Diagnostic And Therapeutic Chest Casing
First Claim
1. A system for detection, forewarning, and rapid therapeutic treatment of heart and cardiopulmonary conditions in a patient, comprising:
- a chest casing made of a form fitting material configured to conform to an upper body of said patient, wherein said chest casing defines an inner surface for establishing adequate contact with skin of said patient and an outer surface opposite to said inner surface, wherein said inner surface comprises;
a predefined plurality of electrocardiogram sensor electrodes for detecting abnormal electrocardiogram signals of said patient; and
a predefined plurality of auscultation sensors for recording internal sounds at predefined cardiac auscultation sensor points and respiratory auscultation sensor points located on a chest wall of said patient;
a control unit attached to said outer surface of said chest casing and connected to said electrocardiogram sensor electrodes and said auscultation sensors for collecting and processing patient information comprising one or more signals from said electrocardiogram sensor electrodes and said auscultation sensors, wherein said control unit communicates with an external monitoring station for transmitting said processed patient information to said external monitoring station; and
said chest casing comprising one or more therapeutic delivery points for delivering therapeutic electrical dosages to said patient automatically and/or based on feedback from said external monitoring station to said control unit in response to said transmitted patient information.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided for detection, forewarning, and rapid therapeutic treatment of a patient'"'"'s ischemic and arrhythmic heart condition, congestive heart failure, respiratory failure, etc. The system comprises a chest casing of a form fitting material. The inner surface of the chest casing comprises electrocardiogram sensor electrodes, auscultation sensors, impedance sensor electrodes, etc. The electrocardiogram sensor electrodes detect abnormal electrocardiogram signals. The auscultation sensors record internal sounds at predefined cardiac and respiratory auscultation sensor points. The impedance sensor electrodes measure thoracic impedance across two or more points on the chest wall. A control unit is connected to the sensors for collecting and processing patient information. The control unit transmits the processed patient information to an external monitoring station. The chest casing comprises therapeutic delivery points for delivering therapeutic electrical dosages and different therapies, for example, cooling therapy, to the patient via therapeutic devices connected on the chest casing.
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25 Claims
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1. A system for detection, forewarning, and rapid therapeutic treatment of heart and cardiopulmonary conditions in a patient, comprising:
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a chest casing made of a form fitting material configured to conform to an upper body of said patient, wherein said chest casing defines an inner surface for establishing adequate contact with skin of said patient and an outer surface opposite to said inner surface, wherein said inner surface comprises; a predefined plurality of electrocardiogram sensor electrodes for detecting abnormal electrocardiogram signals of said patient; and a predefined plurality of auscultation sensors for recording internal sounds at predefined cardiac auscultation sensor points and respiratory auscultation sensor points located on a chest wall of said patient; a control unit attached to said outer surface of said chest casing and connected to said electrocardiogram sensor electrodes and said auscultation sensors for collecting and processing patient information comprising one or more signals from said electrocardiogram sensor electrodes and said auscultation sensors, wherein said control unit communicates with an external monitoring station for transmitting said processed patient information to said external monitoring station; and said chest casing comprising one or more therapeutic delivery points for delivering therapeutic electrical dosages to said patient automatically and/or based on feedback from said external monitoring station to said control unit in response to said transmitted patient information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for detection, forewarning, and rapid therapeutic treatment of heart and cardiopulmonary conditions in a patient, comprising:
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a chest casing made of a form fitting material configured to conform to an upper body of said patient, wherein said chest casing defines an inner surface for establishing adequate contact with skin of said patient and an outer surface opposite to said inner surface, wherein said inner surface comprises; a predefined plurality of electrocardiogram sensor electrodes for detecting abnormal electrocardiogram signals of said patient; a predefined plurality of auscultation sensors for recording internal sounds at predefined cardiac auscultation sensor points and respiratory auscultation sensor points located on a chest wall of said patient; and one or more impedance sensor electrodes for measuring thoracic impedance across two or more points on said chest wall of said patient; a control unit attached to said outer surface of said chest casing and connected to said electrocardiogram sensor electrodes, said auscultation sensors, and said impedance sensor electrodes for collecting and processing patient information comprising one or more signals from said electrocardiogram sensor electrodes, said auscultation sensors, and said impedance sensor electrodes, wherein said control unit communicates with an external monitoring station for transmitting said processed patient information to said external monitoring station; and said chest casing comprising one or more therapeutic delivery points for delivering therapeutic electrical dosages to said patient automatically and/or based on feedback from said external monitoring station to said control unit in response to said transmitted patient information, wherein said control unit dynamically adjusts delivery of said therapeutic electrical dosages in response to one or more of changes in said collected patient information, said heart and cardiopulmonary conditions, and instructions and said feedback received from said external monitoring station. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for detection, forewarning, and rapid therapeutic treatment of heart and cardiopulmonary conditions in a patient, comprising:
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providing a chest casing made of a form fitting material configured to conform to an upper body of said patient, wherein said chest casing defines an inner surface for establishing adequate contact with skin of said patient and an outer surface opposite to said inner surface, wherein said inner surface comprises; a predefined plurality of electrocardiogram sensor electrodes for detecting abnormal electrocardiogram signals of said patient; and a predefined plurality of auscultation sensors for recording internal sounds at predefined cardiac auscultation sensor points and respiratory auscultation sensor points located on a chest wall of said patient; providing a control unit attached to said outer surface of said chest casing and connected to said electrocardiogram sensor electrodes and said auscultation sensors; collecting and processing patient information comprising one or more signals from said electrocardiogram sensor electrodes and said auscultation sensors, wherein said control unit communicates with an external monitoring station for transmitting said processed patient information to said external monitoring station; and delivering therapeutic electrical dosages to said patient through one or more therapeutic delivery points on said chest casing automatically and/or based on feedback from said external monitoring station to said control unit in response to said transmitted patient information. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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