Patent ID: 7239915

Claim:
A multi-mode system for monitoring a patient and treating a malfunctioning heart of the patient selectively in automatic and semiautomatic modes, the system comprising: means for deriving at least one physiological signal representative of a hemodynamic status of the patient, output means for providing at least one heart-malfunction-corrective output, range controlling means for limiting upper and lower bounds for said at least one heart-malfunction-corrective output, scanning means for varying delivery of said at least one heart-malfunction-corrective output, monitoring means for recording said at least one physiologic signal responsive to changes in delivery by said scanning means, and mode selection means operable by a human operator for enabling said means for providing the at least one heart-malfunction-corrective output to operate selectively in an automatic mode independent of said human operator and in semiautomatic mode requiring confirmation by said human operator, whereby at least one malfunction of the heart may be treated selectively in automatic and semiautomatic modes, wherein said monitoring means for recording said at least one physiologic signal responsive to changes in delivery by said scanning means further comprises displaying said at least one physiologic signal responsive to changes in delivery by said scanning means.