ECG acquisition and treatment-response system for treating abnormal cardiac function
First Claim
1. A method for detecting and treating abnormal cardiac function in a mammalian patient, the method comprising:
- monitoring a mammalian patient'"'"'s cardiac activity via a portable wearable device having electrodes and a microcontroller in communication with the electrodes;
remotely detecting features in the cardiac activity indicative of abnormal cardiac function;
in response to detection of an abnormal cardiac function, alerting at least one person of the detected abnormal cardiac function of the patient including the patient via the patient'"'"'s mobile phone and alerting a remote healthcare practitioner via local connection between the portable wearable device and the patient'"'"'s mobile phone;
in response to detecting abnormal cardiac function, requesting data from the mammalian'"'"'s patient concerning ordinary patient activity that corresponds to the detected abnormal cardiac function; and
in response to a receipt of instructions from the remote health care provider, causing to be administered, at least one medication corresponding to the detected abnormal cardiac function.
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Abstract
A method and system for detecting and treating abnormal cardiac function. The patient'"'"'s cardiac activity is substantially continuously monitored via a portable wearable device having electrodes and a microcontroller. Features in the monitored cardiac activity indicative of abnormal cardiac function are automatically detected. In response to the detection of an abnormal detected cardiac function, at least one person is automatically alerted of the detected abnormal cardiac function of the patient, and medication may be automatically caused to be administered to the patient. The portable wearable device preferably includes a plurality of electrodes and a microcontroller in communication with the electrodes, adapted to receive sensed cardiac activity signals and create digital signals enabling identification of at least one cardiac parameter. A remote computer server is in communication with the portable wearable device and compares values of the identified cardiac parameter with a range of normal values for the cardiac parameter.
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1. A method for detecting and treating abnormal cardiac function in a mammalian patient, the method comprising:
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monitoring a mammalian patient'"'"'s cardiac activity via a portable wearable device having electrodes and a microcontroller in communication with the electrodes; remotely detecting features in the cardiac activity indicative of abnormal cardiac function; in response to detection of an abnormal cardiac function, alerting at least one person of the detected abnormal cardiac function of the patient including the patient via the patient'"'"'s mobile phone and alerting a remote healthcare practitioner via local connection between the portable wearable device and the patient'"'"'s mobile phone; in response to detecting abnormal cardiac function, requesting data from the mammalian'"'"'s patient concerning ordinary patient activity that corresponds to the detected abnormal cardiac function; and in response to a receipt of instructions from the remote health care provider, causing to be administered, at least one medication corresponding to the detected abnormal cardiac function. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for detecting and treating abnormal cardiac function in a mammalian patient, the system comprising:
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a portable wearable device having a plurality of electrodes adherable to the patient'"'"'s body, said electrodes sensing cardiac activity and creating signals corresponding to the sensed cardiac activity;
a microcontroller in communication with said electrodes, adapted to receive said sensed cardiac activity signals and create digital signals enabling identification of at least one cardiac parameter;a remote computer server having read/write memory in communication with said portable wearable device, said server adapted to compare values of said identified at least one cardiac parameter with a range of normal values for said at least one cardiac parameter stored in said read/write memory; and a user interface, residing on the patient'"'"'s mobile phone and adapted to enable communication between the portable wearable device and the remote computer server and to receive analysis of the identified at least one cardiac parameter by said remote computer server in response to a receipt of instructions from the remote health care provider, wherein the portable wearing device causes to be administered, at least one medication corresponding to the detected abnormal cardiac function in response to a receipt of instructions from the remote health care provider, and wherein said portable wearable device further comprises a medication dispensing module having a dispensing mechanism and a quantity of at least one medication, wherein when said remote computer server determines that said identified at least one cardiac parameter is not within a normal range, said remote computer server communicates an instruction to said portable wearable device to dispense a dose of said medication. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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