Transmitting treatment information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11864859-B2
Application number	US-202017072327-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 16, 2020
Priority date	Sep 27, 2013
Publication date	Jan 9, 2024
Grant date	Jan 9, 2024

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 defibrillation treatment to a patient at a rescue scene, the defibrillating system comprising:
electrode pads;
a first computing device accessible by a first caregiver located at the rescue scene and configured to transmit data to a second computing device accessible by a second caregiver located at the rescue scene;
at least one processor configured to control operation of the electrode pads; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving cardiac data indicative of a cardiac rhythm in a patient, the cardiac data representing an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal;
determining, based on the cardiac rhythm indicated in the cardiac data, whether the ECG signal is indicative of a shockable rhythm or a non-shockable rhythm;
identifying a portion of the ECG signal that is associated with a defibrillation treatment for being delivered to the patient having the shockable rhythm;
causing the defibrillation treatment to be delivered to the patient via the electrode pads;
receiving chest compression data, and health status data of the patient, the health status data comprising at least a representation of the identified portion of the ECG signal associated with the defibrillation treatment; and
causing the first computing device accessible by the first caregiver located at the rescue scene to transmit to the second computing device accessible by the second caregiver located at the rescue scene, either during treatment of the patient or when treatment of the patient is completed, treatment data comprising at least one of: the chest compression data, or the health status data.

2. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the first computing device is configured to transmit the at least one of: the chest compression data, or the health status data to the second computing device located at the rescue scene during treatment of the patient.

3. The defibrillating system of claim 2 , wherein the first computing device is configured to transmit the chest compression data to the second computing device located at the rescue scene during treatment of the patient.

4. The defibrillating system of claim 2 , wherein the first computing device is configured to transmit the health status data to the second computing device located at the rescue scene during treatment of the patient.

5. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the first computing device is configured to transmit the at least one of: the chest compression data, or the health status data to the second computing device located at the rescue scene when treatment of the patient is completed.

6. The defibrillating system of claim 5 , wherein the first computing device is configured to transmit the at least one of: the chest compression data, or the health status data to the second computing device located at the rescue scene in response to receiving an input from a user of the defibrillating system.

7. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the first computing device is configured to transmit the at least one of: the chest compression data, or the health status data to the second computing device located at the rescue scene in response to receiving a signal from the second computing device.

8. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the chest compression data comprises one or more of: a depth of chest compressions, a rate of chest compressions, a duration of chest compressions, a duration of ventilations, or an indication of a continuity of chest compressions.

9. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the health status data comprises one or more of:
a vital sign of the patient, a pulse of the patient, blood pressure of the patient, respiration rate of the patient, a SpO 2 level of the patient, CO 2 data of the patient, information associated with the patient's cardiac rhythm, and an ECG trace of the patient.

10. The defibrillating system of claim 9 , wherein the ECG trace of the patient includes the identified portion of the ECG signal.

11. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a display interface configured to display a representation of the identified portion of the ECG signal associated with the defibrillation treatment.

12. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the identified portion of the ECG signal is of a predetermined length of time having a start time and an end time based on a time associated with the defibrillation treatment.

13. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise: associating each of a plurality of portions of an ECG signal with a corresponding treatment event.

14. The defibrillating system of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:
identifying a plurality of treatment events associated with the defibrillation treatment of the patient; and
transmitting, to the second computing device located at the rescue scene, data comprising a representation of a particular portion of the ECG signal associated with a particular one of the plurality of treatment events.

15. The defibrillating system of claim 14 , further comprising a display interface configured to:
display identifiers of at least two of the plurality of treatment events;
receive a user selection of one of the plurality of treatment events that are displayed; and
display a representation of a particular portion of the ECG signal associated with the corresponding treatment event that is selected.

16. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a detector configured to detect when a portion of the defibrillator system is disconnected from the patient.

17. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , further comprising a cable connection to couple to the second computing device, wherein the first computing device is configured to communicate with the second computing device by the cable connection.

18. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the first computing device comprises a short-range wireless connection, and wherein the first computing device is configured to communicate with the second computing device by the short-range wireless connection.

19. The defibrillating system of claim 18 , wherein the short-range wireless connection comprises Bluetooth communication.

20. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
configuring the at least one of the chest compression data and the health status data for first computing using a secure communications protocol; and
transmitting, by the first computing device, the at least one of the chest compression data and the health status data using the secure communications protocol.

21. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the electrode pads, the first computing device, the at least one processor, and the memory form at least a portion of an automated external defibrillator.

22. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the portion of the ECG signal is associated with cardiac pathology data indicative of a cardiac pathology represented by the ECG signal, the cardiac pathology comprising one or more of pulseless electrical activity (PEA), ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), ventricular arrhythmia, atrial arrhythmia, and preeclampsia, and wherein a display interface is configured to present the cardiac pathology data in association with the ECG signal.

Assignees

• Zoll Medical Corp

Inventors

• Amann John
• Freeman Gary A

Classifications

• A61B5/0006 Primary

  ECG or EEG signals · CPC title

• A61B5/316

  Modalities, i.e. specific diagnostic methods · CPC title

• A61B5/332

  Portable devices specially adapted therefor · CPC title

• A61N1/025

  Digital circuitry features of electrotherapy devices, e.g. memory, clocks, processors · CPC title

• A61N1/3904

  External heart defibrillators [EHD] · CPC title