# US 2014/0194762 A1 · Systems and methods for processing and displaying patient electrocardiograph data

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- Number: US 2014/0194762 A1
- Document ID: US20140194762A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/088,950
- Filed: 2013-11-25
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-04
- Assignees: InfoBionic, Inc.
- Applicants: InfoBionic, Inc.
- Inventors: Ravi KUPPURAJ; Serban P. Georgescu; Michael Fahey; Juhan Sonin; Eric Benoit
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140194762A1

## CPC

- A61B 5/339: Displays specially adapted therefor
- A61B 5/343: Potential distribution indication
- A61B 5/0006: {ECG or EEG signals}
- A61B 5/0022: {Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet}
- A61B 5/0205: Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
- A61B 5/332: Portable devices specially adapted therefor
- A61B 5/349: Detecting specific parameters of the electrocardiograph cycle
- A61B 5/363: Detecting tachycardia or bradycardia
- A61B 5/4842: {Monitoring progression or stage of a disease}
- A61B 5/7246: {using correlation, e.g. template matching or determination of similarity}
- A61B 5/7264: {Classification of physiological signals or data, e.g. using neural networks, statistical classifiers, expert systems or fuzzy systems}
- G16H 15/00: ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
- G16H 50/20: for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
- G16H 40/67: for remote operation
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA

## 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

### Claim at position 1

1-29. (canceled)

### Claim 30

A method for displaying patient ECG data on an electronic device, the method comprising:
obtaining event indicia of an arrhythmic event of a patient, the arrhythmic event being detected based on analysis of ECG data including an ECG waveform associated with the patient;
displaying, on the electronic device, the event indicia of the detected arrhythmic event in relation to the ECG waveform at a position associated with a time of the detected arrhythmic event; and
generating and displaying grouping indicia associated with evaluation of a detected severity, type, or recency of the detected arrhythmic event of the patient relative to a plurality of other patients.

### Claim 31 (depends on 30)

The method of claim 30, wherein the event indicia of the detected arrhythmic event includes an indication of the detected severity of the detected arrhythmic event or an indication of the detected recency of the detected arrhythmic event.

### Claim 32 (depends on 31)

The method of claim 31, wherein the event indicia of the detected arrhythmic event has a size that increases based on the detected severity of the detected arrhythmic event, or a color or a shape that changes based on the detected severity of the detected arrhythmic event.

### Claim 33 (depends on 31)

The method of claim 31, wherein the grouping indicia includes: a first grouping indicia of patients that have experienced a recent arrhythmic event, a second grouping indicia of patients that have not experienced a recent arrhythmic event, and a third grouping indicia of patients that have completed a prescribed monitoring period.

### Claim 34 (depends on 33)

The method of claim 33, wherein a size of the first grouping indicia is bigger than a size of the second grouping indicia, or a color of the first grouping indicia is different than a color of the second grouping indicia.

### Claim 35 (depends on 33)

The method of claim 33, wherein a color, a shape, or a size of each group indicia is changed based on a number of patients in the group, or a number or a severity of one or more detected arrhythmic events of patients in the group.

### Claim 36 (depends on 31)

The method of claim 31, further comprising:
sorting a sequence of the displayed grouping 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.

### Claim 37 (depends on 30)

The method of claim 30, wherein the ECG data is received from a sensor worn by or affixed to a patient.

### Claim 38 (depends on 30)

The method of claim 30, 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 displaying the event indicia of the detected arrhythmic event in relation to the ECG waveform at a position associated with a time of the detected arrhythmic event.

### Claim 39 (depends on 30)

The method of claim 30, further comprising:
generating compliance 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 compliance indicia of the patient's compliance or lack of compliance.

### Claim 40

A method for displaying patient ECG data on an electronic device, the method comprising:
obtaining event indicia of an arrhythmic event of a patient, the arrhythmic event being detected based on analysis of ECG data including an ECG waveform associated with the patient;
displaying, on the electronic device, the event indicia of the detected arrhythmic event in relation to the ECG waveform at a position associated with a time of the detected arrhythmic event;
generating a display of patient indicia for a plurality of patients including the patient, each patient indicia of each of the plurality of patients including an ECG waveform and event indicia of a detected arrhythmic event associated with each respective patient; and
sorting the displayed patient indicia for the plurality of patients based on a classifying of each of the plurality of patients into one of a plurality of patient groups based on a detected severity, type, or recency of the detected arrhythmic event.

### Claim 41 (depends on 40)

The method of claim 40, wherein the event 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 a shape that changes based on a detected severity of the detected arrhythmic event.

### Claim 42 (depends on 40)

The method of claim 40, 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.

### Claim 43 (depends on 40)

The method of claim 40, further comprising:
generating compliance 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 compliance indicia of the patient's compliance or lack of compliance.

### Claim 44

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 associated with a patient;
generating event indicia of an arrhythmic event of the patient, the arrhythmic event being detected based on analysis of the ECG data;
displaying, on the electronic device, the event indicia of the detected arrhythmic event in relation to the ECG waveform at a position associated with a time of the detected arrhythmic event; and
generating a display of patient indicia of a plurality of patients including the patient, each patient indicia of each of the plurality of patients including an ECG waveform and event indicia of a detected arrhythmic event associated with each respective patient; and
a display device configured to display one or both of the patient indicia and the event indicia of the detected arrhythmic event for each respective patient in relation to the ECG waveform at a position associated with a time of the detected arrhythmic event.

### Claim 45 (depends on 44)

The system of claim 44, wherein the event 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.

### Claim 46 (depends on 44)

The system of claim 44, wherein the event 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 a shape that changes based on a detected severity of the detected arrhythmic event.

### Claim 47 (depends on 44)

The system of claim 44, 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.

### Claim 48 (depends on 47)

The system of claim 47, 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.

### Claim 49 (depends on 48)

The system of claim 48, 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 different than a color of a group indicia associated with the second group of patients.

### Claim 50 (depends on 47)

The system of claim 47, 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.

### Claim 51 (depends on 50)

The system of claim 50, wherein a color, a shape, or a 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.

### Claim 52 (depends on 44)

The system of claim 44, wherein the processor is further configured for:
sorting the displayed patient indicia for the plurality of patients based on a number, a recency, or a severity of one or more detected arrhythmic events for each patient.

### Claim 53 (depends on 44)

The system of claim 44, wherein the ECG data is received from a sensor worn by or affixed to a patient.

### Claim 54 (depends on 44)

The system of claim 44, 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.

### Claim 55 (depends on 49)

The system of claim 49, wherein the processor is further configured for:
generating 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.

### Claim 56 (depends on 44)

The system of claim 44, 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.

### Claim 57

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 event indicia of a detected arrhythmic event; and
generating a display of the event 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 compliance 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 compliance indicia of the patient's compliance or lack of compliance.

### Claim 58 (depends on 57)

The handheld device of claim 57, 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.

### Claim 59 (depends on 57)

The handheld device of claim 57, wherein:
the processor is further configured for generating grouping indicia associated with evaluation of a detected severity or a detected recency of the detected arrhythmic event of the patient relative to a plurality of other patients; and
the display unit is configured to display the generated grouping indicia.