US 12,233,274 B2
Wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) causing patient's QRS width to be plotted against the heart rate
Laura M. Gustavson, Redmond, WA (US); David P. Finch, Bothell, WA (US); and Joseph L. Sullivan, Kirkland, WA (US)
Assigned to West Affum Holdings DAC, Dublin (IE)
Filed by WEST AFFUM HOLDINGS DAC, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Nov. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/103,923.
Application 17/103,923 is a continuation of application No. 16/167,398, filed on Oct. 22, 2018, granted, now 10,857,371.
Application 16/167,398 is a continuation of application No. 15/341,978, filed on Nov. 2, 2016, granted, now 10,105,547, issued on Oct. 23, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/249,785, filed on Nov. 2, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0077819 A1, Mar. 18, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/346 (2021.01); A61B 5/361 (2021.01); A61B 5/363 (2021.01); A61B 5/366 (2021.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/39 (2006.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16Z 99/00 (2019.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/352 (2021.01)
CPC A61N 1/3925 (2013.01) [A61B 5/002 (2013.01); A61B 5/0022 (2013.01); A61B 5/02405 (2013.01); A61B 5/346 (2021.01); A61B 5/361 (2021.01); A61B 5/363 (2021.01); A61B 5/366 (2021.01); A61B 5/6805 (2013.01); A61B 5/6831 (2013.01); A61B 5/7445 (2013.01); A61B 5/7475 (2013.01); A61N 1/046 (2013.01); A61N 1/0484 (2013.01); A61N 1/3904 (2017.08); A61N 1/3968 (2013.01); A61N 1/3993 (2013.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16Z 99/00 (2019.02); A61B 5/0205 (2013.01); A61B 5/352 (2021.01); A61B 5/7275 (2013.01); A61B 5/746 (2013.01); A61B 2505/01 (2013.01); A61B 2505/07 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
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1. A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system, comprising:
a support structure configured to be worn by a patient;
a power source;
an energy storage module configured to receive an electric charge from the power source, and to store the received electric charge;
a discharge circuit coupled to the energy storage module, wherein the discharge circuit is controllable to discharge the electric charge stored in the energy storage module;
a trigger configured to be actuated for preventing the discharge of the electric charge stored in the energy storage module;
one or more sensors coupled to the support structure and configured to acquire physiological signals while the support structure is worn by the patient, wherein at least one first sensor of the one or more sensors is configured to acquire electrocardiogram (ECG) data of the patient;
a processor configured to:
determine, from the physiological signals, whether the patient suffered an atrial arrhythmia during an aggregation period;
in response to a determination that the patient suffered the atrial arrhythmia during the aggregation period, further determine a time value of a suffering duration within the aggregation period during which the patient suffered;
determine heart rate values during the aggregation period;
determine an activity of the patient during the aggregation period using data acquired through at least one second sensor of the one or more sensors; and
determine a total number of times that the trigger is actuated during the aggregation period;
a user interface that includes a screen configured to display:
an indication for the determined time value of the suffering duration, the heart rate values, the activity of the patient using a common time frame, and the total number of times that the trigger is actuated to correlate the heart rate values, the activity of the patient, and the total number of times that the trigger is actuated during the determined time value of the suffering duration; and
a memory, wherein the memory is configured to store different portions of the ECG data as one or more data files, each data file of the one or more data files including a time stamp,
wherein the user interface is further configured to display one of the one or more data files.