MEDICAL DEVICE WITH NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSOR

• US 20160004831A1
• Filed: 03/13/2015
• Published: 01/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2014
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Zoll Medical Corporation (Asahi Kasei Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Zoll Medical Corporation (Asahi Kasei Corporation)
• Inventors: Carlson, Rachel H., Volpe, Shane S., Kaib, Thomas E., Whiting, Jason T., Frank, Gregory R.
• Application Number:
  US14/657,790
• Publication Number:
  US 20160004831A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

An external medical device is provided. The external medical device includes a memory and circuitry, in communication with the memory, to receive input specifying at least in part at least one prompt relating to a health survey for a patient, the at least one prompt being customized based on to the patient; convert the at least one prompt to an audio representation; and perform the health survey by at least delivering to the patient the audio representation.

Claims

1. An external medical device comprising:

a memory; and

circuitry, in communication with the memory, to;

receive input specifying at least one prompt relating to a health survey for a patient, the at least one prompt being customized to the patient;

convert the at least one prompt to an audio representation; and

perform the health survey by at least delivering to the patient the audio representation.

2. The external medical device of claim 1, wherein the external medical device comprises a non-invasive medical device.

3. The external medical device of claim 1, wherein the external medical device comprises an ambulatory medical device capable of and designed for moving with the patient.

4. The external medical device of claim 1, wherein the external medical device includes components to be continuously worn by a patient.

5. The external medical device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry includes circuitry to provide a user interface including a set of selectable prompts directed to a condition of the patient.

6. The external medical device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry includes circuitry to:

determine, based on the input, a time period for the health survey comprising the at least one prompt relating to the health survey; and

schedule the health survey for the patient during the time period.

7. The external medical device of claim 6, wherein the circuitry includes circuitry to determine the time period based on an operating mode of the device.

8. The external medical device of claim 6, wherein the circuitry includes circuitry to determine the time period based on an operating mode of the device, wherein the operating mode includes a health survey mode and the time period based on the health survey mode is as soon as possible.

9. The external medical device of claim 6, wherein the input specifies the target time period.

10. The external medical device of claim 6, wherein the input omits the target time period and the circuitry includes circuitry to store the target time period as a default time period.

11. The external medical device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry includes circuitry to output the at least one audio representation during the target time period.

12. The external medical device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry includes circuitry to:

receive at least one response to the at least one prompt;

record the at least one response;

determine results based on the at least one response; and

provide the results to an external entity via the user interface.

13. The external medical device of claim 12, wherein the circuitry to receive the at least one response includes circuitry to process audio representations.

14. The external medical device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry includes circuitry to:

receive at least one response to the at least one prompt; and

output an audio representation of at least one other prompt based on the at least one prompt and the at least one response.

15. The external medical device of claim 1, wherein the at least one prompt includes a plurality of prompts.

16. The external medical device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry includes a global positioning system (GPS) receiver and circuitry to receive a location identifier from the GPS receiver, to determine a language associated with the location, and the audio representation is converted to the language.

17. The external medical device of claim 1, wherein the target time period includes a reoccurring time period.

18. The external medical device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry includes circuitry to:

receive at least one response to the at least one prompt;

identify the at least one response as at least one addressable response; and

address the response.

19. The external medical device of claim 1, further comprising a cross-reference stored in the memory, the cross-reference including associations between response types and addresses for target recipients, wherein the circuitry includes circuitry to receive at least one response to the at least one prompt, to identify at least one response type of the at least one response, to identify at least one address for at least one target recipient from the cross-reference using the at least one response type, and to transmit at least one notification to the at least one target recipient.

20. The external medical device of claim 1, further comprising a cross-reference stored in the memory, the cross-reference including associations between response types and addresses for target recipients, wherein the circuitry includes circuitry to receive at least one response to the at least one prompt, to identify at least one response type of the at least one response, to identify at least one address for at least one target recipient from the cross-reference using the at least one response type, and to transmit at least one notification to the at least one target recipient, the target recipient being a device associated with at least one of a healthcare provider, support provider, and care taker and the notification including an natural language representation of at least one of a name of the patient, a location of the patient, a condition of the patient, and the at least one response.

21. The external medical device of claim 1, further comprising a cross-reference stored in the memory, the cross-reference including associations between response types and priorities for subsequent actions, wherein the circuitry includes circuitry to receive at least one response to the at least one prompt, to identify at least one response type of the at least one response, to identify at least one priority from the cross-reference using the at least one response type, and to transmit at least one notification with the at least one priority.

22. An external medical device comprising:

a memory; and

circuitry, in communication with the memory, to;

monitor one or more indicators of a patient'"'"'s health;

detect a potential health condition based on the one or more indicators;

identify at least one prompt associated with the potential condition;

generate audio output conveying the at least one prompt;

receive a response to the at least one prompt; and

adjust a configurable parameter of the external medical device based on the at least one prompt and the response.

23. The external medical device of claim 22, wherein the one or more indicators include one or more indicators of cardiac function, respiratory function, and vocal function.

24. The external medical device of claim 22, wherein the configurable parameter defines a course of treatment executed by the external medical device to treat the potential health condition.

25. The external medical device of claim 22, wherein the potential health condition includes at least one of ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, bradycardia, and asystole.

26. A system comprising:

a computer system including a memory and circuitry, in communication with the memory, to;

provide a user interface including a set of selectable prompts directed to a condition of an external medical device, each selectable prompt of the set of selectable prompts corresponding to text articulating the selectable prompt;

receive input selecting at least one prompt from the set of selectable prompts to include in a training message directed to the condition; and

transmit the training message to the external medical device; and

the external medical device, wherein the external medical device comprises a memory and circuitry, in communication with the memory, to;

receive the training message;

convert the text corresponding to the at least one prompt to at least one natural language representation of the at least one prompt; and

output the at least one natural language representation.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the condition includes a low battery and the at least one prompt includes a request to change the battery.