Medical system for seamless therapy adjustment

A method for determining whether to intervene with a patient's treatment, the method comprising:

• (a) sensing data through an implanted sensor;
• (b) using an implanted processor to measure the data against a threshold stored in a memory of an implanted device to determine whether the data is considered to be indicative of a heart failure (HF) worsening episode occurrence;
• (c) storing the occurrence in the memory of an implanted device;
• (d) transmitting the occurrence to an external device;
• (e) determining risk status from the occurrence and any other applicable data using the external device;
• (f) acquiring additional data, the additional data being related to one of weight, symptoms, and blood pressure;
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• (g) using the external device to determine whether to adjust the patient's treatment plan comprising a set of pharmaceutical physician prescriptions in response to the risk status, the data acquired from the implanted device memory and the one or more other external devices, the external device configured to signal a user device as to adjustment of a patient's treatment plan.

A method for determining whether to intervene with a patient's treatment, the method comprising:

• (a) sensing data through an implanted sensor;
• (b) using an implanted processor to measure the data against a threshold stored in a memory of an implanted device to determine whether the data is considered to indicative of an HF episode occurrence;
• (c) storing the occurrence in the memory of an implanted device;
• (d) transmitting the occurrence to an external device;
• (e) determining risk status from the occurrence and any other applicable data using the external device;
• (f) acquiring additional data from one or more other external devices, the additional data being related to one of weight, symptoms, and blood pressure;
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• (g) using the external device to determine whether to adjust treatment of the patient in response to the risk status;
• (h) storing a treatment plan into a memory of the one or more external devices, the treatment plan comprising a first round of medication and a second round of medication, the treatment plan comprises a prescribed medication, the prescribed medication adjusted without being required to directly communicating with the patient's physician any time after storing the treatment plan,
• the one or more external devices configured to signal a patient's user device indicating a change in the patient's treatment plan.

A system for determining whether to intervene with a patient's treatment, the system comprising:

• an implantable device having a memory;
• an implantable sensor;
• an implantable processor;
• an external device;
• sensing means for sensing data through the implanted sensor;
• the implanted processor configured to compare the data against a threshold stored in the memory of the implanted device to determine whether the data is considered to be indicative of a heart failure (HF) worsening episode occurrence based on a result of the comparison;
• storing means for storing a determined occurrence in the memory of the implanted device;
• transmitting means for transmitting the occurrence to the external device;
• processing means for determining a risk status from the occurrence and any other applicable data using the external device;
• means for acquiring additional data, the additional data being one of weight, symptoms, and blood pressure;
• the external device configured to determine whether to adjust the patient's treatment based on the risk status, the data acquired from the implanted device memory and the one or more other external devices;
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• a treatment plan stored into a memory of the one or more external devices or memory associated with the external device, the treatment plan comprising a first round of medication and a second round of medication, the treatment plan comprises a prescribed medication, the prescribed medication adjusted without being required to directly communicate with the patient's physician any time after storing the treatment plan into memory.

A system for determining whether to intervene with a patient's treatment, the system comprising:

• an implantable device having a memory;
• an implantable sensor;
• an implantable processor;
• an external device;
• sensing means for sensing data through the implanted sensor;
• the implanted processor configured to compare the data against a threshold(s) stored in the memory of the implanted device to determine whether the data is considered to be indicative of a heart failure (HF) worsening episode occurrence based on a result of the comparison;
• storing means for storing a determined occurrence in the memory of the implanted device;
• transmitting means for transmitting the occurrence to the external device;
• processing means for determining a risk status from the occurrence and any other applicable data using the external device;
• means for acquiring additional data, the additional data being one of weight, symptoms, and blood pressure;
• the external device configured to determine whether to adjust the patient's treatment based on a prediction that worsening HF is occurring, the data acquired from the implanted device memory, the external device or the one or more other external devices;
• and
• a treatment plan stored into a memory of the one or more external devices or memory associated with the external device, the treatment plan comprising a first round of medication and a second round of medication, the treatment plan adjusted without being required to directly communicate with the patient's physician any time after storing the treatment plan into memory.

A system for determining whether to intervene with a patient's treatment, the system comprising:

• an implantable device having a memory;
• an implantable sensor;
• an implantable processor;
• an external device;
• sensing means for sensing data through the implanted sensor;
• the implanted processor configured to compare the data against a threshold(s) stored in the memory of the implanted device to determine whether the data is considered to be indicative of a heart failure (HF) worsening episode occurrence based on a result of the comparison;
• storing means for storing a determined occurrence in the memory of the implanted device;
• transmitting means for transmitting the occurrence to the external device;
• processing means for predicting increased bodily fluid from the occurrence and any other applicable data using the external device;
• means for acquiring additional data, the additional data being one of weight, symptoms, and blood pressure;
• the external device configured to determine whether to adjust the patient's treatment based on the prediction of increased fluid, the data acquired from the implanted device memory, the external device or the one or more other external devices;
• and
• a treatment plan stored into a memory of the one or more external devices or memory associated with the external device, the treatment plan comprising a first round of medication and a second round of medication, the treatment plan adjusted without being required to directly communicate with the patient's physician any time after storing the treatment plan into memory.

A system for determining whether to intervene with a patient's treatment, the system comprising:

• an implantable device having a memory;
• an implantable sensor;
• an implantable processor;
• an external device;
• sensing means for sensing data through the implanted sensor;
• the implanted processor configured to compare the data against a threshold(s) stored in the memory of the implanted device to determine whether the data is considered to be indicative of a heart failure (HF) worsening episode occurrence based on a result of the comparison;
• storing means for storing a determined occurrence in the memory of the implanted device;
• transmitting means for transmitting the occurrence to the external device;
• processing means for predicting worsening HF from the occurrence and any other applicable data using the external device;
• means for acquiring additional data, the additional data being one of weight, symptoms, and blood pressure;
• the external device configured to determine whether to adjust the patient's treatment based on the prediction of worsening HF, the data acquired from the implanted device memory, the external device or the one or more other external devices;
• and
• a treatment plan stored into a memory of the one or more external devices or memory associated with the external device, the treatment plan comprising a first round of medication and a second round of medication, the treatment plan adjusted without being required to directly communicate with the patient's physician any time after storing the treatment plan into memory.