Wearable cardioverter defibrillator system with remote alerts based on proximity
AssigneeWest Affum Holdings Corp.
InventorsSteven E. Sjoquist, David P. Finch
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Abstract
A WCD system is configured to monitor various characteristics of the WCD system including about the patient. The WCD system is further configured to transmit a notification of a notifiable event to responders that are outside a local area of the patient, and to silence the notification for any responder(s) that are inside the local area of the patient.
Claims20
A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system, comprising:
- a support structure configured to be worn by a patient;
- a plurality of electrodes coupled to or integrated in the support structure;
- an energy storage module configured to store an electrical charge;
- a discharge circuit configured to be coupled to the energy storage module and configured to deliver one or more shocks to the patient while the support structure is worn by the patient using the plurality of electrodes and electrical charge stored in the energy storage module;
- a location module configured to determine a WCD location, the WCD location being a location of a component of the WCD system;
- an event detection module configured to detect an occurrence of a notifiable event;
- a notification module coupled to the event detection module, the notification module being configured to generate a notification of the notifiable event;
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- a communication module, coupled to the notification module, configured to transmit the notification, wherein the notification is configured to cause a responder notification to be communicated to a responder device in response to a determination that the responder device is outside a local area of the WCD location.
A method for use in a wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system comprising a support structure configured to be worn by a patient, and a plurality of electrodes coupled to or integrated in the support structure, the method comprising:
- monitoring by the WCD system one or more parameters of the patient, of the WCD system, or of both the patient and the WCD system;
- determining by the WCD system a location of the patient;
- determining by the WCD system that a notifiable event has occurred, the notifiable event implicating at least one of the one or more parameters;
- responsive to a determination by the WCD system that the notifiable event has occurred, generating a notification of the notifiable event;
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- initiating, by the WCD system, transmission of a responder notification to a responder device that is outside a local area of the location of the patient in response to the generation of the notification and a determination that the responder device is outside the local area of the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.