System for, and method of, monitoring heartbeats of a patient
First Claim
1. In a method of determining characteristics of a patient'"'"'s heart, the steps of:
- providing signals indicating atypical characteristics of a patient'"'"'s present heartbeats,providing signals indicating atypical characteristics of previous heartbeats of the patient,comparing characteristics of the patient'"'"'s present and previous atypical heartbeats to select one of the patient'"'"'s previous atypical heartbeats closest in characteristics to the characteristics of the patient'"'"'s present atypical heartbeats,providing atypical heartbeats of third parties, each of the atypical heartbeats of the third parties identifying an individual atypical heart problem different from heart problems identified by other atypical heartbeats of the third parties, andcomparing the selected one of the patient'"'"'s previous atypical heartbeats and the atypical heartbeats of the third parties to select an individual one of the atypical heartbeats of the third parties closest in characteristics to the characteristics of the selected one of the patient'"'"'s previous atypical heartbeats and to identify the individual heart problems of the patient; and
diagnosing heart problems of the patient on the basis of the results of the comparison.
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Abstract
Heart monitor signals indicating a patient'"'"'s heart characteristics are amplified without affecting the signal characteristics. The amplified heart monitor signals with atypical characteristics are transmitted to a pattern recognition platform which stores the patient'"'"'s previously provided signals with atypical characteristics. The patient'"'"'s present and previously provided signals with atypical characteristics are compared to select the previously provided signals with characteristics closest to those of the presently provided signals. Database signals identifying different types of heart problems in third parties and having characteristics closest to the patient'"'"'s selected atypical signals are chosen. Dependent upon the severity of the patient'"'"'s heart problems identified by the chosen database signals, the monitor transmits the chosen database signals to an individual one of the patient'"'"'s doctor, the patient'"'"'s hospital and an emergency care facility.
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37 Claims
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1. In a method of determining characteristics of a patient'"'"'s heart, the steps of:
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providing signals indicating atypical characteristics of a patient'"'"'s present heartbeats, providing signals indicating atypical characteristics of previous heartbeats of the patient, comparing characteristics of the patient'"'"'s present and previous atypical heartbeats to select one of the patient'"'"'s previous atypical heartbeats closest in characteristics to the characteristics of the patient'"'"'s present atypical heartbeats, providing atypical heartbeats of third parties, each of the atypical heartbeats of the third parties identifying an individual atypical heart problem different from heart problems identified by other atypical heartbeats of the third parties, and comparing the selected one of the patient'"'"'s previous atypical heartbeats and the atypical heartbeats of the third parties to select an individual one of the atypical heartbeats of the third parties closest in characteristics to the characteristics of the selected one of the patient'"'"'s previous atypical heartbeats and to identify the individual heart problems of the patient; and diagnosing heart problems of the patient on the basis of the results of the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. In a method of determining characteristics of a patient'"'"'s heart, the steps of:
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providing signals having characteristics indicating atypical heartbeats of the patient, providing signals indicating different types of atypical heartbeats of third parties where the signals individually have characteristics indicating heartbeats from hearts of third parties with different types of atypical heart problems, and comparing the signals indicating the characteristics of the atypical heartbeats of the patient and the signals having characteristics indicating the different types of the atypical heartbeats of the third parties to determine the heart problems of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. In combination for determining characteristics of a patient'"'"'s heart,
a monitor constructed to be applied to the patient'"'"'s heart to produce atypical signals representing characteristics of the patient'"'"'s heart, an amplifier operatively coupled to the monitor to amplify the atypical signals from the monitor without introducing noise to the signals and without changing the characteristics of the signals from the monitor, a processing station for providing atypical signals previously provided by the patient to represent characteristics of the patient'"'"'s heart, a pattern recognition platform responsive to the amplified atypical signals and the signals from the processing station for selecting atypical signals from the processing station closest in characteristics to the characteristics of the amplified atypical signals, and electrical circuitry for determining the heart problems of the patient from the atypical signals selected from the processing station, wherein a database provides atypical signals from third parties, the atypical signals having characteristics identifying different types of heart problems in the third parties and wherein a comparator compares the characteristics of the atypical signals selected from the pattern recognition platform and the atypical signals from the database and selects the atypical signals from the database with characteristics closest to the characteristics of the atypical signals selected from the pattern recognition platform.
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34. In combination for determining characteristics of a patient'"'"'s heart,
a monitor constructed to be applied to the patient'"'"'s heart to produce atypical signals representing characteristics of the patient'"'"'s heart, an amplifier operatively coupled to the monitor to amplify the atypical signals from the monitor without introducing noise to the signals and without changing the characteristics of the signals from the monitor, a processing station for providing atypical signals previously provided by the patient to represent characteristics of the patient'"'"'s heart, a pattern recognition platform responsive to the amplified atypical signals and the signals from the processing station for selecting atypical signals from the processing station closest in characteristics to the characteristics of the amplified atypical signals, and electrical circuitry for determining the heart problems of the patient from the atypical signals selected from the processing station, wherein a personal digital assistant is responsive to the amplified atypical signals to transmit the amplified atypical signals to server and wherein the amplifier provides typical signals having characteristics corresponding to signals provided by the patient with a normal heart and atypical signals different from the typical signals when the patient has a problem heart and wherein the atypical signals are transmitted to the server for comparison with the signals from the processing station to select, from the processing station the atypical signals having characteristics closest to the characteristics of the atypical signals from the amplifier and wherein the atypical signals from the personal digital assistant are stored and wherein a detector is operative upon the signals selected from the database to determine the severity of the heart problems of the patient and wherein a transmitter transmits the selected atypical signals to one of a plurality of third parties, dependent upon the severity of the heart problems of the patient, each of the third parties identifying heart problems of the patient for heart problems of an individual severity.
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35. In a method of determining characteristics of a patient'"'"'s heart, the steps of:
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providing atypical signals indicating problems of the patient'"'"'s heart, processing the atypical signals of the patient relative to atypical signals of third parties to determine the severity of the problems of the patient'"'"'s heart, and transmitting the problem atypical signals of the patient on a wireless basis to an individual one of a doctor, a hospital and an emergency station dependent upon the severity of the heart problems of the patient, wherein the atypical heart signals of the patient are compared with atypical signals provided by a database and indicating heart characteristics of third parties where each of the atypical signals in the database identifies an individual type of heart problem different from the heart problems identified by the other atypical signals in the database and wherein the database signals closest in characteristics to the atypical signals of the patient are selected for analysis. - View Dependent Claims (36)
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37. In a method of determining characteristics of a patient'"'"'s heart, the steps of:
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providing atypical signals indicating problems of the patient'"'"'s heart, processing the atypical signals of the patient relative to atypical signals of third parties to determine the severity of the problems of the patient'"'"'s heart, and transmitting the problem atypical signals of the patient to an individual one of a plurality of medical personnel, dependent upon the severity of the heart problems in the patient'"'"'s heart and including (a) a doctor, (b) a hospital and (c) emergency care, wherein the atypical signals of the patient are compared with atypical signals provided from a pattern recognition platform and constituting atypical signals previously provided by the patient and wherein the atypical signals having characteristics closest in the pattern recognition platform to the characteristics of the atypical signals of the patient are selected for comparison with the atypical heartbeat signals on a database holding atypical heart signals of third parties, each of the heartbeat signals in the database identifying an individual one of a plurality of heart problems.
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