Wearable cardiac defibrillator receiving inputs by being deliberately tapped and methods

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs which, when executed by a processor of a wearable defibrillator system that has a support structure configured to be worn by a patient, and further has a motion sensor, an output device, a memory, and a monitoring device, they result in:

• monitoring patient data while the support structure is worn by the patient;
• inputting a query while the support structure is worn by the patient;
• causing the output device to emit a questioning human-perceptible indication that conveys the query;
• then receiving a detection signal from the motion sensor, in which the motion sensor is configured to detect motion of the patient while the patient responds to the query;
• and
• causing the patient data to be stored in the memory responsive to the detection signal.

A wearable defibrillator system, comprising:

• a support structure configured to be worn by a patient;
• electrodes configured to deliver a charge to the patient while the support structure is worn by the patient;
• an output device;
• a processor configured to input a query while the support structure is worn by the patient, and to cause the output device to emit a questioning human-perceptible indication that conveys the query;
• a motion sensor configured to detect motion of the patient while the patient responds to the query;
• and
• a memory configured to store a reply to the query responsive to a motion detected by the motion sensor after the questioning human-perceptible indication is emitted, the reply in accordance with the detected motion.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs which, when executed by a processor of a wearable defibrillator system that has a support structure configured to be worn by a patient, and further has a motion sensor, and a memory, they result in:

• inputting a query while the support structure is worn by the patient;
• causing the output device to emit a questioning human-perceptible indication that conveys the query;
• then receiving a detection signal from the motion sensor while the support structure is worn by the patient, in which the motion sensor is configured to detect motion of the patient while the patient responds to the query;
• and
• causing a reply to the query to be stored in the memory responsive to the detection signal, the reply in accordance with the detection signal.