Therapy system
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1. A medical therapy system for treatment of the heart with electrical pulses, comprising:
- at least one input side sensor;
at least one output side therapy applicator;
a data memory for storing patient, system condition and system configuration data; and
at least one linking/processing stage for processing indicator and predictor input signals connected between the at least one input-side sensor and the at least one output-side therapy applicator and in signal communication with the data memory;
wherein time-dependent sensor input signals are received by the at least one linking/processing stage, and wherein the system has the capability to ascertain, from the sensor input signals and the data stored in the data memory, a control signal for controlling the operation of the therapy applicator, an indicator signal which represents a measurement of either a therapy-liable event or a therapy outcome, and a predictor signal which represents a probability of either a future therapy-liable event or a future therapy outcome, and wherein a system output signal is ascertained, the system output signal being selected from the group consisting of;
the control signal, the indicator signal, and the predictor signal.
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Abstract
A medical therapy system has logic and/or signal processing stages between sensors on the input side and therapy applicators on the output side. A signal parameter is determined from the input signals using the logic/processing stages, and/or an indicator signal is determined from the input signals using a logic/processing module consisting of several logic/processing stages. The indicator signal is a measure of the probability of a future event requiring therapy, or a measure of the success of the therapy.
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1. A medical therapy system for treatment of the heart with electrical pulses, comprising:
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at least one input side sensor;
at least one output side therapy applicator;
a data memory for storing patient, system condition and system configuration data; and
at least one linking/processing stage for processing indicator and predictor input signals connected between the at least one input-side sensor and the at least one output-side therapy applicator and in signal communication with the data memory;
wherein time-dependent sensor input signals are received by the at least one linking/processing stage, and wherein the system has the capability to ascertain, from the sensor input signals and the data stored in the data memory, a control signal for controlling the operation of the therapy applicator, an indicator signal which represents a measurement of either a therapy-liable event or a therapy outcome, and a predictor signal which represents a probability of either a future therapy-liable event or a future therapy outcome, and wherein a system output signal is ascertained, the system output signal being selected from the group consisting of;
the control signal, the indicator signal, and the predictor signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A medical therapy system for treatment of the heart with electrical pulses, the system comprising:
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an input-side sensor;
an output-side therapy applicator;
a stored data memory; and
at least one processor connecting the sensor and the therapy applicator and in signal communication with memory;
wherein the at least one processor has the capability to ascertain from the sensor input signals and the data stored in the data memory a control signal for controlling the operation of the therapy applicator, a time-dependent indicator signal which represents a measurement of either a therapy-liable event or a therapy outcome, and a predictor signal which represents a probability of either a future therapy-liable event or a future therapy outcome, and wherein the at least one processor ascertains a system output signal from the input signals and the data, the system output signal comprising a signal selected from the group consisting of;
the therapy applicator control signal, the time-dependent indicator signal, and the predictor signal. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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39. A method of treating a heart with electrical pulses from a therapy system having an input side sensor, and output side therapy applicator, a data memory, and at least one processor between the sensor and applicator and in signal communication with the data memory, the processor having the capability to ascertain a control signal from the sensor input signals and the data stored in the data memory for controlling the operation of the therapy applicator, a time-dependent indicator signal which represents a measurement of either a therapy-liable event or a therapy outcome, and a predictor signal which represents a probability of either a future therapy-liable event or a future therapy outcome, the method comprising the steps of:
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ascertaining a system output signal from input signals and stored data, which are put into the processor, the system output signal representing a signal selected from the group consisting of;
the therapy applicator control signal, the time-dependent indicator, and the predictor signal;
forming a signal/data set having at least one of a reference time statement and a validity time range statement which characterizes one of a moment in time at which the signal/data set was received and a time validity range at which the signal/data set is valid, wherein the beginning and end of the validity range do not need to be fixed, and wherein the signal/data set contains at least one of output signals from the sensor, indicator signals, patient condition signals, therapy application signals, system description signals, input signals to the processor, output signals from the processor, and system configuration data;
transmitting data set by telemetry means to a remote data processing station in order of time references associated with the signal/data sets by at least one of the following operations;
reducing memory required by signal compression of signal/datasets according to the age of the signal/data set;
checking the signal/data sets for inconsistencies, and one of correcting and erasing the inconsistencies;
investigating dynamic stability of the system to detect unusual data/signal sets;
investigating operability of the system by switching the generation of the therapy signals over to a backup system if a deviation between the predicted and the actual therapy outcome is detected, and stopping the previously active system;
comparing at least part of the signal/data sets that are associated with a predictor of the therapy-liable event or therapy outcome with at least part of the signal/data sets that are associated with an actual therapy-liable event or therapy outcome, wherein when a predetermined deviation between the two is detected, a predetermined change in at least one system condition parameter is made; and
converting one of a frequency spectrum of the signal/data set into time-dependent signals and time-dependent signals of the signal/data set into a frequency spectrum. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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