System and method for determining cause of irregularity within physiologic data
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1. A method for determining a cause of an irregularity in physiologic data collected by an implanted medical device (IMD), the method comprising:
- monitoring and storing a collected physiologic characteristic of a patient through the physiologic data in memory of the IMD, the physiologic data collected by the IMD;
detecting an irregularity in the physiologic data, wherein the irregularity is due to a non-motion cause that is unrelated to the physiologic characteristic being monitored;
monitoring and storing position data of the patient in the memory of the IMD, the position data collected by a position detector in the IMD;
automatically correlating the physiologic data with the position data; and
determining that electromagnetic interference is the non-motion cause of the irregularity in the physiologic data when the position data does not include an aberration correlated in time with the irregularity in the physiologic data.
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Abstract
A method for determining the cause of an irregularity in physiologic data collected by a medical device may include monitoring a collected physiologic characteristic of a patient through the physiologic data, detecting an irregularity in the physiologic data, monitoring position data of the patient, correlating the physiologic data with the position data, and determining the cause of the irregularity in the physiologic data based on correlation of the physiologic data with the position data.
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1. A method for determining a cause of an irregularity in physiologic data collected by an implanted medical device (IMD), the method comprising:
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monitoring and storing a collected physiologic characteristic of a patient through the physiologic data in memory of the IMD, the physiologic data collected by the IMD; detecting an irregularity in the physiologic data, wherein the irregularity is due to a non-motion cause that is unrelated to the physiologic characteristic being monitored; monitoring and storing position data of the patient in the memory of the IMD, the position data collected by a position detector in the IMD; automatically correlating the physiologic data with the position data; and determining that electromagnetic interference is the non-motion cause of the irregularity in the physiologic data when the position data does not include an aberration correlated in time with the irregularity in the physiologic data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An implantable medical device comprising:
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a main housing configured to be implanted within a patient; a position detector, in the main housing, configured to provide position data of the patient; and a controller contained within the main housing, the controller being configured to control operation of the IMD in order to extract physiologic data from a patient, wherein the controller comprises; inputs to collect position data and physiologic data; a monitoring module configured to receive the position and physiologic data from the inputs and monitor a physiologic characteristic of the patient; an irregularity-detection module configured to detect an irregularity in the physiologic data, wherein the irregularity is due to a non-motion cause that is unrelated to the physiologic characteristic being monitored; a correlation module configured to correlate the physiologic data with the position data; and a cause-determination module configured to determine that electromagnetic interference is the non-motion cause of the irregularity when the position data does not include an aberration correlated in time with the irregularity in the physiologic data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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