Virtual physician acute myocardial infarction detection system and method
First Claim
1. A virtual physician system comprising:
- a medical device implantable in a patient and configured to monitor at least one physiological parameter from sensed physiological signals for deviations from desired characteristics;
the implantable medical device configured to;
determine whether sufficient deviations are present in the monitored physiological parameter(s) that indicate with a desired level of certainty that the patient is experiencing a certain medical condition;
generate an alert when the desired level of certainty that the patient is experiencing the medical condition is determined to exist;
determine whether minor deviations are present in the monitored physiological parameter that potentially indicate that the patient is experiencing the medical condition without reaching with the desired level of certainty that the patient is experiencing the medical condition, wherein the minor deviations are not sufficient to indicate with the desired level of certainty that the patient is experiencing the certain medical condition;
cause additional holistic diagnostic procedures to be performed for diagnosing whether the patient is experiencing the medical condition when minor deviations are determined;
cause, as at least part of the additional holistic diagnostic procedures, an external device to query the patient regarding symptom-related questions and collect responses to the symptom-related questions from the patient; and
cause, when the minor deviations are determined to be present, a determination of whether the patient is experiencing the medical condition based on the presence of the minor deviations and the collected responses to the symptom-related questions from the patient.
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Abstract
A system and method for virtually detecting a medical condition, such as acute myocardial infarction (AMI), in a patient using holistic diagnostic procedures implemented in medical devices. Physiological parameters in a patient are monitored in an implantable medical device (IMD) to detect deviations from desired characteristics. When severe physiological parameter deviations exist indicating with a desired certainty that the patient is experiencing a medical condition (e.g., AMI), an alert is generated. If only minor deviations from the desired characteristics exist, additional holistic diagnostic procedures are performed virtually for diagnosing whether the patient is likely to be experiencing the medical condition, such as querying the patient through an external device regarding symptoms the patient is experiencing and analyzing the patient'"'"'s responses to the questions to determine whether the patient is experiencing the medical condition. When diagnosis is still unclear, additional holistic diagnostic procedures can be performed virtually until diagnosis is certain.
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16 Claims
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1. A virtual physician system comprising:
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a medical device implantable in a patient and configured to monitor at least one physiological parameter from sensed physiological signals for deviations from desired characteristics; the implantable medical device configured to; determine whether sufficient deviations are present in the monitored physiological parameter(s) that indicate with a desired level of certainty that the patient is experiencing a certain medical condition; generate an alert when the desired level of certainty that the patient is experiencing the medical condition is determined to exist; determine whether minor deviations are present in the monitored physiological parameter that potentially indicate that the patient is experiencing the medical condition without reaching with the desired level of certainty that the patient is experiencing the medical condition, wherein the minor deviations are not sufficient to indicate with the desired level of certainty that the patient is experiencing the certain medical condition; cause additional holistic diagnostic procedures to be performed for diagnosing whether the patient is experiencing the medical condition when minor deviations are determined; cause, as at least part of the additional holistic diagnostic procedures, an external device to query the patient regarding symptom-related questions and collect responses to the symptom-related questions from the patient; and cause, when the minor deviations are determined to be present, a determination of whether the patient is experiencing the medical condition based on the presence of the minor deviations and the collected responses to the symptom-related questions from the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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