Patent ID: 7212858

Claim:
A medical therapy system for treatment of the heart with electrical pulses, comprising: at least one input side sensor; at least one output side therapy applicator; a data memory for storing patient, system condition and system configuration on data; and at least one linking/processing stage for processing indicator and predictor input signals connected between the at least one input-side sensor and the at least one output-side therapy applicator and in signal communication with the data memory; wherein time-dependent sensor input signals are received by the at least one linking/processing stage, and wherein the system has the capability to ascertain, from the sensor input signals and the data stored in the data memory, a control signal for controlling the operation of the therapy applicator, an indicator signal which represents a measurement of either a therapy-liable event or a therapy outcome, and a predictor signal which represents a probability of either a future therapy-liable event or a future therapy outcome, and wherein a system output signal is ascertained, the system output signal being selected from the group consisting of the control signal, the indicator signal, and the predictor signal, and wherein the system output signal additionally has a time reference signal which contains a predictor of the probable moment in time of the occurrence of the therapy-liable event or the therapy outcome.