Systems and methods for processing and displaying patient electrocardiograph data

• US 8,620,418 B1
• Filed: 02/08/2013
• Issued: 12/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Infobionic, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Infobionic, Inc.
• Inventors: Fahey, Michael, Sonin, Juhan, Kuppuraj, Ravi, Georgescu, Serban P., Benoit, Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): Schaetzle, Kennedy
• Application Number:
  US13/763,180
• Time in Patent Office: 326 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 600/523
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/316 Modalities, i.e. specific diagnostic methods
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/332 Portable devices 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 5/363 Detecting tachycardia or bradycardia
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4842 Monitoring progression or stage of a disease
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7246 using correlation, e.g. template matching or determination of similarity
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7264 Classification of physiological signals or data, e.g. using neural networks, statistical classifiers, expert systems or fuzzy systems neural networks per se G06N3/00; expert systems per se G06N5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

A method is disclosed for displaying patient ECG data. The method includes receiving ECG data including an ECG waveform; receiving analyzed ECG data including arrhythmic events; generating an indicia of the detected arrhythmic event; and displaying the indicia of the detected arrhythmic event in relation to the ECG waveform at a position associated with a time of the detected arrhythmic event. A system for displaying patient ECG data is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for displaying patient ECG data on an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving ECG data including an ECG waveform;

receiving analyzed ECG data including a detected arrhythmic event;

generating an indicia of the detected arrhythmic event;

displaying, on the electronic device, the indicia of the detected arrhythmic event in relation to the ECG waveform at a position associated with a time of the detected arrhythmic event;

classifying the patient into one of a plurality of patient groups based on a detected severity or a detected recency of the detected arrhythmic event;

generating a group indicia associated with each of the plurality of patient groups; and

displaying the plurality of group indicia, each group indicia including an identification of one or more patients classified into the patient group of the group indicia.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicia of the detected arrhythmic event includes an indication of a detected severity of the detected arrhythmic event or an indication of a detected recency of the detected arrhythmic event.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicia of the detected arrhythmic event has a size that increases based on a detected severity of the detected arrhythmic event, or a color or shape that changes based on a detected severity of the detected arrhythmic event.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of patient groups include:

a first group of patients that have experienced a recent arrhythmic event, a second group of patients that have not experienced a recent arrhythmic event, and a third group of patients that have completed a prescribed monitoring period.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

wherein a size of a group indicia associated with the first group of patients is bigger than a size of a group indicia associated with the second group of patients, or a color of a group indicia associated with the first group of patients is brighter than a color of a group indicia associated with the second group of patients.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein a color, shape, or size of each group indicia is changed based on a number of patients classified in the group, or a number or a severity of one or more detected arrhythmic events of patients classified in the group.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sorting a sequence of the displayed indicia of the plurality of patients based on a number, a recency, or a severity of one or more detected arrhythmic events for each patient.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the ECG data is received from a sensor associated with a patient.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from a health care provider, a request to view the ECG data; and

transmitting, to the health care provider, one or more images that displays the indicia of the detected arrhythmic event in relation to the ECG waveform at a position associated with a time of the detected arrhythmic event.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein each group indicia is representative of a planet or astronomical object in the universe.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating an indicia of a patient'"'"'s compliance or lack of compliance with a device usage procedure or a prescribed treatment; and

displaying, on the electronic device, the indicia of the patient'"'"'s compliance or lack of compliance.

12. A method for displaying patient ECG data on an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving ECG data including an ECG waveform;

receiving analyzed ECG data including a detected arrhythmic event;

generating an indicia of the detected arrhythmic event;

displaying, on the electronic device, the indicia of the detected arrhythmic event in relation to the ECG waveform at a position associated with a time of the detected arrhythmic event;

classifying the patient into one of a plurality of patient groups based on a detected severity or a detected recency of the detected arrhythmic event;

generating a display of indicia of a plurality of patients, each indicia of each of the plurality of patients including an ECG waveform and indicia of a detected arrhythmic event associated with each respective patient; and

sorting the displayed indicia of the plurality of patients based on a classifying of each of the plurality of patients into one of the plurality of patient groups.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the indicia of the detected arrhythmic event has a size that increases based on a detected severity of the detected arrhythmic event, or a color or shape that changes based on a detected severity of the detected arrhythmic event.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving, from a health care provider, a request to view the ECG data; and

transmitting, to the health care provider, one or more images that displays the indicia of the detected arrhythmic event in relation to the ECG waveform at a position associated with a time of the detected arrhythmic event.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

generating an indicia of a patient'"'"'s compliance or lack of compliance with a device usage procedure or a prescribed treatment; and

displaying, on the electronic device, the indicia of the patient'"'"'s compliance or lack of compliance.

