Transmitting treatment information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10159848-B2
Application number	US-201715706994-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 18, 2017
Priority date	Sep 27, 2013
Publication date	Dec 25, 2018
Grant date	Dec 25, 2018

Abstract

A system includes a first computing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory. The processor and the memory are configured to receive at least one of (i) information indicative of treatment of a victim by a first caregiver using the first computing device and (ii) information indicative of a health status of the victim; determine that treatment of the victim by the first caregiver using the first computing device is completed; and transmit the received information to a second computing device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A defibrillating system for providing medical treatment to a patient, comprising:
one or more electrodes configured to measure an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal from a patient and deliver shock therapy to the patient using a defibrillating device; and
one or more non-transitory computer readable media storing instructions executable by one or more processors, the execution of the instructions causing operations comprising:
analyzing a portion of the ECG signal measured by the one or more electrodes to determine whether the ECG signal is indicative of a shockable or non-shockable rhythm;
causing the one or more electrodes to deliver the shock therapy to the patient;
generating data representing a treatment event based on the delivered shock therapy;
determining that a treatment of the patient using the defibrillating device is complete; and
in response to determining that the treatment of the patient using the defibrillating device is complete, causing transmission of data representing the ECG signal obtained by the defibrillating device during treatment of the patient to a computing device.

2. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise automatically causing transmission of the data representing the ECG signal in response to determining that the treatment of the patient is complete.

3. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise:
receiving a signal representing a user input; and
determining, in response to receiving the signal representing the user input, that the treatment of the patient using the defibrillating device is completed.

4. The defibrillating system of claim 3 , comprising:
a button configured, when pressed, to generate the signal representing the user input to indicate that the treatment of the patient using the defibrillating device is complete.

5. The defibrillating system of claim 3 , wherein the received signal representing the user input is indicative of a command to turn off the defibrillating device.

6. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise:
detecting that the defibrillating device has been disconnected from the patient; and
in response to the detecting, determining that the treatment of the patient using the defibrillating device is completed.

7. The defibrillating system of claim 6 , wherein detecting that the defibrillating system has been disconnected from the patient comprises detection of a change in impedance in a circuit that includes the defibrillating system and the patient.

8. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the computing device is separate from the defibrillating device.

9. The defibrillating system of claim 8 , wherein the computing device comprises at least one of a database, a storage device, a server, a local computing device, a remote computing device, a mobile computing device, a smartphone, a tablet, and a wearable computing device.

10. The defibrillating system of claim 9 , wherein the computing device is located remotely from the defibrillating device.

11. The defibrillating system of claim 9 , wherein the computing device is located locally relative to the defibrillating device.

12. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise causing transmission of the representation of the ECG signal to the computing device via wireless communication.

13. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise causing transmission of data representing a summary of treatment information comprising the representation of the ECG signal.

14. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise:
identifying a portion of the analyzed ECG signal during the determination of whether the ECG signal is indicative of a shockable or non-shockable rhythm; and
causing transmission of an identifier associated with the identified portion of the ECG signal.

15. The defibrillating system of claim 14 , wherein the identifier associated with the portion of the ECG signal comprises a timestamp associated with the identified portion of the ECG signal.

16. The defibrillating system of claim 14 , wherein the identifier associated with the portion of the ECG signal comprises an indication of whether the portion of the ECG signal represents a shockable cardiac rhythm or a non-shockable cardiac rhythm.

17. The defibrillating system of claim 14 , wherein the identifier associated with the portion of the ECG signal comprises an identifier representing a type of cardiac rhythm represented by the identified portion of the ECG signal.

18. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise receiving data indicative of a rescuer's performance in administering chest compressions to the patient.

19. The defibrillating system of claim 18 , wherein the operations comprise:
processing the data indicative of the rescuer's performance in the administration of chest compressions and generating a summary of information describing the rescuer's performance in the administration of chest compressions.

20. The defibrillating system of claim 19 , wherein the operations comprise causing transmission of the summary of information describing the rescuer's performance in the administration of chest compressions to a computing device.

21. The defibrillating system of claim 20 , wherein the computing device is separate from the defibrillating device.

22. The defibrillating system of claim 21 , wherein the computing device comprises at least one of a database, a storage device, a server, a local computing device, a remote computing device, a mobile computing device, a smartphone, a tablet, and a wearable computing device.

23. The defibrillating system of claim 21 , wherein the operations comprise automatically causing transmission of the summary of information describing the rescuer's performance in the administration of chest compressions in response to determining that the treatment of the patient is complete.

Assignees

• Zoll Medical Corp

Inventors

• Amann John
• Freeman Gary A

Classifications

• A61B5/0006 Primary

  ECG or EEG signals · CPC title

• A61N1/3937

  Monitoring output parameters · CPC title

• A61N1/3993

  User interfaces for automatic external defibrillators · CPC title

• A61N1/3931

  Protecting, e.g. back-up systems · CPC title

• A61N1/3968

  Constructional arrangements, e.g. casings (A61N1/375 takes precedence) · CPC title