WEARABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR (WCD) SYSTEM MAKING SHOCK/NO SHOCK DETERMINATIONS BY AGGREGATING ASPECTS OF MULTIPLE PATIENT PARAMETERS
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Abstract
In embodiments, a WCD system includes one or more transducers that may sense patient parameters from different parts of the patient'"'"'s body, and thus render physiological inputs from those parameters. First aspects and second aspects may be detected from the physiological inputs. An aggregated first aspect may be generated from the detected first aspects, and an aggregated second aspect may be generated from the detected second aspects. An aggregate analysis score may be determined from the aggregated first aspect and the aggregated second aspect. A shock/no shock determination may be made depending on whether or not the aggregate analysis score meets an aggregate shock criterion. Accordingly, such a WCD system can make shock/no shock determinations by aggregating aspects of multiple patient parameters. Accordingly, multiple inputs are considered in making the shock/no shock determination.
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46 Claims
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1-26. -26. (canceled)
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27. A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (“
- WCD”
) system, comprising;a support structure configured to be worn by a patient; a power source; an energy storage module configured to be coupled to the support structure, to be charged from the power source and to store an electrical charge; a discharge circuit coupled to the energy storage module; one or more transducers configured to render a plurality of physiological inputs from one or more patient parameters that are sensed from different parts of the patient'"'"'s body; and a processor configured to; detect first aspects from each of at least some of the physiological inputs, generate an aggregated first aspect from at least two of the detected first aspects, determine an aggregate analysis score from the aggregated first aspect, determine whether or not the aggregated first aspect meets an aggregate shock criterion, and if it is determined that the aggregate shock criterion is met control the discharge circuit to discharge the electrical charge through the patient within 6 min from when it is determined that the aggregate shock criterion is met, else control the discharge circuit to not discharge the electrical charge through the patient for at least 19 min from when it is determined that the aggregate shock criterion is not met. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
- WCD”
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46-79. -79. (canceled)
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