System and method for correlation of patient health information and implant device data

• US 7,047,065 B2
• Filed: 10/16/2003
• Issued: 05/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers Incorporated (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers Incorporated (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Inventors: Stahmann, Jeffrey E., Kalgren, James, Wentkowski, Rene H.
• Primary Examiner(s): MANUEL, GEORGE C
• Application Number:
  US10/687,433
• Publication Number:
  US 20040082976A1
• Time in Patent Office: 943 Days
• Field of Search: 607/30, 607/31, 607/59, 600/510, 128/903, 128/904
• US Class Current: 600/510
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/339 Displays specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7445 Display arrangements, e.g. multiple display units
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A system and method for correlating health related data for display. The system includes a medical device recording data and a display producing device which correlates the data and simultaneously displays different types of data or displays two sets of the same type of data along with the circumstances at which the two sets of data were recorded. Such displays aid a physician in prescribing and ascertaining the efficacy of cardiac therapies.

Claims

1. A cardiac rhythm management system comprising:

an implantable cardiac rhythm management (CRM) device, wherein the CRM device includes a communication network interface and a plurality of sensors to collect data;

a communication network;

a data correlation unit, wherein the data correlation unit includes;

a communication network interface;

a processor coupled to the communication interface;

a memory storing a plurality of data sets;

an output unit for displaying data, wherein the processor correlates at least a first data set and a second data set and sends the correlated data sets to the output unit for simultaneous display by the output unit, and wherein at least one of the data sets is collected asynchronously; and

wherein the first data set includes data entered asynchronously and the second data set is synchronously collected by the CRM device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first data set is collected asynchronously by the CRM device.

3. A cardiac rhythm management system comprising:

an implantable cardiac rhythm management (CRM) device, wherein the CRM device includes a communication network interface and a plurality of sensors to collect data;

a communication network, wherein the communication network is a global computer network;

a data correlation unit, wherein the data correlation unit includes;

a communication network interface;

a processor coupled to the communication interface;

a memory storing a plurality of data sets;

an output unit for displaying data, wherein the processor correlates at least a first data set and a second data set and sends the correlated data sets to the output unit for simultaneous display by the output unit, and wherein at least one of the data sets is collected asynchronously.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the processor receives the correlated data over the global computer network.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the memory includes at least one patient database accessible by the global computer network.

6. The system of claim 3, wherein the first data set includes data entered asynchronously and the second data set is synchronously collected by the CRM device.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the first data set is collected asynchronously by the CRM device.

8. A cardiac rhythm management system comprising:

an implantable cardiac rhythm management (CRM) device, wherein the CRM device includes a communication network interface and a plurality of sensors to collect data;

a communication network, wherein the communication network is a telephone system;

a data correlation unit, wherein the data correlation unit includes;

a communication network interface;

a processor coupled to the communication interface;

a memory storing a plurality of data sets;

an output unit for displaying data, wherein the processor correlates at least a first data set and a second data set and sends the correlated data sets to the output unit for simultaneous display by the output unit, and wherein at least one of the data sets is collected asynchronously.

9. A system for displaying cardiac data from a cardiac rhythm management device comprising:

a memory containing a plurality of data sets including at least a first data set distinct from a second data set, the second data set including conditions of a cardiac rhythm management device under which the second data set was acquired;

a processor connected to the memory, wherein the processor includes one or a combination of hardware and software to correlate the first data set and the second data set;

an output unit connected to said processor, the output unit receiving the correlated first and second data sets from the processor, the first set, second data set and conditions being simultaneously displayed on said output unit;

wherein the first data set is periodically collected and the second data set is synchronously collected; and

wherein the first data set includes drug therapy, and the second data set includes shock therapy.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the first data set includes data entered asynchronously and the second data set is synchronously collected.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the processor receives the first data set over a global computer network.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the memory includes at least one patient database accessible by the global computer network.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the conditions include one or a combination of types of programmable parameter settings, values of the parameter settings, time of settings, and percentage of time a setting is used.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the conditions are displayed adjacent to a graph of the first and second correlated data sets.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the output unit uses hatching to represent a change in the first data occurring after an event occurring in the second data.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the output unit uses a change in color to represent a change in the first data occurring after an event occurring in the second data.

17. A system for displaying cardiac data from a cardiac rhythm management device comprising:

a memory containing a plurality of data sets including at least a first data set distinct from a second data set, the second data set including conditions of a cardiac rhythm management device under which the second data set was acquired;

a processor connected to the memory, wherein the processor includes one or a combination of hardware and software to correlate the first data set and the second data set;

an output unit connected to said processor, the output unit receiving the correlated first and second data sets from the processor, the first set, second data set and conditions being simultaneously displayed on said output unit; and

wherein the output unit uses hatching to represent a change in the first data occurring after an event occurring in the second data.

18. A system for displaying cardiac data from a cardiac rhythm management device comprising:

a memory containing a plurality of data sets including at least a first data set distinct from a second data set, the second data set including conditions of a cardiac rhythm management device under which the second data set was acquired;

a processor connected to the memory, wherein the processor includes one or a combination of hardware and software to correlate the first data set and the second data set;

an output unit connected to said processor, the output unit receiving the correlated first and second data sets from the processor, the first set, second data set and conditions being simultaneously displayed on said output unit; and

wherein the output unit uses a change in color to represent a change in the first data occurring after an event occurring in the second data.

19. A method comprising,

collecting a plurality of data sets with an implantable cardiac rhythm management (CRM) device;

correlating at least first and second collected data sets, the first data set distinct from the second data set, wherein at least one of the data sets is collected asynchronously;

transmitting data over a communication network to a correlation data unit, wherein transmitting data over a communication network includes transmitting data over a global computer network; and

displaying correlated data sets simultaneously on the correlation data unit.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein correlating includes correlating the data in the CRM.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein collecting a plurality of data sets includes one or a combination of collecting data periodically, asynchronously, or synchronously.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein displaying includes using hatching to represent a change in the first data occurring after an event occurring in the second data.

23. The method of claim 19, wherein displaying includes changing in color to represent a change in the first data occurring after an event occurring in the second data.

24. The method of claim 19, wherein displaying includes displaying data collection conditions adjacent to a graph of the first and second correlated data sets.

25. The method of claim 19, wherein collecting a plurality of data sets includes entering an asynchronous, first data set and collecting a synchronous, second data set.

26. A method comprising,

collecting a plurality of data sets with an implantable cardiac rhythm management (CRM) device;

correlating at least first and second collected data sets, the first data set distinct from the second data set, wherein at least one of the data sets is collected asynchronously;

transmitting data over a communication network to a correlation data unit, wherein transmitting data over a communication network includes transmitting data over a telephone system; and

displaying correlated data sets simultaneously on the correlation data unit.