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

• US 7,844,322 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2006
• Issued: 11/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• 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:
  US11/379,912
• Publication Number:
  US 20060189877A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,681 Days
• Field of Search: 600/341, 600/523, 600/528, 600/510, 607/18
• 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 method, comprising:

implanting a cardiac rhythm management device, the cardiac rhythm management device including a housing and electrodes;

storing, in a memory circuit disposed in the housing, a first data set of cardiac rhythm management data associated with an application of therapy by the cardiac rhythm management device;

programming the memory circuit with further therapy parameters to control application of a further therapy by the cardiac rhythm management device;

storing a second data set of cardiac rhythm management data associated with an application of the further therapy by the cardiac rhythm management device according to the further therapy parameters;

associating the second data set with the further therapy parameters;

receiving, with an output unit, the first data set of cardiac rhythm management data associated with implanted operation of the cardiac rhythm management device according to the further therapy parameters;

receiving, with the output unit, the second data set of cardiac rhythm management data associated with implanted operation of the cardiac rhythm management device;

correlating, with the output unit, the first data set to the second data set;

displaying the first and second data sets in correlation simultaneously on the output unit; and

displaying the further therapy parameters associated with the second data set on the output unit.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein correlating includes transmitting data over a communication network to a correlation data unit.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein transmitting data over a communication network includes transmitting over a global computer network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the second data set includes sensing atrial events and ventricular events and transmitting the sensed events to the correlation data unit.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein transmitting the sensed events includes sending the second data over a communication network includes transmitting over a global computer network.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein receiving the second data set includes calculating an average atrial rate from the sensed atrial events.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein receiving the second data set includes determining an average ventricular rate from sensed ventricular events.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein correlating includes relating the first data set to the second data set based on a non-time event.

9. A method, comprising:

implanting a cardiac rhythm management device including a housing and electrodes;

storing, in a memory circuit disposed in the housing, a first data set relating to patient activity monitored via implanted operation of the cardiac rhythm management device;

programming therapy parameters to control operation of the cardiac rhythm management device in the memory circuit;

storing a second data set of cardiac rhythm management data associated with implanted operation of the cardiac rhythm management device according to the therapy parameters;

associating the second data set with the therapy parameters;

receiving the first data set of cardiac rhythm management data associated with implanted operation of the cardiac rhythm management device with the output unit;

receiving the second data set of cardiac rhythm management data associated with implanted operation of the cardiac rhythm management device with the output unit;

correlating the first data set to the second data set with the output unit;

displaying the first and second data sets in correlation simultaneously on the output unit; and

displaying the therapy parameters associated with the second data set on the output unit.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein correlating includes relating the first data set to the second data set based on a non-time event.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the second data set includes drug therapy data.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein correlating includes correlating the first data set and the second data set with at least one of the first data set and the second data set being asynchronous data.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein storing a first data set relating to patient activity includes storing the first data set in a remote database separate from the correlation data unit.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein receiving the second data set includes collecting a plurality of data sets periodically or asynchronously.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein displaying includes using hatching to represent a change in the first data set occurring after an event occurring in the second data set.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein displaying includes changing in color to represent a change in the first data occurring after an event occurring in the second data.

17. A method, comprising:

implanting a cardiac rhythm management device including a housing and electrodes;

recording a patient health data;

storing, in a memory circuit disposed in the housing, cardiac rhythm management device therapy parameters;

recording further patient health data while the cardiac rhythm management device is operating according to the cardiac rhythm management device therapy parameters;

downloading the recorded patient health data and the further patient health data to a programmer;

selecting a data set to display that is both associated with the patient health data and associated with the cardiac rhythm management device therapy parameters;

selecting a further data set to display that is associated with the recorded further patient health data;

correlating the data set and the further data set with an output unit;

outputting the correlated data sets to a display;

displaying the data set and the further data set in correlation; and

displaying the cardiac rhythm management device therapy parameters associated with the data set.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the data set and the therapy parameters are asynchronous.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the data set and the further data set are associated with one time period.