Systems and methods for processing and displaying patient electrocardiograph data

• US 8,798,734 B2
• Filed: 11/25/2013
• Issued: 08/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Infobionic, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Infobionic, Inc.
• Inventors: Kuppuraj, Ravi, Georgescu, Serban P., Fahey, Michael, Sonin, Juhan, Benoit, Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): Schaetzle, Kennedy
• Application Number:
  US14/088,950
• Publication Number:
  US 20140194762A1
• Time in Patent Office: 253 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 600/523
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/316 Modalities, i.e. specific diagnostic methods
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/332 Portable devices specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/339 Displays specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/349 Detecting specific parameters of the electrocardiograph cycle
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/363 Detecting tachycardia or bradycardia
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4842 Monitoring progression or stage of a disease
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7246 using correlation, e.g. template matching or determination of similarity
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7264 Classification of physiological signals or data, e.g. using neural networks, statistical classifiers, expert systems or fuzzy systems neural networks per se G06N3/00; expert systems per se G06N5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

A method is disclosed for displaying patient ECG data. The method includes receiving ECG data including an ECG waveform; receiving analyzed ECG data including arrhythmic events; generating an indicia of the detected arrhythmic event; and displaying the indicia of the detected arrhythmic event in relation to the ECG waveform at a position associated with a time of the detected arrhythmic event. A system for displaying patient ECG data is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for displaying patient ECG data on an electronic device, the method comprising:

obtaining event indicia of an arrhythmic event of a patient, the arrhythmic event being detected based on analysis of ECG data including an ECG waveform associated with the patient;

displaying, on the electronic device, the event indicia of the detected arrhythmic event in relation to the ECG waveform at a position associated with a time of the detected arrhythmic event; and

generating and displaying grouping indicia associated with evaluation of a detected severity, type, or recency of the detected arrhythmic event of the patient relative to a plurality of other patients.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the event indicia of the detected arrhythmic event includes an indication of the detected severity of the detected arrhythmic event or an indication of the detected recency of the detected arrhythmic event.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the event indicia of the detected arrhythmic event has a size that increases based on the detected severity of the detected arrhythmic event, or a color or a shape that changes based on the detected severity of the detected arrhythmic event.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the grouping indicia includes:

a first grouping indicia of patients that have experienced a recent arrhythmic event, a second grouping indicia of patients that have not experienced a recent arrhythmic event, and a third grouping indicia of patients that have completed a prescribed monitoring period.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein a size of the first grouping indicia is bigger than a size of the second grouping indicia, or a color of the first grouping indicia is different than a color of the second grouping indicia.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein a color, a shape, or a size of each group indicia is changed based on a number of patients in the group, or a number or a severity of one or more detected arrhythmic events of patients in the group.

7. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

sorting a sequence of the displayed grouping indicia of the plurality of patients based on a number, a recency, or a severity of one or more detected arrhythmic events for each patient.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the ECG data is received from a sensor worn by or affixed to a patient.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from a health care provider, a request to view the ECG data; and

transmitting, to the health care provider, one or more images displaying the event indicia of the detected arrhythmic event in relation to the ECG waveform at a position associated with a time of the detected arrhythmic event.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating compliance indicia of a patient'"'"'s compliance or lack of compliance with a device usage procedure or a prescribed treatment; and

displaying, on the electronic device, the compliance indicia of the patient'"'"'s compliance or lack of compliance.

11. A method for displaying patient ECG data on an electronic device, the method comprising:

obtaining event indicia of an arrhythmic event of a patient, the arrhythmic event being detected based on analysis of ECG data including an ECG waveform associated with the patient;

displaying, on the electronic device, the event indicia of the detected arrhythmic event in relation to the ECG waveform at a position associated with a time of the detected arrhythmic event;

generating a display of patient indicia for a plurality of patients including the patient, each patient indicia of each of the plurality of patients including an ECG waveform and event indicia of a detected arrhythmic event associated with each respective patient; and

sorting the displayed patient indicia for the plurality of patients based on a classifying of each of the plurality of patients into one of a plurality of patient groups based on a detected severity, type, or recency of the detected arrhythmic event.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the event indicia of the detected arrhythmic event has a size that increases based on a detected severity of the detected arrhythmic event, or a color or a shape that changes based on a detected severity of the detected arrhythmic event.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving, from a health care provider, a request to view the ECG data; and

transmitting, to the health care provider, one or more images that displays the indicia of the detected arrhythmic event in relation to the ECG waveform at a position associated with a time of the detected arrhythmic event.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

generating compliance indicia of a patient'"'"'s compliance or lack of compliance with a device usage procedure or a prescribed treatment; and

displaying, on the electronic device, the compliance indicia of the patient'"'"'s compliance or lack of compliance.

