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US 2026/0076579 A1Published application
Medical device management utilizing adapter-facilitated vibration sensors
AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsRobert Greenewald, Brendan Greetham
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Abstract
Techniques for electronic devices including medical devices and non-medical devices are described. An example method includes receiving data from a wearable device via a connector in response to identifying that the wearable device is activated to detect a vibration. For instance, the vibration is associated with heartbeat data, breath data, NIBP data, and/or gastrointestinal data.
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A system, comprising:
- a wearable device configured to be worn by a subject, the wearable device comprising:
- a sensor configured to detect vibration associated with a breath of the subject;
- and
- a first transceiver configured to transmit a communication signal including data representing the vibration;
- and
- a connector configured to relay signals related to the vibration;
- a medical device, comprising:
- a port configured to receive the connector and supply power to the connector, the connector comprising a second transceiver configured to receive the data from the first transceiver;
- a processor configured to:
- generate, via the connector, a communication path with the wearable device being positioned at a distance from the connector that is less than or equal to a threshold distance;
- utilize the connector to convert initial signals received from the wearable device to the signals related to the vibration, the signals being relayed by the connector according to a different protocol;
- in response to utilizing the connector to convert the initial signals, identify the signals being relayed by the connector and to the medical device according to the different protocol;
- receive, via the connector, the data representing the vibration;
- in response to the receiving of the data representing the vibration, determine the breath that generates the vibration represented by the data overlaps with an artifact;
- and
- cause output of an alarm.
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A medical device, comprising:
- a transceiver configured to receive, from a wearable device, data representing vibration identified by the wearable device, the vibration being associated with a breath of a subject;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- determine, by analyzing the vibration, that the breath is indicative of a parameter being less than a threshold parameter;
- and
- in response to determining that the data is indicative of the parameter being less than the threshold parameter, initiate an alarm.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a medical device, data from a wearable device in response to identifying that the wearable device is activated to detect vibration corresponding to a breath of a subject on which the wearable device has been placed;
- identifying that activity associated with the data overlaps with an artifact;
- and
- in response to the identifying that the activity overlaps with the artifact, initiating, by the medical device, an alarm advising a rescuer to administer, to the subject, a treatment associated with the breath of the subject.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.