices for assisting rescuers in performing cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) are described herein. A method for managing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) treatment to a person in need of emergency assistance includes monitoring, with an electronic medical device, a parameter that indicates a quality level of a CPR component being provided to the person by a user; determining, with the electronic medical device, that the parameter indicates that the quality level of CPR being provided is inadequate; and providing, to one or more rescuers of the person, an audible, visual, or tactile indication that a different person should perform the CPR component.
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A wearable medical device is provided. The device includes electrodes to receive electrical signals from a patient, monitor for a cardiac arrhythmia, and provide a therapeutic shock to the patient in response to detecting the arrhythmia. The device includes a user interface to receive patient input indicating initiation or termination of a high-noise activity. The device can include accelerometers to generate motion signals. The device includes a processor to monitor for initiation or termination of the high-noise activity based on a noise level in the electrical signals, the motion signals, and the patient input. The processor can cause, in response to the initiation of the high-noise activity, an arrhythmia detection process to execute in an activity-induced noise (AIN) robust mode, and cause, in response to the termination of the high-noise activity, the arrhythmia detection process to execute in an AIN sensitive mode.
A wearable therapeutic device is provided. The wearable therapeutic device includes a garment, and the garment includes an electrode and a conductive thread. A control unit is coupled to the conductive thread and identifies an electrical connection between a conductive surface of the electrode and the conductive thread, and an alarm module can provide information about the positioning of the electrode in the garment based on the electrical connection.
An ambulatory medical device including a plurality of sensing electrodes and one or more processors operably coupled to the plurality of sensing electrodes is provided. Each sensing electrodes is configured to be coupled eternally to a patient and to detect one or more ECG signals. The one or more processors are configured to receive at least one electrode-specific digital signal for each of the plurality of sensing electrodes, determine a noise component for each of the electrode-specific digital signals, analyze each of the noise components for each of the plurality of sensing electrodes, generate electrode matching information for each sensing electrode of the plurality of sensing electrodes based upon analysis of each of the noise components, determine one or more sensing electrode pairs based upon the electrode matching information, and monitor each of the one or more sensing electrode pairs for ECG activity of the patient.
A life support and monitoring apparatus with malfunction correction guidance is provided. The life support and monitoring apparatus of the present disclosure identifies the root cause or potential cause of a fault/failure and then prompts an operator to take appropriate steps to assure the continuance of life support and critical physiologic monitoring. When multiple faults/failures exist, the apparatus automatically prioritizes them based on risk to the patient and prompts the operator to do the most appropriate intervention to assure patient safety.
A wearable medical device for determining whether a patient is experiencing a cardiac event using electrocardiogram (ECG) templates includes a plurality of ECG electrodes and a medical device controller. The medical device controller includes a memory, a baseline generator, a cardiac event detector, and a mode selector. The baseline generator is configured to record a baseline ECG signal, generate one or more ECG templates, and store the one or more ECG templates in the memory. The cardiac event detector is configured to select an ECG template and compare a current ECG signal with the selected ECG template to determine whether the patient is experiencing a cardiac arrhythmia. The mode selector is configured to identify whether any ECG templates are stored in the memory, determine whether a new ECG template is needed, and, upon determining that a new ECG template is needed, enter a baselining mode by activating the baseline generator.
An automated external defibrillator (AED) management system includes an AED information database including location information for a plurality of AEDs, and contact information for notifying an owner or administrator of a respective AED. The system further includes a notification system communicatively coupled to the AED information database, the notification system configured to receive a request to alert responders in a vicinity of a cardiac arrest victim, receive a location of the cardiac arrest victim, identify at least one AED located in the vicinity of the cardiac arrest victim from the location information for the plurality of AEDs, provide an alert to the owner or administrator of the at least one AED located in the vicinity of the cardiac arrest victim based on the contact information, wherein the alert comprises a request for the owner or administrator to bring the AED to the location of the cardiac arrest victim.
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74.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING A RECTILINEAR BIPHASIC POWER WAVEFORM TO A LOAD
A system to deliver therapeutic energy to a patient, the system including a storage capacitor configured to store and release the therapeutic energy, a boost converter circuit coupled to the storage capacitor, and a current flow control circuit coupled to the boost converter circuit and including a plurality of control circuits configured to control a current output from the current flow control circuit in a therapeutic biphasic voltage waveform upon release of the therapeutic energy from the storage capacitor, wherein the therapeutic biphasic voltage waveform includes a ramped increase in voltage from approximately zero volts to a desired therapeutic voltage level over a time interval greater than 1 millisecond and less than a time associated with a phase switch.
