Managing data for clinical protocols relating to the use of active implantable medical devices
First Claim
1. A process for managing data collection for clinical protocols having as a subject the use of an implant of an active implantable medical device type, such as a pacemaker, a defibrillator, a cardiovertor and/or a multisite device, comprising:
- a) initializing preliminarily a plurality of implants having a protocol identification zone by writing a protocol identification code in said protocol identification zone common to said plurality of implants taking part in said protocol;
b) providing a programmer having a memory and a display screen, said programmer being able to interrogate at least one of said implants. c) interrogating an implant using said programmer and, at each interrogation;
i) searching for a protocol identification zone in said memory of the implant and reading the contents thereof, ii) determining a presence of a protocol identification code in said protocol identification zone contents, and iii) in the event of a detected protocol identification code;
recognizing the protocol identification code using the programmer, displaying on said programmer screen a questionnaire associated with the identified protocol identification code, capturing answers to that questionnaire using the programmer, and memorizing said answers in said programmer memory.
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Abstract
A process for managing data collection for clinical protocols and investigations (registry) relating to the use of active implantable medical devices, such as pacemaker, cardiovertor, defibrillator and multisite devices. This process is characterized by the following stages:
1) preliminarily initializing a plurality of implants, by writing, in a protocol identification zone provided in a memory of the implant, a protocol identification code common to all the aforementioned implants taking part in the given clinical protocol, and
2) at each interrogation of any implant by a practitioner by use of a compatible programmer:
a) searching for a protocol identification zone in the memory of the implant and reading the contents thereof,
b) determining the presence of a protocol identification code in that zone,
c) in the event of presence of a protocol identification code:
c1) recognizing the protocol identification code by the programmer,
c2) displaying on a screen of the programmer an appropriate questionnaire for the protocol identified by the aforementioned code,
c3) capturing answers to that the questionnaire input by a practitioner using the programmer, and
c4) memorizing these answers in a memory of the programmer.
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14 Claims
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1. A process for managing data collection for clinical protocols having as a subject the use of an implant of an active implantable medical device type, such as a pacemaker, a defibrillator, a cardiovertor and/or a multisite device, comprising:
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a) initializing preliminarily a plurality of implants having a protocol identification zone by writing a protocol identification code in said protocol identification zone common to said plurality of implants taking part in said protocol;
b) providing a programmer having a memory and a display screen, said programmer being able to interrogate at least one of said implants. c) interrogating an implant using said programmer and, at each interrogation;
i) searching for a protocol identification zone in said memory of the implant and reading the contents thereof, ii) determining a presence of a protocol identification code in said protocol identification zone contents, and iii) in the event of a detected protocol identification code;
recognizing the protocol identification code using the programmer, displaying on said programmer screen a questionnaire associated with the identified protocol identification code, capturing answers to that questionnaire using the programmer, and memorizing said answers in said programmer memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A process for managing a registry data on the use of active implantable medical device implants, such as a pacemaker, a defibrillator, a cardiovertor and/or a multisite device, comprising:
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a) providing an implant having a memory, said memory having an identification zone containing a content;
b) providing a programmer having a telemetry function for reading said implant memory, a display screen for displaying information, and a memory, said memory containing a questionnaire associated with an implant identification content;
c) successively interrogating an implant using said programmer, and on each interrogation of an implant;
i) reading in the implant memory the contents of the identification zone of the implant model, ii) recognizing of the implant model in response to the read identification zone contents, iii) displaying on the programmer screen said questionnaire associated with said recognized implant model, iv) inputting answers to that said questionnaire using said programmer, and v) memorizing said answers in the programmer memory. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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