Device for reporting heart failure status
First Claim
1. A programmable device, comprising processing circuitry configured to operate on instructions stored in a memory to perform a process to report a heart failure status of a patient, the process comprising:
- acquiring one or more trended heart failure parameters;
acquiring one or more predetermined events corresponding to the one or more trended heart failure parameters, wherein each of the one or more predetermined events represents an event condition where a predetermined event definition is satisfied;
acquiring one or more heart failure status alerts associated with the one or more predetermined events, wherein each of the one or more heart failure status alerts represents an alert condition where a predetermined alert definition is satisfied, and is distinct from each of the one or more events; and
communicating the one or more heart failure status alerts, wherein the one or more trended heart failure parameters includes at least one of the group consisting of;
a trended tidal volume to respiration rate parameter, a trended heart rate to minute ventilation parameter, a trended heart rate to work rate parameter, a ventilatory response to work rate parameter, trended percent AF, trended LV end diastolic pressure, trended body weight, trended orthopnea, trended peripheral edema, trended pulmonary edema, and trended heart sounds.
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Abstract
An embodiment of a device for reporting a heart failure status of a patient comprises: a parameter acquisition module configured to acquire at least one trended heart failure parameter; a predetermined event acquisition module configured to acquire at least one predetermined event corresponding to the at least one trended heart failure parameter, wherein each of the at least one predetermined event represents an event condition where a predetermined event definition is satisfied; an alert acquisition module configured to acquire at least one heart failure status alert associated with the at least one predetermined event, wherein each of the at least one alert represents an alert condition where a predetermined alert definition is satisfied; and an output communication module configured to communicate the at least one heart failure status alert.
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32 Claims
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1. A programmable device, comprising processing circuitry configured to operate on instructions stored in a memory to perform a process to report a heart failure status of a patient, the process comprising:
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acquiring one or more trended heart failure parameters; acquiring one or more predetermined events corresponding to the one or more trended heart failure parameters, wherein each of the one or more predetermined events represents an event condition where a predetermined event definition is satisfied; acquiring one or more heart failure status alerts associated with the one or more predetermined events, wherein each of the one or more heart failure status alerts represents an alert condition where a predetermined alert definition is satisfied, and is distinct from each of the one or more events; and communicating the one or more heart failure status alerts, wherein the one or more trended heart failure parameters includes at least one of the group consisting of;
a trended tidal volume to respiration rate parameter, a trended heart rate to minute ventilation parameter, a trended heart rate to work rate parameter, a ventilatory response to work rate parameter, trended percent AF, trended LV end diastolic pressure, trended body weight, trended orthopnea, trended peripheral edema, trended pulmonary edema, and trended heart sounds. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A device for reporting a heart failure status of a patient, comprising:
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a parameter acquisition module configured to acquire at least one trended heart failure parameter; a predetermined event acquisition module configured to acquire at least one predetermined event corresponding to the at least one trended heart failure parameter, wherein each of the at least one predetermined event represents an event condition where a predetermined event definition is satisfied; an alert acquisition module configured to acquire at least one heart failure status alert associated with the at least one predetermined event, wherein each of the at least one alert represents an alert condition where a predetermined alert definition is satisfied; an output communication module configured to communicate the at least one heart failure status alert; and a filter module adapted to communicate with the output communication module and to prioritize the at least one trended heart failure parameter, the at least one predetermined event, and the at least one heart failure status alert according to relevance such that the output communication module communicates higher priority parameters, events or alerts in a preferred manner over lower priority parameters, events or alerts. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A device for reporting a heart failure status of a patient, comprising:
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a parameter acquisition module configured to acquire at least one trended heart failure parameter, wherein the at least one trended heart failure parameter includes a trended respiration parameter; a predetermined event acquisition module configured to acquire at least one predetermined event corresponding to the at least one trended heart failure parameter, wherein each of the at least one predetermined event represents an event condition where a predetermined event definition is satisfied for the trended respiration parameter, wherein the event condition is where a predetermined event definition is satisfied for dyspnea, apnea, orthopnea, ventilatory response to exercise, tidal volume to respiration rate; an alert acquisition module configured to acquire at least one heart failure status alert associated with the at least one predetermined event, wherein each of the at least one alert represents an alert condition where a predetermined alert definition is satisfied, wherein the at least one heart failure status alert includes an alert of worsened heart failure, an alert of worsening heart failure, an alert of future worsening heart failure, or an alert of acute heart failure decompensation; an output communication module configured to communicate the at least one heart failure status alert; and a filter module adapted to communicate with the output communication module and to prioritize the at least one trended heart failure parameter, the at least one predetermined event, or the at least one heart failure status alert according to relevance such that the output communication module communicates higher priority parameters, events or alerts in a preferred manner over lower priority parameters, events or alerts. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. A device for reporting a heart failure status of a patient, comprising:
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a parameter acquisition module configured to acquire at least one trended heart failure parameter, wherein the at least one trended heart failure parameter includes a trended heart rate to work rate parameter, a trended ventilatory response to exercise parameter, a trended orthopnea parameter, a trended pulmonary edema parameter, or a trended heart sound parameter; a predetermined event acquisition module configured to acquire at least one predetermined event corresponding to the at least one trended heart failure parameter, wherein each of the at least one predetermined event represents an event condition where a predetermined event definition is satisfied for at least one of the trended heart failure parameters; an alert acquisition module configured to acquire at least one heart failure status alert associated with the at least one predetermined event, wherein each of the at least one alert represents an alert condition where a predetermined alert definition is satisfied, and is distinct from each of the at least one event, wherein the at least one heart failure status alert includes an alert of worsened heart failure, an alert of worsening heart failure, an alert of future worsening heart failure, or an alert of acute heart failure decompensation; and an output communication module configured to communicate the at least one heart failure status alert. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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