PHYSICIAN'S PROGRAMMER WITH ST-SEGMENT HISTOGRAM DISPLAY CAPABILITY

• US 20120215089A1
• Filed: 05/01/2012
• Published: 08/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Angel Medical Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Angel Medical Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: FISCHELL, DAVID R., FISCHELL, ROBERT E., HARWOOD, JONATHAN, JOHNSON, STEVEN R.
• Granted Patent: US 8,655,434 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/374
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0031 Implanted circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02405 Determining heart rate variability
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02455 provided with high/low alarm devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/283 Invasive
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/316 Modalities, i.e. specific diagnostic methods
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/333 Recording apparatus specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/339 Displays specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/349 Detecting specific parameters of the electrocardiograph cycle
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/366 Detecting abnormal QRS complex, e.g. widening
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/413 Monitoring transplanted tissue or organ, e.g. for possible rejection reactions after a transplant
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/686 Permanently implanted devices, e.g. pacemakers, other stimulators, biochips A61B5/6861 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/025 Digital circuitry features of electrotherapy devices, e.g. memory, clocks, processors
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37211 Means for communicating with stimulators
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37247 User interfaces, e.g. input or presentation means

Abstract

A physician'"'"'s programmer for an implantable device is disclosed. The programmer includes a receiver for receiving wireless transmission data from the implantable heart monitor. A processor is configured to extract from the wireless transmission data ST-deviation histogram data as a function of heart rate. The histogram data for a particular heart rate range is shown on a display in the form of a bar chart. The histogram data for a plurality of heart rate ranges is shown in the form of a chart with multiple line plots.

Claims

1. A device for displaying ST-segment voltage data collected by an implantable heart monitor:

a receiver adapted to receive wireless transmission data from the implantable heart monitor, wherein the wireless transmission data include histogram data pertaining to ST-segment voltage values;

a processor configured to extract from the wireless transmission data ST-segment voltage histogram data for a particular heart rate range;

a display configured to display a histogram for a particular heart rate range, wherein the histogram is displayed in the form of a bar chart such that ST-segment voltage ranges appear on a horizontal axis and that beat counts appear on a vertical axis.

2. A device for displaying ST-segment voltage data collected by an implantable heart monitor:

a receiver adapted to receive wireless transmission data from the implantable heart monitor, wherein the wireless transmission data include histogram data pertaining to ST-segment voltage values;

a processor configured to extract from the wireless transmission data ST-segment voltage histogram data for a plurality of heart rate ranges;

a display configured to display a plurality of histograms for the plurality of heart rate ranges, wherein the histograms are displayed in the form of a corresponding plurality of line plots such that ST-segment voltage ranges appear on a horizontal axis and that beat counts appear on a vertical axis.