METHODS AND APAPRATUS FOR MANUALLY SUSPENDING INTRATHORACIC IMPEDANCE FLUID STATUS MEASUREMENTS
First Claim
1. An apparatus for selectively deactivating a notification function in an implantable medical device (IMD), comprising:
- means for monitoring a physiologic parameter of a patient;
means for determining when the physiologic parameter one of exceeds a threshold and departs from a desired range;
means for energizing a notification function to the patient responsive to one of the parameter exceeding the threshold and departing from the desired range; and
means for preventing, for a preset period of time subsequent to the patient receiving one of a corrective and a palliative therapy under guidance of a clinician, energization of the notification function responsive to one of the parameter exceeding the threshold and departing from the desired range for a during the preset period of time.
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Abstract
The capability to suspend a patient alert relating to a monitored physiologic parameters addresses a need to selectively shut off a patient-alert signal or signals during the time a patient is being treated for an excursion in the parameter. Of course, in general a signal call attention to a patient'"'"'s a potentially deleterious status or condition for which they should seek medical attention. Once a chronically-implanted monitoring device has detected or provided information about the parameter relative to a desired value, trend, or range and a clinician has been notified and intervened the alert signal is temporarily disabled for a predetermined period. That is, once the notification occurs and alert has served its purpose, the alert mechanism is selectively deactivated while the patient ostensibly begins to gradually correct the monitored physiologic parameter under a caregiver'"'"'s direction and control. After which time, the alert will reactivate.
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1. An apparatus for selectively deactivating a notification function in an implantable medical device (IMD), comprising:
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means for monitoring a physiologic parameter of a patient; means for determining when the physiologic parameter one of exceeds a threshold and departs from a desired range; means for energizing a notification function to the patient responsive to one of the parameter exceeding the threshold and departing from the desired range; and means for preventing, for a preset period of time subsequent to the patient receiving one of a corrective and a palliative therapy under guidance of a clinician, energization of the notification function responsive to one of the parameter exceeding the threshold and departing from the desired range for a during the preset period of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing executable instructions for carrying out a method of selectively deactivating a notification function in an implantable medical device (IMD), comprising:
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instructions for monitoring a physiologic parameter of a patient; instructions for determining when the physiologic parameter one of exceeds a threshold and departs from a desired range; instructions for energizing a notification function to the patient responsive to one of the parameter exceeding the threshold and departing from the desired range; and instructions for preventing, during a preset period of time subsequent to the patient receiving one of a corrective and a palliative therapy under guidance of a clinician, energization of the notification function responsive to one of the parameter exceeding the threshold and departing from the desired range during the preset period of time. - View Dependent Claims (6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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