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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2011
Jason A. Higgins, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Bland, Seattle, WA (US);
Kent W. Leyde, Sammamish, WA (US);
W. Douglas Sheffield, Seattle, WA (US);
John F. Harris, Medina, WA (US);
David M. Himes, Seattle, WA (US);
Jason A. Higgins, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Bland, Seattle, WA (US);
Kent W. Leyde, Sammamish, WA (US);
W. Douglas Sheffield, Seattle, WA (US);
John F. Harris, Medina, WA (US);
David M. Himes, Seattle, WA (US);
CYBERONICS, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for providing alerts of neurological events occurring in a human subject is provided. The system includes: a monitoring module adapted to detect and sample a neurological signal; an event detection module coupled to the monitoring module for detecting one or more types of predetermined reportable events based on the detected neurological signal; and an alert module coupled to the event detection module, wherein upon the detection of a reportable event by the event detection module, said alert module selects a first alert contact from a plurality of contacts contained in a contact list, and generates a first alert communication to the first alert contact.