A system for monitoring performance of a resuscitation activity on a patient by an acute care provider is provided. The system includes: a first wearable sensor configured to sense movement of a first portion of an acute care provider's hand; a second wearable sensor configured to sense movement of a second portion of the acute care provider's hand; and a controller. The controller is configured to: receive and process signals representative of performance of a resuscitation activity from the first sensor and the second sensor; identify from the processed signals information indicative of at least one of a relative distance, a relative orientation, a change in relative distance and a change in relative orientation between the first sensor and the second sensor during performance of the resuscitation activity; and determine at least one resuscitation activity parameter based, at least in part, on the identified information.
An ambulatory medical device comprising: a monitoring component comprising at least one sensing electrode for detecting a cardiac condition of a patient; at least one processor configured for: adjusting one or more detection parameters for detecting the cardiac condition of the patient based at least in part on at least one of 1) one or more environmental conditions and 2) input received from the monitoring component; and providing at least one of an alarm and a treatment in response to detecting the cardiac condition of the patient based on the adjusted one or more detection parameters.
A community based response system for providing lay responders to cardiac arrest emergencies is configured to receive a notification of a cardiac arrest emergency including a location of a cardiac arrest victim, provide an automatic alert to portable devices in a vicinity of the victim, the automatic alert including a selectable control that enables user interoperation with the system, receive an indication from a lay responder, via a respective portable device, that the lay responder will proceed to the location of the victim, and in response to the indication that the lay responder will proceed to the location of the victim, provide at a display screen of the portable device associated with the lay responder a map including the victim's location relative to the lay responder, and a navigational route to guide the lay responder to the victim, and a dispatch text message notification.
H04W 4/90 - Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
G08B 25/01 - Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems characterised by the transmission medium
G08B 25/14 - Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
G08B 27/00 - Alarm systems in which the alarm condition is signalled from a central station to a plurality of substations
G16H 40/20 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
H04M 1/72418 - User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality for supporting emergency services
G08B 21/02 - Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
G08B 25/00 - Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems
H04W 4/02 - Services making use of location information
Medical devices can perform a plurality of functions, such as sensing, monitoring, deriving and/or calculating various physiological statuses of a patient (e.g., blood pressure, temperature, respiration rate, etc.). Medical devices can also be used to image part or all of a patient's body, to deliver a treatment, or to manage information related to a patient's care. The present disclosure is directed at one or more devices that perform these functions using a plurality of processing circuits, wherein each processing circuit has a timing circuit with a local clock. These processing circuits can be connected via a network, and each timing circuit can communicate with at least one other timing circuit in order to detect and correct time-differences between their local clocks. In this way, multiple processing circuits can be synchronized with each other to facilitate diagnosis or treatment of a patient's condition, or other aspects of a patient's care.
G16H 40/60 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices
G16H 40/40 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
G16H 40/67 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices for remote operation
79.
HANDLING OF AGE TRANSMITTED DATA IN MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM
An example of a system for review of clinical data includes a medical device configured to receive patient data signals from patient interface devices coupled to the medical device, and an auxiliary device configured to communicatively couple to the medical device via a communication channel and including an output device, a memory, a communication interface, and a processor configured to establish the communication channel, estimate a transmission age for the patient data, receive the patient data from the medical device via the communication channel, determine a patient data age based on at least one of the transmission age and a playback selection age, select a patient data age threshold based on a patient data context, compare the patient data age to the patient data age threshold to determine a patient data age indication, and provide the patient data and the patient data age indication at the output device.
G16H 10/60 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes ; Identification of persons
80.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE FOR A WEARABLE ULTRASOUND BLOOD FLOW SENSOR
An example of a system for providing patient care guidance to a caregiver based on ultrasound detection of blood flow includes a defibrillator including an electrode assembly and an output device, a portable computing device communicatively coupled to the defibrillator and including an output device, a Doppler shift waveform evaluation engine disposed at the defibrillator and/or the portable computing device, and a wearable ultrasound blood flow sensor configured to couple to a patient and the defibrillator and/or the portable computing device and to generate data signals representing a Doppler shift waveform. The engine is configured to receive the data signals representing the waveform, generate caregiver instructions according to a cardiac arrest protocol, analyze the waveform based on the received data signals, identify heart-induced blood flow based on the waveform analysis, and generate and provide caregiver instructions according to a non-cardiac arrest protocol based on the identified heart-induced blood flow.
