System and method for adapting alarms in a wearable medical device
First Claim
1. A wearable medical device controller comprising:
- a memory storing an alarm profile indicating that an alarm be triggered upon occurrence of an event and including a plurality of associations between a plurality of adaptation paths and the alarm, wherein each adaptation path of the plurality of adaptation paths addresses at least one response pattern,and wherein the event concerns a wearable medical device incorporating the wearable medical device controller, and comprises at least one of i) a misplaced electrode, ii) an improperly attached electrode, and iii) an expiration of a threshold amount of time since a battery included in the wearable medical device was replaced; and
at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to;
detect an occurrence of the event;
issue a first instance of the alarm;
determine that no predetermined response to the first instance of the alarm was received within a target response time;
adapt, responsive to determining that no predetermined response was received within the target response time, at least one characteristic of the alarm at least in part by changing a conduit of the alarm to a different sensory output according to an adaptation path of the plurality of adaption paths; and
issue a second instance of the alarm, the second instance of the alarm having the at least one adapted characteristic.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
According to another example, a wearable medical device controller is provided. The device controller includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to determine a correlation between a phenomenon identifiable by the wearable medical device controller and at least one response pattern associated with a patient and store, responsive to detecting the correlation, an adaptation path to address the at least one response pattern, the adaptation path specifying an adaptation of at least one characteristic of an alarm. The at least one response pattern may include a plurality of response patterns and the adaptation path may reflect adaptations made to address at least some of the plurality of response patterns.
173 Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A wearable medical device controller comprising:
-
a memory storing an alarm profile indicating that an alarm be triggered upon occurrence of an event and including a plurality of associations between a plurality of adaptation paths and the alarm, wherein each adaptation path of the plurality of adaptation paths addresses at least one response pattern, and wherein the event concerns a wearable medical device incorporating the wearable medical device controller, and comprises at least one of i) a misplaced electrode, ii) an improperly attached electrode, and iii) an expiration of a threshold amount of time since a battery included in the wearable medical device was replaced; and at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to; detect an occurrence of the event; issue a first instance of the alarm; determine that no predetermined response to the first instance of the alarm was received within a target response time; adapt, responsive to determining that no predetermined response was received within the target response time, at least one characteristic of the alarm at least in part by changing a conduit of the alarm to a different sensory output according to an adaptation path of the plurality of adaption paths; and issue a second instance of the alarm, the second instance of the alarm having the at least one adapted characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
-
-
14. A method for adapting alarms issued by a wearable medical device including a memory, the method comprising:
-
storing, within the memory, an alarm profile indicating that an alarm be triggered upon occurrence of an event and including a plurality of associations between a plurality of adaptation paths and the alarm, wherein each adaptation path of the plurality of adaptation paths addresses at least one response pattern, and wherein the event concerns a wearable medical device incorporating the wearable medical device controller, and comprises at least one of i) a misplaced electrode, ii) an improperly attached electrode, and iii) an expiration of a threshold amount of time since a battery included in the wearable medical device was replaced; detecting an occurrence of the event; issuing a first instance of the alarm; determining that no predetermined response to the first instance of the alarm was received within a target response time; and adapting, responsive to determining that no predetermined response was received within the target response time, at least one characteristic of the alarm at least in part by changing a conduit of the alarm to a different sensory output according to an adaptation path of the plurality of adaption paths; and issuing a second instance of the alarm, the second instance of the alarm having the at least one adapted characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
-
-
20. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing sequences of instructions executable by at least one processor, the sequences of instructions instructing the at least one processor to adapt alarms issued by a wearable medical device, the sequences of instructions including instructions to:
-
store, within a memory, an alarm profile indicating that an alarm be triggered upon occurrence of an event and including a plurality of associations between a plurality of adaptation paths and the alarm, wherein each adaptation path of the plurality of adaptation paths addresses at least one response pattern, and wherein the event concerns a wearable medical device incorporating the wearable medical device controller, and comprises at least one of i) a misplaced electrode, ii) an improperly attached electrode, and iii) an expiration of a threshold amount of time since a battery included in the wearable medical device was replaced; detect an occurrence of the event; issue a first instance of the alarm; determine that no predetermined response to the first instance of the alarm was received within a target response time; and adapt, responsive to determining that no predetermined response was received within the target response time, at least one characteristic of the alarm at least in part by changing a conduit of the alarm to a different sensory output according to an adaptation path of the plurality of adaption paths; and issue a second instance of the alarm, the second instance of the alarm having the at least one adapted characteristic.
-
Specification