Lifestyle management system

• US 7,177,699 B2
• Filed: 04/15/2004
• Issued: 02/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Medtronic Incorporated (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Medtronic Incorporated (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Thompson, David L., Moore, David, Kaufman, Hal, Fabian, Willa
• Primary Examiner(s): LAYNO, CARL HERNANDZ
• Application Number:
  US10/824,740
• Publication Number:
  US 20040199221A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,034 Days
• Field of Search: 607/4, 607/5, 607/9, 607/32, 607/60, 128920-925
• US Class Current: 607/60
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0031 Implanted circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37 Monitoring; Protecting
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/00 ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/903 Radio telemetry

Abstract

A patient monitoring system in cooperation with IMDs provides information, direction and counseling to patients. Specifically, a combination of lifestyle parameters, such as, for example, diet, exercise, weight, medication and environmental factors such as, for example, temperature, UV factor, pollen count, humidity, air pollution index, are integrated to provide a seamless, comprehensive, chronic monitoring system and support for patients. The system includes a home monitor, IMD, and a remote expert station in operable data communications therebetween. Personal data such as weight, environmental data, food data from refrigerators and pantry, type of exercise equipment, medication, physiologically significant events, physician treatment plan and the like are integrated with IMD data to provide continuous patient care, counseling, consultation and notification. The remote expert station enables doctors and other health care providers to review, monitor current and long-term trends of the patient'"'"'s health status and dispense clinical care as needed.

Claims

1. A patient therapy and monitoring system comprising:

at least one implanted device in a patient;

a home monitoring system in data communication with said at least one implanted device;

means for providing visual and verbal feedback to the patient integrated with said home monitoring system; and

a remote expert station in a bi-directional data communication with said at least one implanted device and said home monitoring system, wherein said home monitoring system is configured to receive and process multiple inputs, and said multiple inputs include lifestyle information.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said at least one implanted device continuously provides patient data to said home monitoring system.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said multiple inputs include environmental information.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said means for providing visual and verbal feedback includes a patient notification based on physician treatment plan.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one implanted device comprises one of:

a pacemaker, an insertable loop recorder (ILR), a defibrillator, a cardioverter, a drug pump, a neurostimulator, a hemodynamic monitor.

6. A system according to claim 1, wherein the means for providing verbal and visual feedback is configured to provide information regarding a suggested treatment or therapy plan designed by the patient'"'"'s physician to promote life style changes intended to positively affect one of:

the patient'"'"'s disease onset, the patient'"'"'s disease progression, the patient'"'"'s associated medical problems.

7. A patient therapy and monitoring system comprising:

at least one implanted device in a patient;

a home monitoring system in data communication with said at least one implanted device;

means for providing visual and verbal feedback to the patient integrated with said home monitoring system; and

a remote expert station in a bi-directional data communication with said at least one implanted device and said home monitoring system, wherein said home monitoring system is configured to receive and process multiple inputs and wherein said multiple inputs include food data stored in a storage system in data communications with said home monitoring system.

8. A system according to claim 7, wherein the at least one implanted device comprises one of:

a pacemaker, an insertable loop recorder (ILR), a defibrillator, a cardioverter, a drug pump, a neurostimulator, a hemodynamic monitor.

9. A system according to claim 7, wherein the means for providing verbal and visual feedback is configured to provide information regarding a suggested treatment or therapy plan designed by the patient'"'"'s physician to promote life style changes intended to positively affect one of:

the patient'"'"'s disease onset, the patient'"'"'s disease progression, the patient'"'"'s associated medical problems.

10. A patient therapy and monitoring system comprising:

at least one implanted device in a patient;

a home monitoring system in data communication with said at least one implanted device;

means for providing visual and verbal feedback to the patient integrated with said home monitoring system; and

a remote expert station in a bi-directional data communication with said at least one implanted device and said home monitoring system, wherein said home monitoring system is configured to receive and process multiple inputs and wherein said inputs include patient manual entry of information pertaining to the patient'"'"'s health.

11. A system according to claim 10, wherein the at least one implanted device comprises one of:

a pacemaker, an insertable loop recorder (ILR), a defibrillator, a cardioverter, a drug pump, a neurostimulator, a hemodynamic monitor.

12. A system according to claim 10, wherein the means for providing verbal and visual feedback is configured to provide information regarding a suggested treatment or therapy plan designed by the patient'"'"'s physician to promote life style changes intended to positively affect one of:

the patient'"'"'s disease onset, the patient'"'"'s disease progression, the patient'"'"'s associated medical problems.