System and method for correlating biometric trends with a related temporal event

• US 8,054,178 B2
• Filed: 06/02/2009
• Issued: 11/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers Incorporated (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers Incorporated (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Inventors: KenKnight, Bruce H., Mazar, Scott T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bugg; George A
• Assistant Examiner(s): WANG, JACK K
• Application Number:
  US12/476,833
• Publication Number:
  US 20090273468A1
• Time in Patent Office: 889 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539.12, 600/300, 600/301
• US Class Current: 340/539.12
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

Systems and methods for correlating biometric trends with a related temporal event are disclosed. A preferred embodiment utilizes an implantable medical device comprising at least one sensor in electronic communication with a patient management system adapted to temporally analyze and correlate biometric data. Some embodiments of a system disclosed herein also can be configured as an Advanced Patient Management system that helps better monitor, predict and manage chronic diseases.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

sensing biometric data using a medical device;

identifying a correlation between the biometric data and an environmental event, wherein the environmental event is capable of causing a health state change in a patient;

transforming the biometric data to produce a transformed output in a human-recognizable format; and

displaying the transformed output and the correlated environmental event in a formatted output.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein sensing biometric data comprises sensing biometric data from an implantable medical device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the biometric data comprises displaying an alert.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein displaying the alert comprises displaying a graphic.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the alert is configurable.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the environmental event is selected from a group of events consisting of:

a change in temperature, a change in atmospheric pressure, a change in humidity, a change in stress, a change in patient medication, a change in patient diet, and a change in patient emotional state.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising:

obtaining reference data from a database comprising one or more of historical patient data, environmental data, and patient population data;

identifying a correlation between the reference data and the biometric data to obtain a correlated output;

transforming the correlated output to a human-recognizable format; and

displaying the correlated output in the human-recognizable format.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the transformed output indicates a state of patient health, and comprising providing a therapy in response to the state of patient health.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein providing the therapy comprises:

providing the therapy via the medical device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein providing the therapy via the medical device comprises:

providing the therapy via an implantable medical device.

11. A system, comprising:

a sensor coupled to a medical device configured to sense biometric data;

a correlation module configured to correlate the biometric data with an environmental event to create a correlated output, wherein the environmental event is capable of causing a health state change in a patient;

a transformation module configured to transform the correlated output to a human-recognizable format; and

a display module configured to display the transformed output, wherein the transformed output comprises the biometric data displayed with the corresponding environmental event.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the medical device is an implantable medical device.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the display module is configured to display an alert.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the alert is configurable.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the environmental event is selected from a group of events consisting of:

a change in temperature, a change in atmospheric pressure, a change in humidity, a change in stress, a change in patient medication, a change in patient diet, and a change in patient emotional state.

16. The system of claim 11, comprising:

an analysis module to analyze the biometric data against a reference data set to create a biometric data set,

and wherein the correlation module is configured to identifying a correlation between reference data and the biometric data to obtain a correlated output,

and wherein the transformation module is configured to transform the correlated output to a human-recognizable format,

and wherein the display module is configured to display the correlated output in the human-recognizable format.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the transformed output indicates a state of patient health, and comprising a therapy module configured to provide a therapy in response to the state of patient health.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the therapy module incorporated into the medical device.

19. A system comprising:

a medical device;

means for sensing biometric data using the medical device;

means for identifying a correlation between the biometric data and an environmental event, wherein the environmental event is capable of causing a health state change in a patient;

means for transforming the biometric data to produce a transformed output in a human-recognizable format; and

means for displaying the transformed output and the correlated environmental event in a formatted output.