Patents by Inventor David P. Finch
David P. Finch has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20250235708Abstract: Technologies and implementations for a wearable healthcare system including an information management module (IMM). The IMM may be configured to detect proximity of a healthcare device. The IMM may be configured to determine a type of the detected healthcare device. Once the type of healthcare device is determined, the IMM may be configured to communicate information regarding a medical device, where the communicated information may be adapted to correspond to the determined type of healthcare device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2025Publication date: July 24, 2025Applicant: West Affum Holdings DACInventors: Brian D. Webster, Phillip D. Foshee, JR., David P. Finch, Steven E. Sjoquist
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Patent number: 12362065Abstract: A medical data management system is provided that facilitates expedited review of health data for patient care. The medical data management system includes devices for collecting the health data, associating the health data with health events, optimizing storage of health data, and displaying comprehensive patient data for efficient and rapid review. The system includes a medical monitoring device that uses sensors to acquire health data and logic to specify data blocks of the data that characterize health episodes. Data management device(s) stitch the data blocks according to timelines and store the stitched data blocks as a full episode. The stitched data blocks are rendered for display, as a data presentation with timelines and graphic representations.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2022Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: West Affum Holdings DACInventors: Zoie R. Brent, Korine W. Haynes, Jonathan P. Niegowski, Steven E. Sjoquist, Robert C. Birkner, Megan E. Briscoe, David P. Finch
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Publication number: 20250213878Abstract: A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) comprises a plurality of electrocardiography (ECG) electrodes. An episode is opened responsive to a string of consecutive segments meeting one or more shock criteria, and a shockable rhythm is confirmed for the episode responsive to a subsequent string of consecutive segments meeting one or more confirmation criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2024Publication date: July 3, 2025Applicant: West Affum Holdings DACInventors: Joseph L. Sullivan, David P. Finch, Douglas K. Medema, Robert R. Buchanan, Garrett M. Kotlarchik, Jaeho Kim, Kenneth F. Cowan
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Publication number: 20250195886Abstract: A medical management system is provided that includes components to monitor a patient and manage vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), such as transcutaneous VNS (tVNS). Patient data indicating patient parameters are captured by sensors of a wearable device intended for long-term wear by the patient. The resulting patient data are analyzed to gain information on the treatment and aspects of the person that may facilitate a closed loop treatment system to make adjustments, such as changes to timing factors for treatments, as well as making comprehensive decisions about treatment plans, such as foregoing one modality of treatment for another, discontinuing treatment, or augmenting with additional types of treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2024Publication date: June 19, 2025Inventors: Laura M. Gustavson, Ronald K. Rowbotham, David P. Finch, Brian J. Bennet, Aron A. White, Melinda J. Wang, Pamela F. Breske
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Patent number: 12329973Abstract: A Wearable Medical System (WMS) includes one or more pacing capabilities. The WMS may detect when the patient's heart rhythm starts to deteriorate, but not necessarily in a way that requires defibrillation. In particular, the WMS may detect bradycardia of one or more types, and then confirm the detection before pacing to treat the detected bradycardia.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: West Affum Holdings DACInventors: Joseph L. Sullivan, Jaeho Kim, David P. Finch
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Patent number: 12311188Abstract: A wearable medical device comprising monitoring circuitry to monitor one or more patient parameters of a patient and defibrillation circuitry to provide one or more defibrillation shocks to the patient responsive to a control signal from the monitoring circuitry. The defibrillation circuitry comprises a defibrillation capacitor to provide energy for the one or more defibrillation shocks. The wearable medical device also comprises a power source to provide power to the monitoring circuitry and the defibrillation circuitry. The power source comprises a low current power source (LCPS) to provide power to the monitoring circuitry, and a high current power source (HCPS) to provide power to the defibrillation circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: West Affum Holdings DACInventors: Brian J. Bennett, Kenneth F. Cowan, Phillip D. Foshee, Jr., David P. Finch, Joseph L. Sullivan
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Publication number: 20250166841Abstract: A wearable cardiac monitoring device is described. The wearable cardiac monitoring device includes a sensor, a support structure configured to position the sensor to sense a cardiac parameter when the support structure is worn by a patient, and a processor communicatively coupled to the sensor. The processor is configured to detect an event at the wearable cardiac monitoring device, determine a category of the detected event based on at least one of a plurality of device conditions, and determine whether the detected event has ended. The processor is further configured to determine an offset time for the categorized event based on the at least one of the plurality of device conditions and delay a resolution of an alert based on the offset time.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2025Publication date: May 22, 2025Applicant: West Affum DACInventors: Zoie R. Engman, David P. Finch, Joseph L. Sullivan, Erick M. Roane, Pamela F. Breske
