Patent ID: 11944406
Assignee: ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A wearable arrhythmia monitoring and treatment device for improving confidence in determined arrhythmias prior to treatment, comprising:
a plurality of ECG sensing electrodes configured to be disposed at spaced apart positions about a body of a patient;
one or more therapy electrodes configured to be disposed about the body of the patient;
an electrode signal acquisition circuit having a plurality of inputs, each respective input of the plurality of inputs being electrically coupled to a respective ECG sensing electrode of the plurality of ECG sensing electrodes, the electrode signal acquisition circuit being configured to sense a respective signal provided by each of a plurality of different pairings of the plurality of ECG sensing electrodes; and
a monitoring and detection circuit, electrically coupled to an output of the electrode signal acquisition circuit, the monitoring and detection circuit including at least one processor configured to
analyze the respective signals provided by each of the plurality of different pairings of the plurality of ECG sensing electrodes,
detect an arrhythmia condition based on signals provided by a first one of the different pairings,
determine an initial confidence level in the detected arrhythmia condition,
select a second one of the different pairings,
detect the arrhythmia condition based on signals provided by the second one of the different pairings,
determine an updated confidence level in the detected arrhythmia condition, the updated confidence level being based on the signals provided by the second pairing, and
initiate a therapy to the patient via the one or more therapy electrodes based on the updated confidence level.