Remote capable cardiac treatment method and apparatus
OwnerN. Alejandro Barbagelata, James C. Millsinventors
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Abstract
A out-of-hospital cardiac treatment apparatus, comprising: a cardiac waveform monitor capable of sensing a physiological signal from a heart of a patient and wirelessly transmitting the sensed physiological signal to a remote medical provider, an electrical stimulator adapted to deliver a therapeutic dose of electrical energy to the heart of the patient, a medical provider transceiver adapted to receive the sensed physiological signal from the cardiac waveform monitor and also wirelessly transmit a command signal to control the electrical stimulator.
Claims21
A method of remotely delivering cardiac treatment, comprising:
- sensing a physiological signal from a heart of a patient using a cardiac waveform monitor, the cardiac waveform monitor wirelessly transmitting the physiological signal of the heart of the patient to a remote medical provider;
- determining if the patient's heart requires a therapeutic dose of electrical stimulation, if the patient's heart does not require the therapeutic dose of electrical stimulation, wirelessly transmitting the patient's sensed physiological signal to the remote medical provider;
- validating the identify of the patient;
- determining an appropriate therapeutic dose of electrical stimulation;
- determining if a medical provider is authorized to deliver the therapeutic dose of electrical stimulation;
- transmitting a command signal to deliver the appropriate therapeutic dose of electrical stimulation only if the medical provider is authorized to transmit the command signal;
- delivering the therapeutic dose of electrical stimulation;
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- wirelessly transmitting the patient's post-stimulation sensed physiological signal to a remote medical provider.
A method of delivering out-of-hospital cardiac treatment, comprising:
- positioning a cardiac waveform monitor externally to a patient, the cardiac waveform monitor capable of sensing a physiological signal from the patient's heart;
- sensing the physiological signal from the heart of the patient;
- determining if the patient's heart requires a therapeutic dose of electrical stimulation, if the patient's heart requires the therapeutic dose of electrical stimulation, positioning an electrical stimulator externally to the patient and proximate to the patient's heart, if the patient's heart does not require the therapeutic dose of electrical stimulation, wirelessly transmitting the patient's sensed physiological signal to a remote medical provider;
- delivering the therapeutic dose of electrical stimulation;
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- wirelessly transmitting the patient's post-stimulation sensed physiological signal to the remote medical provider.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.