Diagnostic And Therapeutic Chest Casing

A system for detection, forewarning, and rapid therapeutic treatment of heart and cardiopulmonary conditions in a patient, comprising:

• a chest casing made of a form fitting material configured to conform to an upper body of said patient, wherein said chest casing defines an inner surface for establishing adequate contact with skin of said patient and an outer surface opposite to said inner surface, wherein said inner surface comprises:
• a predefined plurality of electrocardiogram sensor electrodes for detecting abnormal electrocardiogram signals of said patient;
• a predefined plurality of auscultation sensors for recording internal sounds at predefined cardiac auscultation sensor points and respiratory auscultation sensor points located on a chest wall of said patient;
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• one or more impedance sensor electrodes for measuring thoracic impedance across two or more points on said chest wall of said patient;
• a control unit attached to said outer surface of said chest casing and connected to said electrocardiogram sensor electrodes, said auscultation sensors, and said impedance sensor electrodes for collecting and processing patient information comprising one or more signals from said electrocardiogram sensor electrodes, said auscultation sensors, and said impedance sensor electrodes, wherein said control unit communicates with an external monitoring station for transmitting said processed patient information to said external monitoring station;
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• said chest casing comprising one or more therapeutic delivery points for delivering therapeutic electrical dosages to said patient automatically and/or based on feedback from said external monitoring station to said control unit in response to said transmitted patient information, wherein said control unit dynamically adjusts delivery of said therapeutic electrical dosages in response to one or more of changes in said collected patient information, said heart and cardiopulmonary conditions, and instructions and said feedback received from said external monitoring station.

A method for detection, forewarning, and rapid therapeutic treatment of heart and cardiopulmonary conditions in a patient, comprising:

• providing a chest casing made of a form fitting material configured to conform to an upper body of said patient, wherein said chest casing defines an inner surface for establishing adequate contact with skin of said patient and an outer surface opposite to said inner surface, wherein said inner surface comprises:
• a predefined plurality of electrocardiogram sensor electrodes for detecting abnormal electrocardiogram signals of said patient;
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• a predefined plurality of auscultation sensors for recording internal sounds at predefined cardiac auscultation sensor points and respiratory auscultation sensor points located on a chest wall of said patient;
• providing a control unit attached to said outer surface of said chest casing and connected to said electrocardiogram sensor electrodes and said auscultation sensors;
• collecting and processing patient information comprising one or more signals from said electrocardiogram sensor electrodes and said auscultation sensors, wherein said control unit communicates with an external monitoring station for transmitting said processed patient information to said external monitoring station;
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• delivering therapeutic electrical dosages to said patient through one or more therapeutic delivery points on said chest casing automatically and/or based on feedback from said external monitoring station to said control unit in response to said transmitted patient information.