A waterproof modular electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode assembly for use in a wearable cardiac monitoring device comprises a first, main circuit board comprising active ECG processing circuitry encapsulated in a waterproof moldable dielectric polymer, and an ECG electrode mechanically coupled to the waterproof moldable dielectric polymer, the ECG electrode configured to be electrically coupled to a portion of the main circuit board.
A wearable cardiac monitoring and treatment device for improved skin interface contact and easy assembly and disassembly includes a garment including an inner surface and an outer surface, ECG sensing electrodes, and at least one stiffener forming a section of the garment in proximity to one or more of the ECG sensing electrodes. The at least one stiffener is configured to resist rotation or pulling away of the one or more of the ECG sensing electrodes from a patient's torso. The device includes therapy electrodes, at least one separate module including a therapy delivery circuit, and a controller. The device includes compartments configured to receive the therapy electrodes and at least one separate module, and retention loops configured to route external wires extending between at least the therapy electrodes and at least one separate module, where the compartments and retention loops are disposed on the outer surface of the garment.
A system is provided for resuscitative therapy to a patient by delivering active chest compression decompressions. The system may include an ACD device configured to be coupled to the patient's chest and constructed for a rescuer to press and pull on the ACD device to administer active compression decompression therapy. Additionally, the ACD device may include at least one sensor for sensing at least one active compression decompression parameter, processing circuitry configured to process the at least one active compression decompression parameter and provide an output based on the at least one parameter, a first communication circuit configured to transfer data related to the processed output of the at least one parameter, and a second communication circuit capable of being removably coupled to either the electrode assembly or the ACD device.
The present invention provides a system for enriching a flowing liquid with a dissolved gas inside a conduit. The system comprises two or more capillaries, each capillary delivering a stream of a gas-enriched liquid to the flowing liquid. The first ends of the capillaries are positioned to form an intersecting angle with respect to the effluent streams such that these streams of gas-enriched liquid collide with each other upon exit from the first ends of the capillaries, effecting localized convective mixing within the larger liquid conduit before these gas-enriched streams are able to come into close contact with the boundary surfaces of the conduit, whereby the gas-enriched liquid mixes with the flowing liquid to form a gas-enriched flowing liquid. In the preferred embodiment, no observable bubbles are formed in the gas-enriched flowing liquid. Methods of making and using such system are also provided.
B01F 23/232 - Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids using flow-mixing means for introducing the gases, e.g. baffles
B01F 25/313 - Injector mixers in conduits or tubes through which the main component flows wherein additional components are introduced in the centre of the conduit
A portable medical treatment apparatus and interactive application that leads a user through a medically acceptable query flow for treating medical emergencies, including cardiac or pulmonary medical emergencies that can be treated with electrotherapy and other medical emergencies.
G16H 40/63 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices for local operation
A medical device includes a display area that has a thin panel having a substantially flat front surface portion, a translucent layer on a back surface of the thin panel, a layer of text or graphics on a back surface of the translucent layer, and arranged so that the text or graphics is not visible to a user on the front side when light is not provided from inside the device housing, a switch to allow a user to select a first mode or a second mode for the device, and circuitry arranged to energize one or more light sources to provide light from behind the thin panel when the device is in the first mode, and to thereby make visible the text or graphics when the device is in the first mode.
A system for remotely managing a medical device includes a selective shielding component, configured to (a) shield with an electronic key any portion of device information that identifies the medical device individually while maintaining unshielded with the electronic key an association between such any portion and a rest of the device information and/or (b) shield with an electronic key any portion of device information that identifies the patient individually while maintaining unshielded with the electronic key an association between such any portion and a rest of the device information, and record the selectively shielded device information; a first communication component configured to facilitate transmitting the selectively shielded device information through a network; and a server device communicatively coupled to the network and configured to use the selectively shielded device information to generate reports about the device information, and the clinical event information, but wherein the server device lacks access to the electronic key.
G16H 20/30 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
G06F 21/55 - Detecting local intrusion or implementing counter-measures
G16H 40/63 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices for local operation
G16H 10/65 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
G16H 40/67 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices for remote operation
An electrode assembly that includes an electrically conductive layer, a first impedance reduction system, and a second impedance reduction system. The electrically conductive layer forms an electrode portion of the electrode assembly and a first surface to be placed adjacent a person's skin. The first impedance reduction system is configured to dispense a first amount of an electrically conductive gel onto the first surface of the electrically conductive layer in response to a first activation signal. The second impedance reduction system is configured to dispense a second amount of the electrically conductive gel onto the first surface of the electrically conductive layer in response to a second activation signal.
