Alert system and method for an implantable medical device
First Claim
1. An improved method of providing clinician- and/or patient-alerts indicating a termination of an event relating to a patient, wherein a prior detected occurrence of an event by an implantable medical device (IMD) wirelessly transmits an alert signal from the IMD indicating the occurrence of the event, said improved method comprising:
- detecting the termination of a previously detected event with an IMD; and
wirelessly transmitting an end-alert signal from the IMD indicating the termination of the event.
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Abstract
An alert system and method for providing alerts indicating an occurrence and a termination of an event relating to a patient. An implantable medical device, implanted within a patient, detects the occurrence of the event. Next an alert signal is wirelessly transmitted from the implantable medical device to provide an alert indicating the occurrence of the event. The implantable medical device then monitors for the termination of the event. When the termination of the event is detected, the implantable medical device wirelessly transmits an end alert signal to provide an alert indicating the termination of the event.
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1. An improved method of providing clinician- and/or patient-alerts indicating a termination of an event relating to a patient, wherein a prior detected occurrence of an event by an implantable medical device (IMD) wirelessly transmits an alert signal from the IMD indicating the occurrence of the event, said improved method comprising:
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detecting the termination of a previously detected event with an IMD; and
wirelessly transmitting an end-alert signal from the IMD indicating the termination of the event. - 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)
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26. An improved alert system for alerting a care giver to an occurrence of an event detected by an implantable medical device, the alert system comprising:
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means associated with the implantable medical device for detecting the occurrence and termination of a device- and/or physiologic-related event;
means associated with the implantable medical device for transmitting an alert signal after detection of the occurrence of the event and for transmitting an end-alert signal after detection of the termination of the event;
means for receiving the alert signal and for receiving the end-alert signal; and
means for communicating that the event has occurred, after receiving the alert signal, and for communicating that the event has terminated, after receiving the end-alert signal. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An implantable medical device comprising:
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a control processor for detecting a termination of a previously detected event and providing an end-alert signal; and
a telemetry system to wirelessly transmit the end-alert signal subsequent to the termination of the event. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A computer readable medium for storing instructions for a method operated under computer processor control, said method comprising an improved method of providing clinician- and/or patient-alerts indicating a termination of an event relating to a patient, wherein a prior detected occurrence of an event by an implantable medical device (IMD) wirelessly transmits an alert signal from the IMD indicating the occurrence of the event, said medium comprising:
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instructions for detecting the termination of a previously detected event with an IMD; and
instructions for wirelessly transmitting an end-alert signal from the IMD indicating the termination of the event. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44)
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