Zoll Medical Corporation

John Clark

Mark F Roberto

Thomas E Kaib

Patrick Hresko

Grace Owens

Trisha A Biel

Rachel H Carlson

Melissa Smith

In one example, an ambulatory medical device is provided. The ambulatory medical device includes a plurality of subsystems, at least one sensor configured to acquire data descriptive of a patient, a user interface and at least one processor coupled to the at least one sensor and the user interface. The at least one processor is configured to identify subsystem status information descriptive of an operational status of each subsystem of the plurality of subsystems and to provide a device health report for the ambulatory medical device via the user interface, the device health report being based on the operational status of each subsystem.

Patient assurance system and method

A wearable medical device is provided for monitoring the cardiac health of a patient, for example, for indications of cardiac anomalies, where the device includes ECG sensors in electrical contact with the patient's body, therapy electrodes for providing electrical therapy to the patient's heart, and a control unit having at least one touch control with force sensor disposed on its housing for contacting with a finger. Signals from the touch control may be analyzed to identify force application below a first force threshold and at or above a second force threshold below the first force threshold, and, responsive to detecting such application of force, user input may be registered. User inputs to the at least one touch control may be used to delay therapy by the therapy electrodes.

Response mechanisms

An external medical device is provided which is configured to provide a user with access to one or more training modules. The external medical device includes one or more electrodes configured to detect a cardiac activity of a patient, an audio and/or visual output, and a controller coupled to the audio and/or visual output. The controller is configured to: detect at least one of a predetermined event and a device use pattern; and responsive to detecting the at least one of the predetermined event and the device use pattern, provide the patient access to one or more training modules relating to a use or a configuration of the external medical device via the audio and/or visual output. The device can also include a user interface configured to provide access to at least one training module according to a schedule of training modules for the patient.

Training modules for an external medical device

An ambulatory medical device is provided. The device includes battery lock circuitry configured to transmit a lock signal at a beginning of a battery lock period of the ambulatory medical device and transmit an unlock signal upon detecting an unlock triggering event indicating an end of the battery lock period of the ambulatory medical device. The device also includes a battery being configured to be securely disposed within a chamber of the ambulatory medical device in a first locked manner and provide power to the ambulatory medical device and a battery lock configured to mechanically engage the battery in a second locked manner upon receiving the lock signal indicating the beginning of the battery lock period of the ambulatory medical device and mechanically disengage the battery from the second locked manner upon receiving the unlock signal signaling the end of the battery lock period.

Battery lock for ambulatory medical device

An external medical device includes monitoring circuitry configured to monitor a cardiac condition of a patient using the external medical device; and a controller configured to: receive at least one of patient input and non-patient user input of a patient's ability; determine a patient interaction mode of the external medical device based on the at least one of the patient input and the non-patient user input; and adapt the patient interaction mode of the external medical device over time based on the at least one of the patient input and the non-patient user input.

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Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

John Clark