A patient-worn arrhythmia monitoring and treatment device includes at least two pads configured to affix to skin on a torso of a patient. At least one of a pair of sensing electrodes is disposed on each one of the pads and configured to sense surface ECG activity of the patient. At least one of a pair of therapy electrodes is disposed on each one of the pads and configured to deliver one or more therapeutic pulses to the patient. A controller is in communication with the pairs of sensing and therapy electrodes and is configured to monitor for cardiac arrhythmias based on the sensed surface ECG activity and cause the delivery of the one or more therapeutic pulses. The device includes a removable garment to be worn about the torso to immobilize on the torso the one of the at least two pads to which the controller is coupled.
A patient data management platform, e.g., a community paramedicine platform, which may also be referred to as a mobile integrative health platform or system, may include a web-based, cloud-based, and/or software-based system for tracking patients and patient visits by health care providers, paramedics or other emergency medical services (“EMS”) professionals in an out of hospital, mobile, and/or non-emergency context. Such a platform performs functions and data input, visit logging, and reporting tasks that are distinct from that of a traditional EMS electronic patient care reporting system.
G16H 10/60 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
G16H 15/00 - ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
91.
SECURELY EXCHANGING INFORMATION BETWEEN A MEDICAL DEVICE AND A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE USING VISUAL INDICATORS
A medical system is provided. The medical system includes a medical device and a mobile computing device. The medical device includes at least one physiologic sensor configured to acquire physiological signals from a patient, at least one processor coupled to the at least one physiologic sensor, and at least one optical code encoded with encrypted data. The mobile computing device includes a camera and one or more processors coupled to the camera and configured to acquire one or more images of the at least one optical code, decode the one or more images of the at least one optical code to generate a copy of the encrypted data, decrypt the copy of the encrypted data to generate decrypted data, and process the decrypted data to establish an operable connection between the mobile computing device and the medical device.
A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes ; Identification of persons
G16H 40/67 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices for remote operation
Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided that may include a system for patient monitoring and defibrillation. The system may include at least two defibrillation electrodes. The system may further include a first unit for physiological monitoring of a patient, including ECG monitoring circuitry for monitoring ECG of the patient. The first unit may store CPR chest compression data. The system may further include a second unit, separate from the first unit, which may communicatively couple with the first unit, for providing defibrillation pulses to the patient. The second unit may include a processor, communicatively coupled with the at least two defibrillation electrodes, for providing defibrillation pulses to the patient via the at least two defibrillation electrodes.
A61B 5/1455 - Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration, pH-value using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters
An ambulatory medical device is provided. The ambulatory medical device includes at least one sensor configured to acquire physiological data of a patient, at least one network interface and at least one processor coupled to the at least one sensor and the at least one network interface. The at least one processor is configured to detect, via the at least one network interface, a medical device, to establish a secure communication session with the medical device via the at least one network interface, to detect a data capacity of the secure communication session, to identify a category of patient data associated with the data capacity, and to transmit patient data of the category to the medical device via the secure communication session.
A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes ; Identification of persons
A61B 5/11 - Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb
A61B 5/0205 - Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
A61B 5/1455 - Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration, pH-value using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters
A61H 31/00 - Artificial respiration or heart stimulation, e.g. heart massage
G16H 50/20 - ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data mining; ICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
G16H 40/67 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices for remote operation
G16H 50/30 - ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data mining; ICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for individual health risk assessment
G16H 40/63 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices for local operation
A flow sensor system for ventilation treatment comprises a flow conduit configured to allow gas flow between a first region and a second region, the flow conduit defining a lumen for the gas flow; a flow restrictor disposed within the lumen of the flow conduit between the first region and the second region; a first absolute pressure sensor disposed adjacent to the first region of the flow conduit and configured to measure a pressure of the gas flow at the first region of the flow conduit; and a second absolute pressure sensor disposed adjacent to the second region of the flow conduit and configured to measure pressure of the gas flow at the second region of the flow conduit.
A system for managing responders acquiring medical equipment and responding to an emergency medical event includes mobile devices associated with responders; a computer aided dispatch (CAD), and an equipment/responder management system communicatively coupled to the mobile devices and CAD and configured to receive an event location from the CAD, retrieve medical equipment locations from a database, receive responder locations from the mobile devices, send the event and equipment locations to a first mobile device, generate an activity log for the event including first responder status information based on the responder location, the event and medical equipment locations, send the activity log to the first mobile device, send the event location and the medical equipment locations to a second mobile device, update the activity log with second responder status information based on the responder, event and medical equipment locations, and send the activity log to the mobile devices.
