US 12,213,792 B2 · Systems and methods for detecting and reporting arrhythmias

Abstract

Systems and methods for managing cardiac arrhythmias are discussed. A data management system receives a first detection algorithm including a detection criterion for detecting a cardiac arrhythmia. An arrhythmia detector detects arrhythmia episodes from a physiologic signal using a second detection algorithm that is different from and has a higher sensitivity for detecting the cardiac arrhythmia than the first detection algorithm. The arrhythmia detector assigns a detection indicator to each of the detected arrhythmia episodes. The detection indicator indicates a likelihood that the detected arrhythmia episode satisfies the detection criterion of the first detection algorithm. The system prioritizes the detected arrhythmia episodes according to the assigned detection indicators, and outputs the arrhythmia episodes to a user or a process according to the episode prioritization.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system for monitoring cardiac arrhythmia in a patient, comprising:

an arrhythmia detector circuit, configured to:
receive arrhythmia detection criteria including a first detection criterion and a second detection criterion having a higher sensitivity to a cardiac arrhythmia than the first detection criterion;
detect an arrhythmia episode from a physiologic signal using the second detection criterion;
and
for the detected arrhythmia episode, determine a detection indicator indicating a likelihood of the detected arrhythmia episode satisfying the first detection criterion;
and
a controller circuit configured to initiate data transmission between two devices according to the detection indicator, including to:
initiate an automatic transmission of the detected arrhythmia episode if the detection indicator indicates that the detected arrhythmia episode satisfies the first detection criterion;
and
initiate a commanded transmission of the detected arrhythmia episode in response to a user command if the detection indicator indicates that the detected arrhythmia episode does not satisfy the first detection criterion.

7 more elements

A method for monitoring cardiac arrhythmias in a patient using a cardiac monitoring system, the method comprising:

receiving arrhythmia detection criteria including a first detection criterion and a second detection criterion having a higher sensitivity to a cardiac arrhythmia than the first detection criterion;
detecting, via an arrhythmia detector circuit, an arrhythmia episode from a physiologic signal using the second detection criterion;
determining, via the arrhythmia detector circuit, a detection indicator for the detected arrhythmia episode, the detection indicator indicating a likelihood of the detected arrhythmia episode satisfying the first detection criterion;
and
initiating data transmission between two devices according to the detection indicator, including initiating an automatic transmission of the detected arrhythmia episode if the detection indicator indicates that the detected arrhythmia episode satisfies the first detection criterion, and initiating a commanded transmission of the detected arrhythmia episode in response to a user command if the detection indicator indicates that the detected arrhythmia episode does not satisfy the first detection criterion.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Systems and methods for detecting and reporting arrhythmias

Life of this patent

Systems and methods for detecting and reporting arrhythmias

Life of this patent

Abstract

Claims20