Wearable monitoring and treatment device
AssigneeZOLL Medical Corporation
InventorsShane S. Volpe, Thomas E. Kaib
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Abstract
A wearable therapeutic device to facilitate care of a subject is provided. The wearable therapeutic device can include a garment having a sensing electrode. The garment includes at least one of an inductive element and a capacitive element, and a controller identifies an inductance of the inductive element or a capacitance of the capacitive element, and determines a confidence level of information received from the sensing electrode based on the inductance or the capacitance. The wearable therapeutic device also includes an alarm module coupled with the controller and configured to provide a notification to a subject based on the confidence level.
Claims32
A wearable therapeutic device, comprising:
- a garment that includes a sensing electrode;
- at least one of an inductive element having an inductance and a capacitive element having a capacitance included in at least part of the garment;
- and
- a controller configured to
- determine an amount of garment expansion based on at least one of the inductance of the inductive element and the capacitance of the capacitive element,
- verify positioning of the sensing electrode on the subject at least in part by determining that the amount of garment expansion is above a minimum threshold, and
- determine a confidence level of information received from the sensing electrode based on the determined amount of garment expansion.
A method of facilitating care of a subject, comprising:
- providing a wearable therapeutic device that includes a sensing electrode and a garment;
- receiving, from the sensing electrode, information about the subject;
- determining an amount of garment expansion based on at least one of an inductance of an inductive element and a capacitance of a capacitive element included in the wearable therapeutic device;
- verifying positioning of the sensing electrode on the subject at least in part by determining that the amount of garment expansion is above a minimum threshold;
- and
- determining a confidence level of the information about the subject based on the determined amount of garment expansion.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions including instructions that cause a processor to:
- receive, from a sensing electrode of a wearable therapeutic device, information about a subject;
- determine an amount of garment expansion based on at least one of an inductance of an inductive element and a capacitance of a capacitive element included in the wearable therapeutic device;
- verify positioning of the sensing electrode on the subject at least in part by determining that the amount of garment expansion is above a minimum threshold;
- and
- determine a confidence level of the information about the subject based on the determined amount of garment expansion.
A wearable therapeutic device to be worn by a subject, comprising:
- a garment that includes an electrode;
- at least one of an inductive element having an inductance and a capacitive element having a capacitance included in the garment;
- and
- a controller configured to
- measure at least one of the inductance of the inductive element and the capacitance of the capacitive element,
- determine an amount of garment expansion based on the at least one of the measured inductance and the measured capacitance, and
- determine that the electrode is properly positioned on the subject at least in part by determining that the determined amount of garment expansion is above a minimum threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.