WEARABLE DEFIBRILLATOR WITH VOICE PROMPTS AND VOICE RECOGNITION

• US 20140025131A1
• Filed: 07/22/2013
• Published: 01/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: West Affum Holdings Corp
• Original Assignee: Physio-Control Incorporated (Stryker Corporation)
• Inventors: Sullivan, Joseph L., Abbenhouse, Martin S.
• Application Number:
  US13/947,747
• Publication Number:
  US 20140025131A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 607/5
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3993 User interfaces for automatic external defibrillators
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/288 for artificial respiration or heart massage

Abstract

An external medical device such as a wearable defibrillator can include a housing, an energy storage module within the housing for storing an electrical charge, and a defibrillation port within the housing for guiding via electrodes the stored electrical charge to a person. The medical device can also include a processor within the housing configured to control a voice prompt customization module, in which the voice prompt customization module allows a programmer to customize voice prompts, and a user interface configured to deliver at least one voice prompt customized by the programmer

Claims

1. An external medical device, comprising:

a housing;

an energy storage module within the housing for storing an electrical charge;

a defibrillation port within the housing for guiding via electrodes the stored electrical charge to a patient;

a processor within the housing configured to control a voice prompt customization module, in which the voice prompt customization module allows a programmer to customize one or more voice prompts; and

a user interface configured to deliver at least one voice prompt customized by the programmer

2. The external medical device of claim 1, further comprising:

a voice prompt database configured to store the customized voice prompts.

3. The external medical device of claim 2, in which

the user interface delivers the at least one customized voice prompt based on an access to the voice prompt database by the processor.

4. The external medical device of claim 2, in which

the voice prompt database is disposed within the housing.

5. The external medical device of claim 1, in which

the external medical device is configured to be worn by the patient.

6. The external medical device of claim 1, further comprising:

a communication module within the housing configured to establish a wireless connection to another device or system.

7. The external medical device of claim 6, in which

the communication module is configured to make a call to an emergency center.

8. The external medical device of claim 7, in which

the communication module is configured to send information about the patient to the emergency center.

9. The external medical device of claim 1, in which

the voice prompt customization module allows the programmer to specify a wording of at least one voice prompt.

10. The external medical device of claim 9, in which

the specified wording includes the at least one voice prompt being in first person.

11. The external medical device of claim 9, in which

the specified wording includes the at least one voice prompt having a level of verbosity greater than a default verbosity or a level of terseness greater than a default terseness.

12. The external medical device of claim 1, in which

the voice prompt customization module allows the programmer to specify that the at least one voice prompt refer to the patient by his or her name.

13. The external medical device of claim 1, further comprising:

a voice recognition module configured to identify another person by his or her voice.

14. The external medical device of claim 13, in which

the at least one customized voice prompt delivered by the user interface addresses the other person by his or her name.

15. The external medical device of claim 13, in which

the voice prompt customization module allows the programmer to specify a language in which at least one voice prompt is to be delivered based on the identity of the other person.

16. The external medical device of claim 1, in which

the at least one customized voice prompt delivered by the user interface requests a response by the patient.

17. The external medical device of claim 16, in which

the user interface is further configured to receive the requested response from the patient.

18. The external medical device of claim 16, in which

the processor is further configured to cause the user interface to deliver a voice prompt intended for someone other than the patient responsive to the user interface failing to receive the requested response from the patient.

19. The external medical device of claim 1, in which the voice prompt customization module is disposed in the housing.

20. The external medical device of claim 1, in which the programmer is the patient.

21. A method, comprising:

responsive to receiving an instruction from a programmer, a voice prompt customization module of an external defibrillator for a patient customizing a voice prompt;

a voice prompt database of the external defibrillator storing the customized voice prompt; and

a user interface of the external defibrillator delivering the customized voice prompt.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

a voice recognition module of the external defibrillator determining an identity of the person.

23. The method of claim 22, in which

the customized voice prompt delivered to the person by the external defibrillator is based on the determined identity.

24. The method of claim 22, in which

the external defibrillator delivers the customized voice prompt in a language based on the determined identity belonging to someone other than the patient.

25. The method of claim 21, in which

customizing the voice prompt includes specifying that the voice prompt refer to the patient by his or her name.

26. The method of claim 21, in which

customizing the voice prompt includes specifying a wording of the voice prompt.

27. The method of claim 26, in which

specifying the wording of the voice prompt includes specifying that the voice prompt be delivered in first person.

28. The method of claim 26, in which

specifying the wording of the voice prompt includes specifying that the voice prompt have a level of verbosity greater than a default verbosity or a level of terseness greater than a default terseness.

29. The method of claim 21, in which

the customized voice prompt delivered by the user interface requests a response by the patient.

30. The method of claim 29, further comprising:

the user interface delivering a voice prompt intended for someone other than the patient responsive to the user interface failing to receive the requested response from the patient.

31. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

responsive to receiving an instruction from the patient, the voice prompt customization module editing a previously customized voice prompt.

32. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

responsive to receiving an instruction from the patient, the voice prompt customization module deleting a previously customized voice prompt from the voice prompt database.