West Affum Holdings Dac

West Affum Holdings Corp.

West Affum Holdings Designated Activity

Pamela F Breske

Zoie R Engman

David Peter Finch

Laura Marie Gustavson

Joseph Leo Sullivan

Erick Michael Roane

Steven E Sjoquist

Jonathan Paul Niegowski

Angela M Stewart

Phillip Dewey Foshee, Jr

Jaeho Kim

Kenneth Frederick Cowan

Robert Reuben Buchanan

Douglas Keith Medema

Amanda K Hall

Garrett McCann Kotlarchik

Daniel James Finney

Dallas Eugene Meeker

Kerstin Dorst

Eduard Deml

Gregory T Kavounas

Judy R Edworthy

Eduard Johann Deml

Judy Reed Edworthy

David P Finch

Joseph L Sullivan

Erick M Roane

Technologies and implementations for a wearable healthcare system including a remote device, a server, and a configurable comparator module (CCM). The CCM may be configured to facilitate communication between the server and a remote device. A wearable medical device (WMD) may be configured to provide electrocardiogram (ECG) data to the server. The CCM may be configured capture one or more portions of the ECG data to be configured and compared at the remote device. Accordingly, the CCM may be configured to display the one or more portions at the remote device capable of being utilized by a person at the remote device.

Configurable comparator ECG storage and display in a wearable defibrillator system

In one embodiment, a WCD is described. The WCD includes a support structure configured to be worn by a patient and a processor coupled to the support structure. The WCD also includes an energy storage module configured to store an electrical charge and in communication with the processor. The WCD also includes a discharge circuit coupled to the energy storage module, the discharge circuit in communication with the processor and configured to discharge the stored electrical charge through a body of the patient. The processor is configured to detect an event at the WCD, classify the detected event, and determine an alarm onset time of the detected event based at least in part on the event classification. The processor is further configured to issue the alarm after the alarm onset time.

WCD system alert issuance and resolution

A WCD system is configured to monitor various characteristics of the WCD system including about the patient. The information collected by the WCD is generally referred to as 'patient information.' The WCD system is further configured to transmit certain of the patient information to different recipients based on predetermined profiles with which one or more of the recipients is associated. In various embodiments, different sets or subsets of the patient information may be sent to different recipients.

Wearable defibrillator system forwarding patient information based on recipient profile and/or event type

Disclosed are a timeline-based navigation feature and a channel selection feature. The timeline-based navigation feature allows the user to visually identify significant events during an episode and quickly navigate the display of data to those significant events. Embodiments of such feature allow a user to quickly see that there is a shock delivered, for example, and click on that part of a timeline navigator to advance the detailed display of data to that point in the episode. The data channel selection feature enables selection of display channel(s) from among a set of available data channels. Embodiments of such feature enable a selection and/or deselection of various channels for display to minimize display of extraneous data and/or to select preferred channels of data for review.

Data channel selection and timeline navigation in a cardiac monitoring system

A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) having a processor configured to receive a signal indicating a position and/or movement of the ambulatory patient while the ambulatory patient is wearing the support structure receive the ECG signal, determine from an ECG signal whether a shock criterion is met, determine a confirmation time period and/or a response time period based on the position and/or movement of the ambulatory patient, determine from the ECG signal whether the shock criterion is met after the confirmation time period has elapsed, cause the user interface to generate the shock alert signal based on the shock criterion determined after the confirmation time period has elapsed, and control the discharge circuit to discharge the stored electrical charge when a predetermined time period has elapsed after the shock alert signal.

Wearable cardioverter defibrillator having adjustable alarm time

Technologies and implementations for a wearable healthcare system, which may detect and determine moisture level at a contact interface between an electrode and a skin of a person. The wearable healthcare system may be a wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) having a moisture sensor at the electrode. The WCD may include moisture providing systems to add moisture material to the contact interface.

