SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING OPERATION OF A CARDIAC MEDICAL DEVICE
First Claim
1. A cardiac monitoring system comprising:
- a cardiac medical device configured to be associated with a patient'"'"'s heart and to generate literal data including cardiac signals and marker data, the cardiac signals representative of electrical activity of the heart as sensed by the cardiac medical device;
a communication subsystem configured to receive literal data from the cardiac medical device;
a comparison module configured to compare one or more characteristics of the literal data to one or more heuristic rules in order to derive heuristic information about the literal data, wherein the heuristic information includes
1) a diagnosis relating to at least one of a health status of the patient and the operation of the cardiac medical device, and
2) a causal traceback corresponding to the cause of the diagnosis; and
a display module configured to direct a display device to visually present the cardiac signals and visual indicators representative of the heuristic information.
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Abstract
A cardiac monitoring system includes a communication subsystem, a comparison module, and a display module. The communication subsystem receives literal data from a cardiac medical device. The literal data includes cardiac signals and marker data. The cardiac signals represent electrical activity of a heart that is sensed by the medical device. The marker data represents one or more algorithms running on the medical device. The comparison module compares the cardiac signals and marker data to one or more heuristic rules to derive heuristic information about the cardiac signals and the marker data. The heuristic information represents a relationship among the cardiac signals and the marker data. The display module directs a display device to visually present the cardiac signals and a visual indicator representative of the heuristic information. The heuristic information can assist an operator, such as a physician, in changing one or more algorithms running on the medical device.
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19 Claims
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1. A cardiac monitoring system comprising:
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a cardiac medical device configured to be associated with a patient'"'"'s heart and to generate literal data including cardiac signals and marker data, the cardiac signals representative of electrical activity of the heart as sensed by the cardiac medical device; a communication subsystem configured to receive literal data from the cardiac medical device; a comparison module configured to compare one or more characteristics of the literal data to one or more heuristic rules in order to derive heuristic information about the literal data, wherein the heuristic information includes
1) a diagnosis relating to at least one of a health status of the patient and the operation of the cardiac medical device, and
2) a causal traceback corresponding to the cause of the diagnosis; anda display module configured to direct a display device to visually present the cardiac signals and visual indicators representative of the heuristic information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9)
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5. (canceled)
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7. (canceled)
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10. A method for monitoring a cardiac medical device associated with a patient'"'"'s heart, the method comprising:
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receiving literal data from the medical device, the literal data including cardiac signals and marker data, the cardiac signals representative of electrical activity of a heart sensed by the medical device; comparing one or more characteristics of the literal data to one or more heuristic rules to derive heuristic information about the literal data, wherein the heuristic information includes
1) a diagnosis relating to at least one of a health status of the patient and the operation of the cardiac medical device, and
2) a causal traceback corresponding to the cause of the diagnosis; andvisually presenting the cardiac signals and a visual indicator representative of the heuristic information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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14. (canceled)
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