16. A system for displaying patient ECG data, the system comprising:

a data storage device storing instructions for displaying patient ECG data;

a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method comprising;

receiving ECG data including an ECG waveform;

receiving analyzed ECG data including a detected arrhythmic event;

generating an indicia of the detected arrhythmic event;

associating the indicia of the detected arrhythmic event with the ECG waveform at a time of the detected arrhythmic event;

generating a display of indicia of a plurality of patients, each indicia of each of the plurality of patients including an ECG waveform and indicia of a detected arrhythmic event associated with each respective patient; and

sorting a sequence of the displayed indicia of the plurality of patients based on a number, a recency, or a severity of one or more detected arrhythmic events for each patient; and

a display device configured to display the indicia of the detected arrhythmic event in relation to the ECG waveform at a position associated with a time of the detected arrhythmic event.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the indicia of the detected arrhythmic event includes an indication of a detected severity of the detected arrhythmic event or an indication of a detected recency of the detected arrhythmic event.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the indicia of the detected arrhythmic event has a size that increases based on a detected severity of the detected arrhythmic event, or a color or shape that changes based on a detected severity of the detected arrhythmic event.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured for:

classifying the patient into one of a plurality of patient groups based on a detected severity or a detected recency of the detected arrhythmic event.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the plurality of patient groups include:

a first group of patients that have experienced a recent arrhythmic event, a second group of patients that have not experienced a recent arrhythmic event, and a third group of patients that have completed a prescribed monitoring period.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the processor is further configured for:

generating a group indicia associated with each of the plurality of patient groups;

wherein a size of a group indicia associated with the first group of patients is bigger than a size of a group indicia associated with the second group of patients, or a color of a group indicia associated with the first group of patients is brighter than a color of a group indicia associated with the second group of patients.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured for:

generating a group indicia associated with each of the plurality of patient groups; and

displaying the plurality of group indicia, each group indicia including an identification of one or more patients classified into the patient group of the group indicia.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein a color, shape, or size of each group indicia is changed based on a number of patients classified in the group, or a number or a severity of one or more detected arrhythmic events of patients classified in the group.

24. The system of claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured for:

sorting the displayed indicia of the plurality of patients based on a classifying of each of the plurality of patients into one of the plurality of patient groups.

25. The system of claim 16, wherein the ECG data is received from a sensor associated with a patient.

26. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured for:

receiving, from a health care provider, a request to view the ECG data; and

transmitting, to the health care provider, one or more images that displays the indicia of the detected arrhythmic event in relation to the ECG waveform at a position associated with a time of the detected arrhythmic event.

27. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured for:

generating a group indicia associated with each of the plurality of patient groups, each group indicia being representative of a planet or astronomical object in the universe; and

displaying the plurality of group indicia, each group indicia including an identification of one or more patients classified into the patient group of the group indicia.

28. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured for:

generating an indicia of a patient'"'"'s compliance or lack of compliance with a device usage procedure or a prescribed treatment; and

displaying, on the electronic device, the indicia of the patient'"'"'s compliance or lack of compliance.

29. A handheld device for displaying patient ECG data, the handheld device comprising:

a memory device storing instructions for displaying patient ECG data on the handheld device;

a processor configured to execute the instructions for;

receiving an ECG waveform or image of an ECG waveform, based on analyzed ECG data, and indicia of a detected arrhythmic event; and

generating a display of the indicia of the detected arrhythmic event in relation to the ECG waveform or image of the ECG waveform at a position associated with a time of the detected arrhythmic event;

generating an indicia of a patient'"'"'s compliance or lack of compliance with a device usage procedure or a prescribed treatment; and

a display unit configured to display the the indicia of the patient'"'"'s compliance or lack of compliance.

30. The handheld device of claim 29, further comprising:

an input device configured to receive, from a health care provider, a request to modify a display of the ECG data;

wherein the display unit is configured to display the modified display of the ECG data.