Data Feedback loop for medical therapy adjustment
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- administering cardiac therapy to a plurality of patients via a plurality of implanted cardiac therapy devices;
storing data regarding the therapy at the respective implanted cardiac therapy devices;
collecting the data from the plurality of implanted cardiac therapy devices;
processing the collected data to discover patterns, relationships, or correlations between such data;
modifying therapy of one or more patients based upon the patterns, relationships, or correlations.
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Abstract
An implementation of a technology, described herein, for implantable medical therapy devices and techniques related to gathering and processing data field-collected by such implantable medical therapy devices. With an ICTD system and a central database, at least one embodiment of the invention, described herein, collects and analyzes data—which includes historical cardiac-status-and-treatment information—for a specific patient and adjusts a patient'"'"'s therapy accordingly. With an ICTD system and a central database, at least one embodiment of the invention, described herein, collects and analyzes data—which includes historical cardiac-status-and-treatment information—for a patient population and adjusts a patient'"'"'s therapy accordingly. This abstract itself is not intended to limit the scope of this patent. The scope of the present invention is pointed out in the appending claims.
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1. A method comprising:
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administering cardiac therapy to a plurality of patients via a plurality of implanted cardiac therapy devices;
storing data regarding the therapy at the respective implanted cardiac therapy devices;
collecting the data from the plurality of implanted cardiac therapy devices;
processing the collected data to discover patterns, relationships, or correlations between such data;
modifying therapy of one or more patients based upon the patterns, relationships, or correlations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method comprising:
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administering cardiac therapy to a plurality of patients;
gathering data from each patient regarding the therapy and the response to the therapy;
collecting data related to such therapy and the response from the plurality of patients;
analyzing the data to determine appropriate therapies; and
modifying therapy of one or more patients based upon the patterns, relationships, or correlations. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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a plurality of implantable cardiac therapy devices configured to be implanted in corresponding patients;
a central database;
a communications link configured to facilitate communications between the central database and the plurality of implantable cardiac therapy devices;
wherein the database is further operative to receive data relating to therapy administered to the patients by the plurality of implantable cardiac therapy devices, process the collection of data to discover patterns, relationships, or correlations between such data, and to modify therapy of one or more of the implantable cardiac therapy devices in response to the patterns, relationships, or correlations between the data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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