Abstract:
According to another example, a wearable medical device controller is provided. The device controller includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to determine a correlation between a phenomenon identifiable by the wearable medical device controller and at least one response pattern associated with a patient and store, responsive to detecting the correlation, an adaptation path to address the at least one response pattern, the adaptation path specifying an adaptation of at least one characteristic of an alarm. The at least one response pattern may include a plurality of response patterns and the adaptation path may reflect adaptations made to address at least some of the plurality of response patterns.
Abstract:
According to at least one aspect, a wearable medical device is provided. The wearable medical device may include a sensing electrode to sense an electrocardiogram signal of a patient, a therapy electrode to provide treatment to the patient, a garment to be worn about a torso of the patient and receive the sensing electrode and the therapy electrode, and a controller operatively coupled to the sensing electrode and the therapy electrode. The controller may be configured to determine a current location of the wearable medical device based on a previous position of the medical device and at least a speed and a direction of movement of the wearable medical device.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wearable cardiac defibrillator.SOLUTION: A wearable cardiac defibrillator and a method for monitoring the state of a patient are disclosed. The wearable cardiac defibrillator includes: at least one therapeutic pad; at least one sensor; and at least one processing unit operatively connected to one or two or more therapeutic pads and one or two or more sensors. The wearable cardiac defibrillator includes at least one voice device operatively connected to one or two or more processing units. One or two or more voice devices are configured to receive the voice input from the patient.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that when a patient faces a situation requiring for treatment, it is necessary to confirm that response of persons other than the patient is inhibited, and a responding person is the patient, not a passerby in a medical device such as a wearable cardiac defibrillator.SOLUTION: A medical device includes: one or more treatment electrodes 5; one or more sensors 4; and one or more control devices 2 connected thereto. The medical device includes one or more response mechanisms connected to the one or more control devices. The one or more control devices are configured to receive input signals from the one or more response mechanisms and configured to determine whether or not a patient wearing the medical device operates the one or more response mechanisms on the basis of at least some of input signals received from the one or more response mechanisms. In some disclosed examples, the medical device is a wearable cardiac defibrillator.
Abstract:
An electrode assembly includes a first surface to be placed adjacent a person's skin and a second surface including a plurality of reservoirs of conductive gel. The plurality of reservoirs of conductive gel are disposed on sections of the electrode assembly that are at least partially physically separated and may move at least partially independently of one another to conform to contours of a body of a patient. The electrode assembly is configured to dispense an amount of the electrically conductive gel onto the first surface in response to an activation signal and to provide for a defibrillating shock to be applied to the patient through the amount of the electrically conductive gel.
Abstract:
A non-invasive bodily-attached ambulatory medical monitoring and treatment device with pacing is provided. The noninvasive ambulatory pacing device includes a battery, at least one therapy electrode coupled to the battery, a memory storing information indicative of a patient's cardiac activity, and at least one processor coupled to the memory and the at least one therapy electrode. The at least one processor is configured to identify a cardiac arrhythmia within the information and execute at least one pacing routine to treat the identified cardiac arrhythmia.
Abstract:
A system including an ambulatory medical treatment device is provided. The ambulatory medical treatment device includes a memory, a treatment component configured to treat a patient, at least one processor coupled to the memory and the treatment component, a user interface component, and a system interface component. The user interface component is configured to receive an update session request and to generate the update session identifier responsive to receiving the request. The system interface component is configured to receive an encoded request including an identifier of an update session and device update information, to decode the encoded request to generate a decoded request including the device update information and the identifier of the update session, to validate the decoded request by determining that the update session identifier matches the identifier of the update session, and to apply the device update information to the ambulatory medical treatment device.
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical treatment device for a patient that can be worn externally.SOLUTION: A medical treatment device includes: a heart detection electrode configured so as to be arranged externally adjacent to a patient for detecting information on the patient's heart; a medical treatment element configured so as to be arranged externally adjacent to the patient; at least one operation detector configured so as to generate a signal representing an operation of the medical treatment device; and at least one control device disposed in the medical treatment device, and connected to the at least one operation detector, the heart detection electrode, and the medical treatment element, which is configured so as to receive a signal representing the operation of the medical treatment device, and which determines whether or not the medical treatment device is exposed to the force larger than predetermined acceptable force based on the signal.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem of a medical device such as a wearable defibrillator, wherein, when a patient is facing a situation requiring treatment, it is necessary to inhibit anyone except the patient from responding and to verify that a user providing a response is the patient and not a bystander. SOLUTION: This medical device includes one or more treatment electrodes 5, one or more sensors 4, and one or more controllers 2 connected thereto. The medical device also includes one or more response mechanisms connected to the one or more controllers. The one or more controllers are configured to receiver input from the one or more response mechanisms and are also configured to determine whether a patient wearing the medical device actuated the one or more response mechanisms based, at least in part, on the input received from the one or more response mechanisms. In some disclosed embodiments, the medical device is a wearable defibrillator. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT