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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2021
Zoll Medical Corporation, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Thomas E. Kaib, Irwin, PA (US);
Shane S. Volpe, Saltsburg, PA (US);
John G. Clark, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
ZOLL Medical Corporation, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Abstract
A wearable ambulatory external defibrillator system includes a garment configured to be worn by a patient and including electrocardiogram (ECG) sensing electrodes integrated into the garment, therapy delivery electrodes configured to deliver a therapy, and a wearable medical device controller including at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to issue a first instance of an alarm in response to an indication of a cardiac abnormality and/or an event concerning one or more components of the system. The first instance of the alarm includes a visual alarm. The at least one processor is further configured to determine that no response to the first instance of the alarm was received within a target response time, adapt at least one characteristic of the alarm, and issue a second instance of the alarm having the at least one adapted characteristic. The second instance of the alarm includes an auditory alarm.