Presentation of data stored in an active implantable medical device to assist a practitioner's diagnosis

• US 7,020,515 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2002
• Issued: 03/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sorin CRM SAS (MicroPort Scientific Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Ela Medical S.A. (LivaNova Plc)
• Inventors: Graindorge, Laurence
• Primary Examiner(s): Pezzuto, Robert E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mullen, Kristen
• Application Number:
  US10/115,489
• Publication Number:
  US 20020169487A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,462 Days
• Field of Search: 128/903, 128/920, 345/1.3, 345/4, 600/523, 607 30- 32, 607 59- 60
• US Class Current: 600/523
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/363 Detecting tachycardia or bradycardia
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37247 User interfaces, e.g. input or presentation means
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• 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 process for the presentation of data stored in an active implantable medical device to assist a practitioner in making a diagnosis. This process includes the steps of: a) reading the raw implant data in the stored memory of the device, b) processing the raw data to elaborate a synthesis of the data, preferably through the use of an expert system, c) indexing the elaborated data synthesis according to a plurality of headings, each heading having associated therewith a set of specific implant data having contributed to the development of the heading, d) displaying on a screen (40), at the destination of a user, the aforementioned headings, in the form of a plurality of distinct display fields (41, 42, 43, 44) grouped on the same summary page (40), e) putting at the disposal of the user a tool for the individual selection of each one of the plurality of fields, and f) when a field of the summary page is selected at the choice of the user, displaying on the summary page (40) the aforementioned specific implant data (60) having contributed to the development of the heading corresponding to this selected field (41).

Claims

1. A process for processing raw implant data stored in the memory of an active implantable medical device, in particular of a pacemaker, a defibrillator, a cardiovertor and/or a multisite device, comprising:

a) reading the raw implant data stored in the memory of the device;

b) processing the raw data to elaborate a data synthesis by means of an expert system;

c) generating and indexing from the elaborated data synthesis a plurality of headings, each heading having associated therewith a set of specific implant data having contributed to the development of said heading;

d) displaying on a screen a plurality of headings in a corresponding plurality of distinct display fields grouped on a summary page;

e) selecting one of said plurality of fields; and

f) displaying, in response to a selected field, said specific implant data having contributed to the development of the heading corresponding to said selected field.

2. The process of claim 1, wherein displaying the specific implant data further comprises displaying at least one of a chain of markers, a cardiac frequency histogram, a cardiac depolarization/stimulation amplitude histogram, a curve of stored cardiac events, a time-stamped list of cardiac events, and a time-stamped list of sensor data events.

3. The process of claim 1, wherein displaying the specific implant data further comprises displaying said implant data in superposition on the fields of the non-selected headings.

4. The process of claim 1, wherein step e) further comprises providing each said field with a zone inside the field to be activated to effect the selection.