Electrocardiogram identification

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9352163-B2
Application number	US-201514831128-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2015
Priority date	Sep 27, 2013
Publication date	May 31, 2016
Grant date	May 31, 2016

Abstract

A defibrillating system includes a processor coupled to a memory. The processor and the memory are configured to identify a treatment event associated with treatment of a victim with the defibrillating system, and transmit a representation of a portion of an ECG signal associated with the identified treatment event. In some cases, the processor and the memory are configured to identify the portion of the ECG signal associated with the identified treatment event. In some cases, the 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 identified treatment event.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A defibrillating system comprising:
a processor coupled to a memory, the processor and the memory configured to:
determine that treatment of a patient using the defibrillating system is completed; and
upon determining that treatment of the patient using the defibrillating system is complete, provide, for a user, a representation of a portion of a physiological signal obtained by the defibrillating system during treatment of the patient.

2. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein determining that treatment of the patient is completed comprises detecting that the defibrillating system has been disconnected from the patient.

3. The defibrillating system of claim 2 , wherein detecting that the defibrillating system has been disconnected from the patient comprises detecting a change in impedance in a circuit that includes the defibrillating system and the patient.

4. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the physiological signal comprises an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal.

5. The defibrillating system of claim 4 , wherein the processor and memory are further configured to identify a portion of the ECG signal analyzed by the defibrillating system in determining whether to deliver treatment to the patient; and
wherein providing a representation of a portion of a physiological signal comprises providing the identified portion of the ECG signal.

6. The defibrillating system of claim 4 , wherein the processor and memory are further configured to provide an identifier associated with the portion of the ECG signal.

7. The defibrillating system of claim 6 , wherein the identifier associated with the portion of the ECG signal comprises a time associated with the portion of the ECG signal.

8. The defibrillating system of claim 6 , 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.

9. The defibrillating system of claim 6 , wherein the identifier associated with the portion of the ECG signal comprises an identifier of a type of cardiac rhythm represented by the identified portion of the ECG signal.

10. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the physiological signal comprises one or more of an SpO 2 signal, a CO 2 signal, a ventilation signal, and a chest compression signal.

11. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the processor and memory are further configured to provide audio information associated with the portion of the physiological signal.

12. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein providing a representation of the portion of the physiological signal comprises displaying the representation of the portion of the physiological signal on a display interface of the defibrillating system.

13. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein providing a representation of the portion of the physiological signal comprises transmitting the representation of the portion of the physiological signal to a computing device.

14. The defibrillating system of claim 1 , wherein the computing device comprises a wearable computing device.

15. A computer readable medium storing instructions for causing a defibrillating system to:
determine that treatment of a patient using the defibrillating system is completed; and
upon determining that treatment of the patient using the defibrillating system is complete, provide, for a user, a representation of a portion of a physiological signal obtained by the defibrillating system during treatment of the patient.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein determining that treatment of the patient is completed comprises detecting that the defibrillating system has been disconnected from the patient.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the physiological signal comprises an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17 , storing instructions for causing the defibrillating system to identify a portion of the ECG signal analyzed by the defibrillating system in determining whether to deliver treatment to the patient; and
wherein providing a representation of a portion of a physiological signal comprises transmitting the identified portion of the ECG signal.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the processor and memory are further configured to provide an identifier associated with the portion of the ECG signal.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the physiological signal comprises one or more of an SpO 2 signal, a CO 2 signal, a ventilation signal, and a chest compression signal.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 15 , storing instructions for causing the defibrillating system to provide audio information associated with the portion of the physiological signal.

22. The computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein providing a representation of the portion of the physiological signal comprises displaying the representation of the portion of the physiological signal on a display interface of the defibrillating system.

23. The computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein providing a representation of the portion of the physiological signal comprises transmitting the representation of the portion of the physiological signal to a computing device.

Assignees

• Zoll Medical Corp

Inventors

• Amann John

Classifications

• A61B5/0006

  ECG or EEG signals · CPC title

• A61N1/3987

  characterised by the timing or triggering of the shock · 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

• A61N1/3937

  Monitoring output parameters · CPC title