Patent ID: 11857327
Assignee: ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A method of treating a cardiac dysfunction using a non-invasive ambulatory medical monitoring and treatment device to detect patient movement in order to minimize patient discomfort from pacing pulses delivered from outside the patient's body, the method comprising:
monitoring cardiac activity of the patient using at least one electrocardiogram (ECG) sensing electrode positioned outside the patient's body;
storing, in a memory, information indicative of the cardiac activity of the patient;
identifying, within the stored information indicative of the cardiac activity of the patient, a paceable cardiac arrhythmia;
responding to the identified paceable cardiac arrhythmia by initiating a pacing routine via at least one therapy electrode of the non-invasive ambulatory medical monitoring and treatment device;
causing a therapy delivery interface of the non-invasive ambulatory medical monitoring and treatment device to externally apply a plurality of pacing pulses to the patient in accordance with the pacing routine;
detecting, by a motion sensor of the non-invasive ambulatory medical monitoring and treatment device, a predetermined change in a movement of the patient during application of the plurality of pacing pulses; and
at least one of withholding application of the plurality of pacing pulses responsive to identifying the predetermined change in the movement of the patient, or adjusting one or more characteristics of the plurality of pacing pulses of the pacing routine responsive to identifying the predetermined change in the movement of the patient.