INTELLIGENT PATIENT MONITOR PENDANT
First Claim
1. A patient monitor, comprising:
- a pendant configured to be worn around a neck of a patient, the pendant comprising;
a first electrode to sense transthoracic electrical activity;
a processor in communication with the first electrode, the processor to analyze the transthoracic electrical activity to detect a cardiac event; and
a position sensor to determine an orientation of the pendant so as to detect whether the patient is in a horizontal or upright position,wherein the processor is further configured to determine the accuracy of the detected cardiac event based on data from the position sensor.
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Abstract
A patient monitor system includes a pendant configured to be worn around a neck of a patient. The pendant includes an electrode to sense transthoracic electrical activity and a processor in communication with the electrode. The processor analyzes the transthoracic electrical activity to detect a cardiac event. The pendant also includes a position sensor to determine an orientation of the pendant so as to detect whether the patient is in a horizontal or upright position. The processor determines the accuracy of the detected cardiac event based on data from the position sensor. The patient monitor system may also include additional electrodes connected to the pendant through a necklace. The pendant may also include a verbal verification module to execute verbal communication routines that automatically detect an ability of the patient to communicate verbally so as to further determine the accuracy of the detected cardiac event.
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20 Claims
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1. A patient monitor, comprising:
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a pendant configured to be worn around a neck of a patient, the pendant comprising; a first electrode to sense transthoracic electrical activity; a processor in communication with the first electrode, the processor to analyze the transthoracic electrical activity to detect a cardiac event; and a position sensor to determine an orientation of the pendant so as to detect whether the patient is in a horizontal or upright position, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the accuracy of the detected cardiac event based on data from the position sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for monitoring a patient, the method comprising:
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collecting and analyzing patient monitor data to detect a potential event; determining a correlation between the patient monitor data and patient position data; executing a verbal communication routine that outputs verbal communication data corresponding to an attempted detection of verbal input from the patient; based on at least one of the patient position data and the verbal communication data, determining whether a false alarm condition exists; and communicating, to a remote location, an indication of whether the false alarm condition exists. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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