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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
May. 09, 2019
Zoll Medical Corporation, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Jason T. Whiting, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Thomas E. Kaib, Irwin, PA (US);
Rachel H. Carlson, Falls Creek, PA (US);
Gregory R. Frank, Mt. Lebanon, PA (US);
Gary A. Freeman, Waltham, MA (US);
ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Abstract
An external medical device includes a user interface; at least one therapy electrode configured to be disposed on a patient; and a processor operatively coupled to the at least one therapy electrode, the processor configured to cause a treatment manager to detect a cardiac condition of the patient; receive, via the user interface, discomfort information descriptive of the discomfort experienced by the patient; responsive to determining from the discomfort information that the patient is unconscious, execute at least one pacing routine, the at least one pacing routine being associated with the cardiac condition; and responsive to determining from the discomfort information that the patient is conscious, adjust at least one characteristic of the at least one pacing routine.