SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING CLINICAL DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A MEDICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING AN IMPLANTABLE DEVICE
First Claim
1. A medical apparatus comprising:
- an internal device configured to be implanted within a subject and including a driven magnet; and
an external device including a drive magnet, a processor, and a memory, the drive magnet of the external device configured to be magnetically coupled to the driven magnet of the internal device, wherein the memory is coupled to the processor and wherein the processor is configured to;
determine that the drive magnet of the external device is activated to magnetically rotate the driven magnet of the internal device, andcollect clinical data based on the operation of the medical apparatus, wherein the clinical data is associated with (1) how long the driven magnet of the internal device is magnetically coupled to the drive magnet of the external device during a voiding session indicating a duration of the voiding session, and (2) how many times the driven magnet of the internal device is magnetically coupled to the drive magnet of the external device.
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Abstract
A system and method for collecting operation data associated with a medical apparatus including an internal device implanted in a subject and an external device that is magnetically-coupled to and drives the internal device. The medical apparatus may be monitored to obtain raw data associated with the operation of the medical apparatus and one or more calculations may be performed on the raw data, wherein the raw data and/or calculated values may be associated with voiding frequency and voiding volume of the subject. A report may be generated from the raw data and/or calculated values. In addition, one or more signals may be sent to the external device and/or a docking station, or communicated by other means, to indicate to the subject that the operation of the medical apparatus should be altered.
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30 Claims
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1. A medical apparatus comprising:
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an internal device configured to be implanted within a subject and including a driven magnet; and an external device including a drive magnet, a processor, and a memory, the drive magnet of the external device configured to be magnetically coupled to the driven magnet of the internal device, wherein the memory is coupled to the processor and wherein the processor is configured to; determine that the drive magnet of the external device is activated to magnetically rotate the driven magnet of the internal device, and collect clinical data based on the operation of the medical apparatus, wherein the clinical data is associated with (1) how long the driven magnet of the internal device is magnetically coupled to the drive magnet of the external device during a voiding session indicating a duration of the voiding session, and (2) how many times the driven magnet of the internal device is magnetically coupled to the drive magnet of the external device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 23)
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10. A computing device, comprising:
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a processor of the computing device; and a memory of the computing device coupled to the processor, the processor configured to; receive, over a computer network, clinical data from an external device of a medical apparatus, the external device having a drive magnet magnetically coupled to a driven magnet of an internal device of the medical apparatus, wherein the internal device is implanted within a subject and wherein the clinical data is associated with an operation of the medical apparatus, and perform one or more calculations on the received clinical data to produce calculated values. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20)
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17. A method, comprising:
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determining, by a processor of an external device of a medical apparatus, that a drive magnet of the external device is activated, wherein the drive magnet is magnetically coupled to a driven magnet of an internal device, of the medical apparatus, implanted within a subject; in response to determining that the drive magnet is activated, collecting, by a processor of the external device, clinical data associated with the operation of the medical apparatus; and storing, within a memory of the external device, the collected clinical data; and transmitting, over a computer network, the clinical data from the external device to a computing device.
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21. A method, comprising:
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determining, by a processor of an external device of a medical apparatus, that a drive magnet of the external device is activated, wherein the drive magnet is configured to be magnetically coupled to a driven magnet of an internal device, of the medical apparatus, the internal device configured to be implanted within a subject; in response to determining that the drive magnet is activated, collecting, by the processor of the external device, clinical data associated with the operation of the medical apparatus, wherein the clinical data is associated with (1) how long the driven magnet of the internal device is magnetically coupled to the drive magnet of the external device during a voiding session indicating a duration of the voiding session, and (2) how many times the driven magnet of the internal device is magnetically coupled to the drive magnet of the external device; and storing, within the memory of the external device, the collected clinical data. - View Dependent Claims (22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A medical apparatus comprising:
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an internal device configured to be implanted within a subject and including a driven magnet; and an external device including a drive magnet, a processor, and a memory, the drive magnet of the external device configured to be magnetically coupled to the driven magnet of the internal device, wherein the memory is coupled to the processor and wherein the processor is configured to; determine that the drive magnet of the external device is activated to magnetically rotate the driven magnet of the internal device, and collect clinical data based on the operation of the medical apparatus, wherein the clinical data is associated with at least one of (1) how long the driven magnet of the internal device is magnetically coupled to the drive magnet of the external device during a voiding session indicating a duration of the voiding session, and (2) how many times the driven magnet of the internal device is magnetically coupled to the drive magnet of the external device.
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