Combined ECG and sound chart report and methodology

• US 20060135876A1
• Filed: 05/26/2005
• Published: 06/22/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inovise Medical, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Inovise Medical, Inc.
• Inventors: Andresen, Alan V., Selvester, Ronald H. S., Warner, Robert A., Galen, Peter M.
• Application Number:
  US11/140,010
• Publication Number:
  US 20060135876A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/513
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0245 by using sensing means generating electric signals, i.e. ECG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/339 Displays specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/352 Detecting R peaks, e.g. for synchronising diagnostic apparatus; Estimating R-R interval
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 7/00 Instruments for auscultation
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 7/04 Electric stethoscopes microphones, acoustic transducers therefor H04R

Abstract

A computer-based method for presenting correlated ECG and heart-associated sound information regarding a selected subject'"'"'s heart including the steps of (a) collecting subject-specific, time-related ECG and heart-associated sound information, and thereafter (b), presenting, in a common-display manner, at least portions of this ECG and sound information along with (a) a stated heart-condition interpretation derived from the information, coupled with (b) the presentation of a related, authoritative clinical-interpretation guideline.

Claims

1. A computer-based method for presenting correlated ECG and heart-associated sound information regarding a selected subject'"'"'s heart comprising

collecting time-base-related, associated, selected-subject ECG and sound information,

processing such collected information and generating therefrom a reportable interpretation, and

following said processing, producing an integrated report which commonly shows, in a focused, time-based snippet, time-related regions from each of the collected ECG information and the collected sound information, which regions played a role in said generating of the mentioned reportable interpretation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said producing includes creating a printed chart-like display.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said producing includes creating a screen-viewable display.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said producing includes preparing a display-relevant database.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the mentioned focused snippet essentially illustrates a single beat of the selected subject'"'"'s heart.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said collecting, processing, generating, and producing are performed on a real-time basis.

7. The method of claim 1 which further comprises, following said generating, comparing the generated interpretation with a recognized, authoritative body of ECG and heart-sound clinical interpretation guidelines to identify guideline text which is relevant to the generated interpretation, and said producing includes presenting in the integrated report both the generated interpretation and the associated, relevant guideline text.

8. A computer-based method for presenting correlated ECG and heart-associated sound information regarding a selected subject'"'"'s heart comprising

collecting time-base-related, associated, selected-subject ECG and sound information,

processing such collected information and generating therefrom a reportable interpretation,

comparing the generated interpretation with a recognized, authoritative body of ECG and heart-sound clinical interpretation guidelines to identify guideline text which is relevant to the generated interpretation, and

producing an integrated report which commonly shows at least (a) the generated interpretation, and (b) the identified guideline text.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said producing results in such a report which additionally shows graphically (a) the collected ECG information, (b) the collected sound information, and (c) a focused, time-based snippet of related regions from each of the collected ECG information and the collected sound information which regions played a role in said generating of the mentioned reportable interpretation.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said producing includes creating a printed chart-like display.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein said producing includes creating a screen-viewable display.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein said producing includes preparing a display-relevant display database.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the mentioned focused snippet essentially illustrates a single beat of the selected subject'"'"'s heart.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein said collecting, processing, generating, comparing, and producing are performed on a real-time basis.

15. A computer-based method for presenting correlated ECG and heart-associated sound information regarding a selected subject'"'"'s heart comprising

collecting subject-specific, time-related ECG and heart-associated sound information,

effectively comparing that collected information with a recognized, authoritative body of ECG and heart-sound clinical interpretation guidelines, and

producing a report which describes the results of said comparing.

16. A computer-based method for presenting correlated ECG and heart-associated sound information regarding a selected subject'"'"'s heart comprising

collecting subject-specific, time-related ECG and heart-associated sound information, and

thereafter presenting, in a common-display manner, at least portions of this ECG and sound information along with (a) a stated heart-condition interpretation derived from the information, coupled with (b) the presentation of a related, authoritative clinical-interpretation guideline.