INTERNET-BASED SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING AND ANALYZING DATA BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER A CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE
First Claim
1. A system for evaluating a patient, comprising:
- a first ECG-measuring system connected to the patient and configured to sense ECG information;
a data-acquisition system interfaced to a vital sign-monitoring system connected to the patient, the vital-sign monitoring system configured to sense vital sign information during an electro-physiology (EP) procedure;
a software system interfaced to both the ECG-measuring system and the data-acquisition system, the software system comprising;
i) a first software interface configured to receive ECG information sensed by the ECG-measuring system;
ii) a second software interface configured to receive vital sign information from the data-acquisition system, the vital sign information sensed by the vital-sign monitoring system;
iii) a database configured to store ECG information sensed from the patient before and after the EP procedure, and vital sign information sensed from the patient during the EP procedure; and
iv) an algorithm configured to evaluate the EP procedure by collectively analyzing at least two of the following;
ECG information sensed from the patient before the EP procedure, ECG information sensed from the patient after the EP procedure, and vital sign information sensed from the patient during the EP procedure.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an improved, Internet-based system that seamlessly collects cardiovascular data from a patient before, during, and after a procedure for EP or an ID. During an EP procedure, the system collects information describing the patient'"'"'s response to PES and the ablation process, ECG waveforms and their various features, HR and other vital signs, HR variability, cardiac arrhythmias, patient demographics, and patient outcomes. Once these data are collected, the system stores them on an Internet-accessible computer system that can deploy a collection of user-selected and custom-developed algorithms. Before and after the procedure, the system also integrates with body-worn and/or programmers that interrogate implanted devices to collect similar data while the patient is either ambulatory, or in a clinic associated with the hospital. A data-collection/storage module, featuring database interface, stores physiological and procedural information measured from the patient.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for evaluating a patient, comprising:
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a first ECG-measuring system connected to the patient and configured to sense ECG information; a data-acquisition system interfaced to a vital sign-monitoring system connected to the patient, the vital-sign monitoring system configured to sense vital sign information during an electro-physiology (EP) procedure; a software system interfaced to both the ECG-measuring system and the data-acquisition system, the software system comprising;
i) a first software interface configured to receive ECG information sensed by the ECG-measuring system;
ii) a second software interface configured to receive vital sign information from the data-acquisition system, the vital sign information sensed by the vital-sign monitoring system;
iii) a database configured to store ECG information sensed from the patient before and after the EP procedure, and vital sign information sensed from the patient during the EP procedure; and
iv) an algorithm configured to evaluate the EP procedure by collectively analyzing at least two of the following;
ECG information sensed from the patient before the EP procedure, ECG information sensed from the patient after the EP procedure, and vital sign information sensed from the patient during the EP procedure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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