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Portable medical device for assistance to heart patients and method for processing and transmitting data through said device

  • US 9,392,940 B2
  • Filed: 10/09/2013
  • Issued: 07/19/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of processing and transmitting data by a portable medical device for assistance to heart patients carrying an implanted pacemaker comprising:

  • providing the portable medical device, which comprises,a unit measuring and storing data regarding functionality of a patient'"'"'s heart or of the pacemaker,a wireless unit configured to transmit the stored data stored within a transmission field proximal to the pacemaker,at least one electric energy accumulator for power supply,at least one electronic card provided with a first wireless communication unit for receiving the data sent by the pacemaker, and a unit for processing the data received from the pacemaker, andan external casing configured to be grasped by the patient in order to bring the external casing to the transmission field proximal to the pacemaker and provided with at least one light signal configured to communicate at least partially the data processed by said processing unit to the patient;

    positioning, by the patient, said portable medical device in the transmission field proximal to the pacemaker;

    selectively starting reception of the data sent by the pacemaker by said portable medical device;

    processing the data received from the pacemaker, carried out by said portable medical device; and

    communicating at least partially to the patient the data processed by said processing unit through said at least one light signal,wherein said processing step comprises determining selected functional parameters starting from the data received from the pacemaker, comparing said selected functional parameters with threshold values of the same parameters set by the patient'"'"'s family doctor, and generating one or more alarms to be activated when at least one of said threshold values is exceeded, said communicating step comprising activating said at least one light signal in presence of one or more of said alarms.

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