Patent ID: 11964159
Assignee: ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An ambulatory medical device comprising:
a pair of sensing electrodes configured to couple externally to a skin of a patient and to acquire first electrocardiogram (ECG) signals to detect an arrhythmia condition of the patient;
a pair of multi-function electrodes configured to couple externally to the skin of the patient and to provide one or more therapeutic stimulation pulses to a heart of the patient during execution of a treatment protocol and to acquire second ECG signals to verify the arrhythmia condition of the patient; and
at least one processor coupled to the pair of sensing electrodes and the pair of multi-function electrodes and configured to receive first ECG data generated from the first ECG signals that were acquired using the pair of sensing electrodes;
analyze the first ECG data to detect the arrhythmia condition of the patient using an abnormality detection process;
record an initial declaration of the arrhythmia condition of the patient in response to detecting the arrhythmia condition;
initiate the treatment protocol in response to the initial declaration;
receive second ECG data generated from the second ECG signals that were acquired using the pair of multi-function electrodes after recording the initial declaration of the arrhythmia condition, the second ECG data being received after initiating the treatment protocol; and
analyze the second ECG data to either verify or refute the initial declaration of the arrhythmia condition using an arrhythmia verification process distinct from the abnormality detection process.