Wearable defibrillator with no long-term ECG monitoring
First Claim
1. A wearable defibrillator system configured to be worn by a person who may be moving and to defibrillate the person by delivering an electrical charge to the person'"'"'s body, comprising:
- a support structure configured to be worn by the person;
a monitoring device configured to monitor at least one parameter of the person that is not an electrocardiogram (“
ECG”
) of the person;
a capacitor configured to store the electrical charge;
an electrode coupled to the support structure, the coupling such that, while the support structure is worn by the person, the electrode is at one of an unbiased state in which the electrode is moveable with respect to the person'"'"'s body responsive to the person'"'"'s moving such that the electrode occasionally loses contact with the person'"'"'s body, and a biased state in which the electrode is biased towards the person'"'"'s body against the support structure so as to be less moveable with respect to the person'"'"'s body than when in the unbiased state, the electrode being configured to sense an ECG signal of the person when the electrode has thus transitioned to the biased state;
a first biasing mechanism configured to cause the electrode to transition from the unbiased state to the biased state responsive to a value of the monitored parameter reaching a first threshold; and
a processor configured to determine whether or not a defibrillation advised threshold has been reached from the ECG signal that is sensed by the electrode after the electrode has thus transitioned to the biased state, andin which the stored electrical charge is thus caused to be delivered to the person'"'"'s body responsive to determining that the defibrillation advised threshold has been reached, butthe stored electrical charge is not delivered to the person'"'"'s body responsive to determining that the defibrillation advised threshold has not been reached.
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Abstract
A wearable defibrillator system includes a support structure with one or more electrodes in an unbiased state. A monitoring device monitors, for the long term, a parameter of the person that is not the person'"'"'s ECG; rather, the monitored parameter can be the person'"'"'s motion, a physiological parameter, or both. When a value of the monitored parameter reaches a threshold, such as when the person is having an actionable episode, the electrode becomes mechanically biased against the person'"'"'s body, for making good electrical contact. Then, if necessary, the person can be given electrical therapy, such as defibrillation. As such, the electrodes of the wearable defibrillator system can be worn loosely for the long term, without making good electrical contact. This can reduce the person'"'"'s aversion to wearing the defibrillation system.
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11 Claims
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1. A wearable defibrillator system configured to be worn by a person who may be moving and to defibrillate the person by delivering an electrical charge to the person'"'"'s body, comprising:
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a support structure configured to be worn by the person; a monitoring device configured to monitor at least one parameter of the person that is not an electrocardiogram (“
ECG”
) of the person;a capacitor configured to store the electrical charge; an electrode coupled to the support structure, the coupling such that, while the support structure is worn by the person, the electrode is at one of an unbiased state in which the electrode is moveable with respect to the person'"'"'s body responsive to the person'"'"'s moving such that the electrode occasionally loses contact with the person'"'"'s body, and a biased state in which the electrode is biased towards the person'"'"'s body against the support structure so as to be less moveable with respect to the person'"'"'s body than when in the unbiased state, the electrode being configured to sense an ECG signal of the person when the electrode has thus transitioned to the biased state; a first biasing mechanism configured to cause the electrode to transition from the unbiased state to the biased state responsive to a value of the monitored parameter reaching a first threshold; and a processor configured to determine whether or not a defibrillation advised threshold has been reached from the ECG signal that is sensed by the electrode after the electrode has thus transitioned to the biased state, and in which the stored electrical charge is thus caused to be delivered to the person'"'"'s body responsive to determining that the defibrillation advised threshold has been reached, but the stored electrical charge is not delivered to the person'"'"'s body responsive to determining that the defibrillation advised threshold has not been reached. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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