US 12,226,646 B2
Wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system having main UI that conveys message and peripheral device that amplifies the message
Zoie Engman, Kirkland, WA (US); Aaron Piazza, Lake Forest Park, WA (US); Christoffer Peter Hart Hansen, Seattle, WA (US); David P. Finch, Bothell, WA (US); Laura M. Gustavson, Redmond, WA (US); Erik L. Schneider, Kirkland, WA (US); Erick Roane, Bellevue, WA (US); and Amanda K. Hall, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to West Affum Holdings DAC, Dublin (IE)
Filed by West Affum Holdings Corp., Grand Cayman (KY)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/351,045.
Application 17/351,045 is a continuation of application No. 16/283,342, filed on Feb. 22, 2019, granted, now 11,040,214.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/637,296, filed on Mar. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0308475 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 1/39 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/026 (2006.01); A61B 5/029 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); A61B 5/363 (2021.01); A61B 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 7/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G08B 3/10 (2006.01); G08B 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/3993 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0205 (2013.01); A61B 5/6804 (2013.01); A61N 1/046 (2013.01); A61N 1/0484 (2013.01); A61N 1/3904 (2017.08); A61N 1/3968 (2013.01); A61N 1/3975 (2013.01); G06F 3/1454 (2013.01); A61B 5/0002 (2013.01); A61B 5/024 (2013.01); A61B 5/026 (2013.01); A61B 5/029 (2013.01); A61B 5/0816 (2013.01); A61B 5/11 (2013.01); A61B 5/1455 (2013.01); A61B 5/363 (2021.01); A61B 5/7275 (2013.01); A61B 7/003 (2013.01); A61B 7/04 (2013.01); G08B 3/10 (2013.01); G08B 6/00 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. In combination, main components of a wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system configured to be worn by an ambulatory patient and a peripheral device that is configured to be carried by the ambulatory patient, wherein:
the main components comprise:
an electrode;
a support structure configured to be worn by the ambulatory patient to maintain the electrode on a body of the ambulatory patient;
an energy storage module configured to store an electrical charge, and to discharge at least some of the stored electrical charge via the electrode;
a main housing;
a main user interface (UI) output device located at least partly within the main housing;
a main communication module; and
a main processor configured to:
receive an input about a condition, the condition being about one of the ambulatory patient, one of the main components of the WCD system, or both;
transmit a main driving signal to the main UI output device;
cause, responsive to the received input and the main driving signal, the main UI output device to output a main human-perceptible indication (HPI), the main HPI being about the condition;
transmit a main notification signal to the main communication module; and
cause, responsive to the received input and the main notification signal, the main communication module to transmit an amplification signal, the amplification signal encoding a message about the condition; and
the peripheral device comprises:
a peripheral housing distinct from the main housing;
a peripheral communication module (PCM) located at least partly within the peripheral housing, wherein the PCM is configured to, responsive to receiving the transmitted amplification signal with the encoded message, amplify the encoded message; and
a peripheral UI output device configured, responsive to the PCM amplifying the encoded message, to output a peripheral HPI, the peripheral HPI being about the condition.