G16H 40/20 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
G16H 40/40 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
A computer-implemented method for managing medical equipment includes presenting, at a display of a mobile computing device associated with an inspector, an inspection user interface configured to capture one or more user inputs from the inspector, receiving inspection account information via the one or more user inputs, receiving a location of the mobile computing device, providing, at the inspection user interface, identification information for transported medical equipment that is associated with the inspection account information, receiving status information for the transported medical equipment via the one or more user inputs, receiving, at a remote medical equipment database, location information for the transported medical equipment, and updating a maintenance report for the transported medical equipment by storing an inspection information entry in the maintenance report. The inspection information entry includes a time stamp, the location information, the received status information, and the location of the mobile computing device.
G16H 40/40 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes ; Identification of persons
G16H 40/20 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
G16H 40/67 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices for remote operation
H04L 67/00 - Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
H04L 67/12 - Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
H04L 67/52 - Network services specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
H04W 4/40 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
Among other things, we describe a system that includes a first medical device for treating a patient at an emergency care scene, the first medical device including a processor and a memory configured to detect a request for a connection between the first medical device and a second medical device for treating the patient at the emergency care scene, the request for connection including an identifier of the second medical device, responsive to receiving the request for connection, enabling a wireless communication channel to be established between the first medical device and the second medical device based on the identifier of the second medical device and an identifier of the first medical device; and enabling transmission and/or exchange of patient data between the first medical device and the second medical device via the wireless communication channel. Such communications with more than two devices may also be possible.
H04W 4/80 - Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
A61M 16/10 - Preparation of respiratory gases or vapours
H04W 4/90 - Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
G16H 40/63 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices for local operation
A61B 5/318 - Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
H04W 12/069 - Authentication using certificates or pre-shared keys
A cardiac monitoring and treatment system includes a controller, a first wearable portion, and a second wearable portion separate from the first wearable portion. The first wearable portion includes an elongated strap configured to encircle a thoracic region of a patient, a plurality of ECG sensing electrodes disposed about the elongated strap, one or more receiving ports configured to receive one or more additional components including a treatment electrode and/or an additional sensor, and a plurality of conductive wires configured to couple the plurality of ECG sensing electrodes and the one or more receiving ports with the controller. The second wearable portion is configured to be worn over at least one shoulder of the patient and includes a wearable substrate, one or more treatment electrodes disposed on the wearable substrate, and at least one conductive wire configured to releasably connect the one or more treatment electrodes to the controller.
A medical device management system includes a plurality of medical devices associated with a common administrator and comprising at least one defibrillator/monitor, wherein the plurality of medical devices comprise previously stored configuration information and a central server comprising a configuration information database and configured to communicatively couple to the plurality of medical devices via a long-range wireless connection, push administrator-selected configuration information updates to the plurality of medical devices associated with the common administrator, wherein the plurality of medical devices are configured to communicatively couple with the central server via the long-range wireless connection, receive the pushed administrator-selected configuration information, and update the previously stored configuration information according to the pushed administrator-selected configuration information.
A patient management system for providing patient queues of patient reports to users includes communications circuitry configured to receive first physiological information from monitoring medical devices being worn by a first plurality of patients and receive second physiological information from therapeutic medical devices being worn by a second plurality of patients. Each of the monitoring medical devices is configured to sense one or more predetermined physiological parameters of its respective patient. Each of the therapeutic medical devices is configured to monitor its respective patient for a predetermined physiological condition and provide a treatment. The patient management system also includes at least one processor configured to prepare a plurality of monitoring patient reports, prepare a plurality of therapeutic patient reports, generate a patient queue based on the pluralities of monitoring and therapeutic patient reports, and provide the patient queue to an end user computing device via the communications circuitry.
A61N 1/372 - Arrangements in connection with the implantation of stimulators
G16H 50/20 - ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data mining; ICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
G16H 20/30 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
G16H 10/60 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
G16H 40/67 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices for remote operation
G16H 10/65 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
A61B 5/021 - Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels
A61B 5/11 - Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb
A61B 5/145 - Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration, pH-value
A61B 5/1455 - Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration, pH-value using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters
A61M 16/00 - Devices for influencing the respiratory system of patients by gas treatment, e.g. mouth-to-mouth respiration; Tracheal tubes
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