US 12,453,861 B2
Wearable cardioverter defibrillator component assembly verification
Brian M Etzel, Butler, PA (US); David C Major, Pittsburgh, PA (US); and Richard S Sharbaugh, New Kensington, PA (US)
Assigned to ZOLL Medical Corporation, Chelmsford, MA (US)
Filed by ZOLL Medical Corporation, Chelmsford, MA (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/937,064.
Prior Publication US 2024/0108903 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. A61N 1/365 (2006.01); A61N 1/02 (2006.01); A61N 1/32 (2006.01); A61N 1/37 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/36521 (2013.01) [A61N 1/025 (2013.01); A61N 1/321 (2013.01); A61N 1/3704 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable cardiac device for providing feedback during device assembly, the wearable cardiac device comprising:
a garment configured to be continuously worn about a torso of a patient for an extended period of time, the garment comprising a plurality of assembly locations;
a plurality of tags disposed on the garment at the plurality of assembly locations; and
an electrode belt comprising a plurality of assemblable elements, each of the assemblable elements configured for assembly into the garment at a corresponding assembly location prior to use of the wearable cardiac device by the patient;
wherein the plurality of assemblable elements comprises a plurality of electrodes configured to facilitate at least one of sensing electrical signals associated with cardiac activity of the patient or delivering one or more therapeutic pulses to the patient; and
wherein at least one of the plurality of assemblable elements comprises respective local assembly feedback circuitry, each respective local assembly feedback circuitry comprising
an assembly verification sensor configured to sense whether the respective assemblable element is assembled at the corresponding assembly location of the garment based on at least one of a presence or absence of a tag of the plurality of tags at the assembly location at which the respective assemblable element is assembled, and
one or more local assembly feedback indicators locally disposed on the respective assemblable element and configured to provide a human-discernable feedback alert indicating whether the respective assemblable element is assembled at the corresponding assembly location of the garment.