WEARABLE MEDICAL TREATMENT DEVICE

• US 20140303680A1
• Filed: 02/07/2014
• Published: 10/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zoll Medical Corporation (Asahi Kasei Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Zoll Medical Corporation (Asahi Kasei Corporation)
• Inventors: Donnelly, Edward J., Kaib, Thomas E., Linder, Marshal W., Szymkiewicz, Steven J., Whiting, Jason T., Volpe, Shane S.
• Granted Patent: US 9,283,399 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 607/7
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/045 with a separable interface unit, e.g. for communication
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0816 Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1117 Fall detection
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1455 using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/282 Holders for multiple electrodes for introduction into the body A61B5/287
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4818 Sleep apnoea
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6804 Garments; Clothes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6805 Vests
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/721 using a separate sensor to detect motion or using motion information derived from signals other than the physiological signal to be measured
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/0484 Garment electrodes worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36535 controlled by body position or posture
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36542 controlled by body motion, e.g. acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36585 controlled by two or more physical parameters
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37247 User interfaces, e.g. input or presentation means
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37258 : Alerting the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/39 : Heart defibrillators
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3904 : External heart defibrillators [EHD]
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3987 : characterised by the timing or triggering of the shock
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3993 : User interfaces for automatic external defibrillators
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 : for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 : for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

A wearable treatment device includes a cardiac sensing electrode, a treatment electrode, a user interface, and a sensor. The cardiac sensing electrode detects cardiac information, and the treatment electrode applies treatment to a subject. The user interface receives quality of life information from the subject, and the sensor detects subject activity and wellness information. A controller coupled with the cardiac sensing electrode, the treatment electrode, the user interface, and the sensor receives the detected cardiac information, the quality of life information, and the detected subject activity and wellness information, and determines that treatment is to be applied to the body of the subject based upon the detected cardiac to information. The controller can adjust the treatment based on at least one of the detected subject activity and wellness information and the quality of life information.

Claims

1. A wearable treatment device for treatment of a subject, comprising:

a plurality of cardiac sensing electrodes configured to be positioned outside a body of the subject and to detect cardiac information of the subject;

a treatment electrode configured to be positioned outside the body of the subject and to apply treatment to the subject;

a user interface configured to receive quality of life information from the subject;

a sensor configured to be positioned outside the body of the subject and to detect subject activity and wellness information indicative of a general wellness of the subject; and

a controller communicatively coupled to the cardiac sensing electrode, the treatment electrode, the user interface, and the sensor, the controller configured to receive and store the detected cardiac information, the quality of life information, and the detected subject activity and wellness information, to determine whether the detected cardiac information is indicative of a treatable cardiac arrhythmia, to apply treatment to the body of the subject in response to the detected cardiac information being indicative of the treatable cardiac arrhythmia, and to wirelessly communicate the stored detected subject activity and wellness information and the quality of life information to a remote computer.

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