US 12,364,401 B2
Arrhythmia monitoring device reconfigurable as patch device or holster device
Uriel Weinstein, Mazkeret Batya (IL); Arkadi Averboukh, Rehovot (IL); Danny Koifman, Gene Tikva (IL); Rafi Ravid, Savyon (IL); Aviv Rottenberg, Ramat Hasharon (IL); Lior Sela, Kfar-Saba (IL); Leonid Bekman, Holon (IL); and David Meshulam, Hod Hasharon (IL)
Assigned to Itamar Medical Ltd., Caesarea (IL)
Appl. No. 17/910,409
Filed by ZOLL Medical Israel Ltd., Kfar-Saba (IL)
PCT Filed Mar. 9, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IL2021/050261
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/181389, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/988,254, filed on Mar. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0137521 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/05 (2021.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/282 (2021.01); A61B 5/333 (2021.01)
CPC A61B 5/02055 (2013.01) [A61B 5/05 (2013.01); A61B 5/1116 (2013.01); A61B 5/1118 (2013.01); A61B 5/282 (2021.01); A61B 5/333 (2021.01); A61B 5/6833 (2013.01); A61B 5/0816 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient monitoring system for use in either a patch mode or a holster mode for monitoring physiological data of a patient, comprising:
a multi-mode sensor configured to continuously and/or intermittently acquire the physiological data from the patient in at least two modes comprising the patch mode and the holster mode and to transmit the acquired physiological data to a remote location and/or record the acquired physiological data in an internal memory, the physiological data comprising one or more of patient electrocardiogram (ECG) data, patient posture, patient movement, radio-frequency (RF) based physiological data, body temperature, and/or patient respiration;
an attachment mechanism disposed on the multi-mode sensor, the attachment mechanism configured to removably connect the multi-mode sensor to either a holster and associated monitoring cables worn by the patient or a patch worn by the patient;
at least one electrical contact disposed on the multi-mode sensor, the at least one electrical contact configured to engage a counterpart electrical contact of the holster and/or a counterpart electrical contact of the patch; and
configuration circuitry disposed in the multi-mode sensor, the configuration circuitry configured to:
determine when the multi-mode sensor is removably connected to the holster, and cause the multi-mode sensor to acquire the physiological data in the holster mode when connected to the holster; and
determine when the multi-mode sensor is removably connected to the patch, and cause the multi-mode sensor to acquire the physiological data in the patch mode when connected to the patch,
wherein the configuration circuitry comprises resistance detection circuitry configured to detect a resistance level between the at least one electrical contact of the multi-mode sensor and the counterpart electrical contact of the holster or the counterpart electrical contact of the patch, the configuration circuitry being configured to determine when the multi-mode sensor is removably connected to the holster or the patch based on the detected resistance level.