Patent ID: 9392940
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: A61B,A61N,G16H,G16Z

Claim Text:
1. A method of processing and transmitting data by a portable medical device for assistance to heart patients carrying an implanted pacemaker comprising: providing the portable medical device, which comprises, positioning, by the patient, said portable medical device in the transmission field proximal to the pacemaker; selectively starting reception of the data sent by the pacemaker by said portable medical device; processing the data received from the pacemaker, carried out by said portable medical device; and communicating at least partially to the patient the data processed by said processing unit through said at least one light signal, wherein said processing step comprises determining selected functional parameters starting from the data received from the pacemaker, comparing said selected functional parameters with threshold values of the same parameters set by the patient's family doctor, and generating one or more alarms to be activated when at least one of said threshold values is exceeded, said communicating step comprising activating said at least one light signal in presence of one or more of said alarms.