Patent · US Active

System and method for adapting alarms in a wearable medical device

US9597523B2 · kind B2 · utility

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37Claims

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Assignee

ZOLL Medical Corporation · US

Inventors

Thomas E. Kaib · Irwin, US
Gary A. Freeman · Newton, US
Qing Tan · Danvers, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 10, 2015
Grant date	Mar 21, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 10, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG08B21/0453
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In one example, an external medical device is provided. The external medical device includes a memory, at least one sensor to detect a cardiac condition in a patient monitored by the external medical device, and circuitry, in communication with the memory, to receive information indicative of the cardiac condition, detect whether the patient is asleep, and issue at least one alarm responsive to both receiving the information and detecting that the patient is asleep.

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