Wearable cardioverter defibrillator component assembly verification

A wearable cardiac device for providing feedback during device assembly, the wearable cardiac device comprising:

• a garment configured to be continuously worn about a torso of a patient for an extended period of time, the garment comprising a plurality of assembly locations;
• a plurality of tags disposed on the garment at the plurality of assembly locations;
• and
• an electrode belt comprising a plurality of assemblable elements, each of the assemblable elements configured for assembly into the garment at a corresponding assembly location prior to use of the wearable cardiac device by the patient;
• wherein the plurality of assemblable elements comprises a plurality of electrodes configured to facilitate at least one of sensing electrical signals associated with cardiac activity of the patient or delivering one or more therapeutic pulses to the patient;
• and
• wherein at least one of the plurality of assemblable elements comprises respective local assembly feedback circuitry, each respective local assembly feedback circuitry comprising
• an assembly verification sensor configured to sense whether the respective assemblable element is assembled at the corresponding assembly location of the garment based on at least one of a presence or absence of a tag of the plurality of tags at the assembly location at which the respective assemblable element is assembled, and
• one or more local assembly feedback indicators locally disposed on the respective assemblable element and configured to provide a human-discernable feedback alert indicating whether the respective assemblable element is assembled at the corresponding assembly location of the garment.