Wearable cardioverter defibrillator system with electrode moisture sensing

In embodiments, a wearable medical system (WMS) for an ambulatory patient, which can be a wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system, analyzes the patient's ECG signal to generate a detection outcome. The WMS also has an ambulatory user interface that outputs a human-visible indication. A programming device, such as a PC, a tablet, etc., establishes a communication link with the WMS during an in-person session with the patient. The programming device may include a programming screen that reproduces the human-visible indication in real time. An advantage can be that the person programming the WMS need not strain to look also at the ambulatory user interface at the time they are looking at the programming device. Another advantage can be that the patient will recognize that he or she is better protected, and have their confidence in the WMS increased, and therefore better comply with wearing the WMS as required.

Wearable cardioverter defibrillation (WCD) system with proximate programming device which stores ECG data that the WCD system normally discards

A supportive clothing article for a wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD), including a belt, the belt including a first end with a first portion of a fastener and a second end with a second portion of the fastener, wherein the belt is structured to fasten around the torso of patient below the chest area of the patient, the belt including a first conductive mesh portion adjacent the first end of the belt or the second end of the belt, two straps, a back portion extending from the belt at an intermediary position on the belt to each of the two straps, the back portion including a conductive mesh, a first support receptacle attached to and extending from the belt and attachable to one of the two straps, and a second support receptacle attached to and extending from the belt and attachable to the other of the two straps.

Wearable cardioverter defibrillator with breast support

In one embodiment, a wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) is described. The WCD includes a support structure that may be worn by a patient. A processor is coupled to the support structure. The wearable cardioverter defibrillator also includes a discharge circuit configured to discharge a stored electrical charge through a body of the patient, the discharge circuit in communication with the processor. The processor may be configured to detect an event occurring at the WCD and determine a severity of the event occurring at the WCD. The processor may activate a multi-sensory alarm based at least in part on the determined event severity.

Multi-sensory alarm for a wearable cardiac defibrillator

A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system comprises a plurality of patient parameter electrodes and a plurality of defibrillator electrodes to contact a patient's skin when the WCD is delivering therapy to the patient, a processor to receive one or more patient parameters from the one or more patient parameter electrodes, an energy storage device to store a charge to provide electrical therapy to the patient via the plurality of defibrillator electrodes, and a non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) monitor to obtain a blood pressure measurement of the patient and to provide the blood pressure measurement to the processor. The processor is to determine whether to provide electrical therapy to the patient based on the one or more patient parameters during an episode, and to obtain the blood pressure measurement from the NIBP monitor during the episode.

Wearable cardioverter defibrillator with a non-invasive blood pressure monitor

Embodiments of this disclosure are directed to a wearable cardioverter defibrillator ('WCD') system design in which a WCD implements an alert prioritization scheme to provide the patient with feedback in an order that is less likely to cause confusion. Different conditions (e.g., device status, equipment condition, or physiologic condition) are prioritized based on an analysis of severity of the condition and timeliness of user action needed. The prioritization scheme defines what alert, if any, is presented to the user by the WCD system as a result of various conditions. Generally stated, an alert for the highest priority condition currently detected is presented to the user and maintained until that condition either changes or becomes surpassed in the prioritization scheme.

WCD system prioritization of alerts based on severity and/or required timeliness of user response

In one embodiment, a method to alert a user of a wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) is described. The method includes determining when a system issue is resolved and issuing an alert when the system issue is resolved. In some embodiments, the method may detect the system issue and issuing a system alert based at least in part on the system issue. The method may then monitor a status of the system issue. In some instances, the method may detect an abnormality in system operation sand determine a severity rating for the abnormality. The method may determine if the abnormality satisfies a time duration threshold based at least in part on the severity rating.

Positive system alerts

Technologies and implementations for a wearable healthcare system, which may be worn by a person. The wearable healthcare systems may include one or more motion sensors. A motion analysis modules may be included in the wearable healthcare system, which may be configured to determine physical activities and intensity of the physical activities of the person.

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Newcastle, WA, United States of America

Pamela F Breske