Self audit system

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1999-08-20

2001-09-11

Jastrzab, Jeffrey R. (Department: 3762)

Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application

Light, thermal, and electrical application

Electrical therapeutic systems

C607S059000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06289244

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is related to a self audit system in a programmer for a implantable medical device, and more particularly to a self audit system that monitors and manages a plurality of measurements with associated ranges for the plurality of measurements in an implantable medical device.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Currently implantable medical devices acquire and store measurements from an implantable device in a patient. The measurements acquired by the implantable medical device are received by a programmer that displays the measurements. A user must then examine the measurements on the programmer to determine if the measurements are within appropriate limits for the patient. Manually examining the measurements usually consists of visually comparing measurements values to appropriate limits or ranges for the patient. The process of a user or physician manually examining measurements and comparing them to appropriate limits is time-consuming and tedious. In addition, important or useful data for the measurements is often overlooked when a user must manually compare the measurements to appropriate limits.
What is needed is a more efficient method of comparing measurements acquired by an implantable medical device to appropriate limits.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to one aspect of the present invention, a self audit system is described for use in managing and monitoring measurements acquired by an implantable medical device in a period of time. The self audit system provides a system and method for, but is not limited to, programming one or more valid ranges for one or more measurements acquired in an implantable medical device, acquiring one or more measurements in an implantable medical device, comparing the one or more measurements to their associated valid ranges, recording information about a measurement if it is not within its associated valid range and displaying a warning message if a measurement is not within its associated valid range.
This summary is intended to provide a brief overview of some of the embodiments of the present system, and is not intended in an exclusive or exhaustive sense, and the scope of the invention is to be determined by the attached claims and their equivalents.


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