Cardio-Function cafeteria methodology

• US 20090216138A1
• Filed: 04/28/2009
• Published: 08/27/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inovise Medical, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Inovise Medical, Inc.
• Inventors: Arand, Patricica A., Bauer, Peter T., Warner, Robert A.
• Application Number:
  US12/387,204
• Publication Number:
  US 20090216138A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/508
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/145 Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration, pH value; Measuring characteristics of body fluids or tissues, e.g. interstitial fluid, cerebral tissuemeasuring of blood pressure or blood flow A61B5/02; non-radiation detecting or locating of foreign bodies in blood A61B5/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/33 specially adapted for cooperation with other devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/349 Detecting specific parameters of the electrocardiograph cycle
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 7/04 Electric stethoscopes microphones, acoustic transducers therefor H04R
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/06 Measuring blood flow measuring volume flow in general G01F, e.g. G01F1/66, G01F1/72; measuring speed of fluids in general G01P5/00

Abstract

A computer-based, cardio-function cafeteria method for gathering, handling, observing and presenting cardio-function data from a selected subject patient, and for utilizing that data to effect constructive and corrective, data-trend-based, cardio-function intervention. The method features (a) gathering cardio-relevant, cardio-functionality data from a patient including, over extended time, selected-category, cardio-functionality trend data, (b) utilizing such trend data in an implemented feedback manner to effect real-time changes in the patient'"'"'s cardio-functionality as evidenced by that gathered trend data, and (c), while so implementing the mentioned feedback utilization, continuing to gather and observe the same-category trend data so as to achieve, through appropriate, recurrent utilization feedback, and related constructive and corrective intervention, improved cardio-functionality in relation to the associated trend data.

Claims

1. A cardio-function cafeteria method for gathering, handling, observing and presenting cardio-function data from a selected subject patient, and for utilizing that data to effect constructive and corrective, data-trend-based, cardio-function intervention, said method comprising

in real time, gathering cardio-relevant cardio-functionality data from a subject patient including, over time, selected-category, cardio-functionality trend data,

utilizing such trend data in an implemented feedback manner to effect real-time changes in the subject patient'"'"'s cardio-functionality as evidenced by that trend data, and

while so implementing the mentioned feedback manner of utilization, continuing to gather and observe the same-category trend data so as to achieve, through utilization feedback, and related constructive and corrective intervention, improved cardio-functionality in relation to the associated trend data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said utilizing is performed in at least one of the manners including (a) manually, and (b) automatically under computer control.

3. The method of claim 1 which further comprises computer-processing such gathered data, including (a) selectively applying cardio-condition-assessing algorithmic software to the data, and (b) selectively display-presenting input and computer-processed data, along with, as desired, selected, algorithmically-assessed cardio-condition data, in forms including at least one of the categories of (1) plural-heartbeat waveforms, (2) single-heartbeat waveform snippets, (3) cardio-condition trend data, (4) numeric data, and (5) textual data, with or without accompanying judgment comment based upon computer-implemented assessment of such data, and said utilizing further includes (a) selectively enabling manual, or computer-directed-automatic, constructive and corrective feedback-intervention relative to a subject patient based upon selected trend data so as to improve a selected-trend aspect of the subject patient'"'"'s cardio-functionality by producing observable changes in such functionality, and (b) confirming such trend improvement by continuing to gather, present and observe relevant cardio-condition selected-trend data.