MEDICAL EVENT LOGBOOK SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20130096442A1
• Filed: 12/03/2012
• Published: 04/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers Incorporated (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers Incorporated (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Inventors: Stahmann, Jeffrey E., Hatlestad, John D., Hartley, Jesse W., Ni, Quan, Lee, Kent
• Application Number:
  US13/692,767
• Publication Number:
  US 20130096442A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/484
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02405 Determining heart rate variability
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0803 Recording apparatus specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3601 of respiratory organs

Abstract

An event-based approach to collecting and organizing information associated with events affecting respiration is presented. The detection or prediction of an event affecting the respiration of a patient initiates acquisition of information associated with the event. The respiratory logbook system acquires information associated with the event during the event and during intervals proximate in time to the event. The information is organized as a respiratory log entry. The user can access the information by operating a user interface. The information may be presented in textual or graphical form.

Claims

1. A method for organizing medical information, comprising:

detecting or predicting a respiratory event of a patient;

initiating, responsive to the detection or prediction of the respiratory event, collection of medical information associated with the respiratory event;

collecting the medical information associated with the respiratory event;

organizing the medical information as a respiratory event log entry; and

displaying on a display at least part of the organized medical information, including a time associated with the respiratory event that corresponds to the displayed information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of detecting or predicting the respiratory event, initiating the collecting of medical information, collecting the medical information, and organizing the medical information is performed at least in part implantably.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein collecting the medical information associated with the respiratory event comprises collecting the medical information during the respiratory event.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein collecting the medical information associated with the respiratory event comprises collecting the medical information proximate in time to the respiratory event.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting or predicting the respiratory event comprises detecting or predicting the respiratory event based on physiological conditions affecting the patient.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting or predicting the respiratory event comprises detecting or predicting the respiratory event based on non-physiological conditions affecting the patient.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting or predicting the respiratory event comprises detecting or predicting a disordered breathing event.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting or predicting the respiratory event comprises detecting or predicting a presence of a non-rhythm pulmonary event.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein collecting the medical information associated with the respiratory event comprises collecting respiratory information.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein collecting the medical information associated with the respiratory event comprises collecting cardiac information.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein organizing the information as the respiratory event log entry comprises organizing the information as one of a group of respiratory log entries of a respiratory logbook.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the group of respiratory log entries are organized chronologically.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the group of respiratory log entries are organized by event type.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising displaying a menu on the display to aid a user in selecting one or more of the groups of respiratory log entries for display on the display.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the organized information.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting at least one of the collected information and the organized information to a remote device.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating summary information associated with one or more of a plurality of detected or predicted respiratory events; and

displaying the summary information on the display.

18. A method for organizing medical information, comprising:

detecting or predicting a respiratory event of a patient;

collecting medical information associated with the respiratory event;

organizing the medical information as a respiratory event log entry, including a time associated with the respiratory event; and

wherein at least one of detecting or predicting the respiratory event, collecting the medical information, and organizing the medical information is performed at least in part in vivo.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising displaying on a display at least part of the organized medical information.

20. A method for organizing medical information, comprising:

collecting medical information associated with a plurality of respiratory events;

organizing the medical information as a plurality of respiratory event log entries, wherein each of the plurality of respiratory event log entries includes a time associated with the corresponding respiratory events; and

wherein at least one of collecting the medical information and organizing the medical information is performed at least in part in vivo.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

displaying on a display medical information associated with at least some of the plurality of respiratory event log entries.