15. A system for displaying patient ECG data, the system comprising:

a data storage device storing instructions for displaying patient ECG data;

a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method comprising;

receiving ECG data including an ECG waveform associated with a patient;

generating event indicia of an arrhythmic event of the patient, the arrhythmic event being detected based on analysis of the ECG data;

displaying, on the electronic device, the event indicia of the detected arrhythmic event in relation to the ECG waveform at a position associated with a time of the detected arrhythmic event; and

generating a display of patient indicia of a plurality of patients including the patient, each patient indicia of each of the plurality of patients including an ECG waveform and event indicia of a detected arrhythmic event associated with each respective patient; and

a display device configured to display one or both of the patient indicia and the event indicia of the detected arrhythmic event for each respective patient in relation to the ECG waveform at a position associated with a time of the detected arrhythmic event.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the event indicia of the detected arrhythmic event includes an indication of a detected severity of the detected arrhythmic event or an indication of a detected recency of the detected arrhythmic event.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the event indicia of the detected arrhythmic event has a size that increases based on a detected severity of the detected arrhythmic event, or a color or a shape that changes based on a detected severity of the detected arrhythmic event.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured for:

classifying the patient into one of a plurality of patient groups based on a detected severity or a detected recency of the detected arrhythmic event.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the plurality of patient groups include:

a first group of patients that have experienced a recent arrhythmic event, a second group of patients that have not experienced a recent arrhythmic event, and a third group of patients that have completed a prescribed monitoring period.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured for:

generating a group indicia associated with each of the plurality of patient groups;

wherein a size of a group indicia associated with the first group of patients is bigger than a size of a group indicia associated with the second group of patients, or a color of a group indicia associated with the first group of patients is different than a color of a group indicia associated with the second group of patients.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the processor is further configured for:

generating group indicia associated with each of the plurality of patient groups; and

displaying the plurality of group indicia, each group indicia including an identification of one or more patients classified into the patient group of the group indicia.

22. The system of claim 18, wherein the processor is further configured for:

generating a group indicia associated with each of the plurality of patient groups; and

displaying the plurality of group indicia, each group indicia including an identification of one or more patients classified into the patient group of the group indicia.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein a color, a shape, or a size of each group indicia is changed based on a number of patients classified in the group, or a number or a severity of one or more detected arrhythmic events of patients classified in the group.

24. The system of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured for:

sorting the displayed patient indicia for the plurality of patients based on a number, a recency, or a severity of one or more detected arrhythmic events for each patient.

25. The system of claim 15, wherein the ECG data is received from a sensor worn by or affixed to a patient.

26. The system of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured for:

receiving, from a health care provider, a request to view the ECG data; and

transmitting, to the health care provider, one or more images that displays the indicia of the detected arrhythmic event in relation to the ECG waveform at a position associated with a time of the detected arrhythmic event.

27. The system of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured for:

generating an indicia of a patient'"'"'s compliance or lack of compliance with a device usage procedure or a prescribed treatment; and

displaying, on the electronic device, the indicia of the patient'"'"'s compliance or lack of compliance.

28. A handheld device for displaying patient ECG data, the handheld device comprising:

a memory device storing instructions for displaying patient ECG data on the handheld device;

a processor configured to execute the instructions for;

receiving an ECG waveform or image of an ECG waveform, based on analyzed ECG data, and event indicia of a detected arrhythmic event; and

generating a display of the event indicia of the detected arrhythmic event in relation to the ECG waveform or image of the ECG waveform at a position associated with a time of the detected arrhythmic event;

generating compliance indicia of a patient'"'"'s compliance or lack of compliance with a device usage procedure or a prescribed treatment; and

a display unit configured to display the compliance indicia of the patient'"'"'s compliance or lack of compliance.

29. The handheld device of claim 28, further comprising:

an input device configured to receive, from a health care provider, a request to modify a display of the ECG data;

wherein the display unit is configured to display the modified display of the ECG data.

30. The handheld device of claim 28, wherein:

the processor is further configured for generating grouping indicia associated with evaluation of a detected severity or a detected recency of the detected arrhythmic event of the patient relative to a plurality of other patients; and

the display unit is configured to display the generated grouping indicia.