US 12,268,883 B2
Integrated system to assist cardiovascular functioning with implanted cardiac device and sensor-enabled wearable device
Robert A. Connor, St. Paul, MN (US)
Assigned to Medibolics, Ham Lake, MN (US)
Filed by Robert A. Connor, St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/410,297.
Application 17/410,297 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/598,514, filed on Oct. 10, 2019, abandoned.
Application 17/410,297 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/568,580, filed on Sep. 12, 2019, granted, now 11,478,158.
Application 17/410,297 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/150,469, filed on Oct. 3, 2018, abandoned.
Application 16/598,514 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/418,620, filed on Jan. 27, 2017, abandoned.
Application 15/418,620 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/951,475, filed on Nov. 24, 2015, granted, now 10,314,492, issued on Jun. 11, 2019.
Application 14/951,475 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/623,337, filed on Feb. 16, 2015, granted, now 9,582,035, issued on Feb. 28, 2017.
Application 16/150,469 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/459,937, filed on Aug. 14, 2014, abandoned.
Application 14/951,475 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/071,112, filed on Nov. 4, 2013, abandoned.
Application 14/951,475 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/901,131, filed on May 23, 2013, granted, now 9,536,449, issued on Jan. 3, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/857,942, filed on Jun. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/439,147, filed on Dec. 26, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/297,827, filed on Feb. 20, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/245,311, filed on Oct. 23, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/866,583, filed on Aug. 16, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0379388 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 1/365 (2006.01); A61M 60/178 (2021.01); A61M 60/232 (2021.01); A61M 60/34 (2021.01); A61M 60/515 (2021.01); A61M 60/531 (2021.01); A61M 60/546 (2021.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/36564 (2013.01) [A61M 60/178 (2021.01); A61M 60/232 (2021.01); A61M 60/34 (2021.01); A61M 60/515 (2021.01); A61M 60/531 (2021.01); A61M 60/546 (2021.01); A61N 1/3629 (2017.08); A61N 1/37223 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for cardiac function assistance comprising:
an implanted cardiac pacemaker or other implanted cardiac rhythm management device, wherein the implanted device has a plurality of operating parameters including pacing rate and is configured to be implanted in a person;
a wearable device configured to be worn by the person, wherein the wearable device comprises an arcuate array of biometric sensors, the arcuate array of biometric sensors comprises a plurality of light emitters and light receivers;
a plurality of actuators, wherein a subset of actuators in the plurality of actuators tilts, rotates, raises, or lowers light receivers in the plurality of light receivers in order to maintain a selected distance and/or selected angle between the light receivers and the surface of the person's body,
wherein the implanted device and the wearable device are in wireless communication with each other, either directly or through an intermediary device, and
wherein one or more of the operating parameters of the implanted cardiac pacemaker or other implanted cardiac rhythm management device are automatically adjusted based on analysis of data from the biometric sensors.