Patient controlled therapy management and diagnostic device with human factors interface
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1. A handheld cardiac rhythm management device comprising:
- a case with a front, a rear, a bottom, a top, and a left side and a right side, defining an interior;
a self-contained power supply within the interior of the case;
a plurality of deadfront backlit status indicator icons on the front of the case;
a first button and a second button mounted on the front of the case;
a telemetry circuit within the case for bi-directional communication of information and instructions with an implantable pulse generating device; and
a sound generating circuitry and a speaker within the case cooperating to produce synthesized voice messages;
wherein the telemetry circuit receives status information from the implantable pulse generating device and the deadfront status indicator icons display the status information to a patient.
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Abstract
A handheld cardiac rhythm management device for use by a patient to request status information from an implantable pulse generating device and to request that the pulse generating device provide a rhythm altering shock to the patient'"'"'s heart. The device includes a plurality of deadfront status indicator lamps on a front of a case that are visible to the patient when the controller is held in the patient'"'"'s hand. The device also includes buttons on the front of the case and a telemetry circuit for bi-directional communication with the implantable pulse generating device.
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1. A handheld cardiac rhythm management device comprising:
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a case with a front, a rear, a bottom, a top, and a left side and a right side, defining an interior;
a self-contained power supply within the interior of the case;
a plurality of deadfront backlit status indicator icons on the front of the case;
a first button and a second button mounted on the front of the case;
a telemetry circuit within the case for bi-directional communication of information and instructions with an implantable pulse generating device; and
a sound generating circuitry and a speaker within the case cooperating to produce synthesized voice messages;
wherein the telemetry circuit receives status information from the implantable pulse generating device and the deadfront status indicator icons display the status information to a patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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