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Publication number: 20250161703Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments directed to security methods applied to connections between components in a distributed (networked) system including medical and non-medical devices, providing secure authentication, authorization, patient and device data transfer, and patient data association and privacy for components of the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2025Publication date: May 22, 2025Applicant: West Affum Holdings DACInventors: Steven E. Sjoquist, David P. Finch, Erick M. Roane, Zoie R. Engman, Jonathan P. Niegowski, Dusan Beblavy, Martin Pribula, Peter Curila, Martin Kolesár
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Publication number: 20250152951Abstract: A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system includes a support structure that the patient may wear, and one or more sensors that may acquire patient physiological signals, such as ECG and others. A processor of the WCD system may determine diagnostics from the patient physiological signals. These diagnostics include a six-second ECG portion, heart rates as histograms, heart rates against QRS width, heart rate trends, clinical event counters, diagnostics relating to heart rate variability and about the atrial arrhythmia burden of the patient. In some embodiments, the WCD system includes a user interface with a screen that displays these diagnostics. In some embodiments, the WCD system exports these diagnostics for viewing by a different screen. When viewed, these diagnostics permit more detailed analysis of the state of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2025Publication date: May 15, 2025Applicant: West Affum Holdings DACInventors: Laura M. Gustavson, David P. Finch, Joseph L. Sullivan
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Patent number: 12296184Abstract: Technologies and implementations for a wearable healthcare system including an information management module (IMM). The IMM may be configured to detect proximity of a healthcare device. The IMM may be configured to determine a type of the detected healthcare device. Once the type of healthcare device is determined, the IMM may be configured to communicate information regarding a medical device, where the communicated information may be adapted to correspond to the determined type of healthcare device.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: West Affum Holdings DACInventors: Brian D. Webster, Phillip D. Foshee, Jr., David P. Finch, Steven E. Sjoquist
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Patent number: 12237087Abstract: In one embodiment, a WCD is described. The WCD includes a support structure configured to be worn by a patient and a processor coupled to the support structure. The WCD also includes an energy storage module configured to store an electrical charge and in communication with the processor. The WCD also includes a discharge circuit coupled to the energy storage module, the discharge circuit in communication with the processor and configured to discharge the stored electrical charge through a body of the patient. The processor is configured to detect an event at the WCD, classify the detected event, and determine an alarm onset time of the detected event based at least in part on the event classification. The processor is further configured to issue the alarm after the alarm onset time.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: West Affum Holdings DACInventors: Zoie R. Engman, David P. Finch, Joseph L. Sullivan, Erick M. Roane, Pamela F. Breske
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Patent number: 12233273Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments directed to security methods applied to connections between components in a distributed (networked) system including medical and non-medical devices, providing secure authentication, authorization, patient and device data transfer, and patient data association and privacy for components of the system.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2024Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: West Affum Holdings DACInventors: Steven E. Sjoquist, David P. Finch, Erick M. Roane, Zoie R. Engman, Jonathan P. Niegowski, Dusan Beblavy, Martin Pribula, Peter Curila, Martin Kolesár
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Patent number: 12233274Abstract: A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system includes a support structure that the patient may wear, and one or more sensors that may acquire patient physiological signals, such as ECG and others. A processor of the WCD system may determine diagnostics from the patient physiological signals. These diagnostics include a six-second ECG portion, heart rates as histograms, heart rates against QRS width, heart rate trends, clinical event counters, diagnostics relating to heart rate variability and about the atrial arrhythmia burden of the patient. In some embodiments, the WCD system includes a user interface with a screen that displays these diagnostics. In some embodiments, the WCD system exports these diagnostics for viewing by a different screen. When viewed, these diagnostics permit more detailed analysis of the state of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: West Affum Holdings DACInventors: Laura M. Gustavson, David P. Finch, Joseph L. Sullivan
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Patent number: 12226646Abstract: In embodiments, a Wearable Cardiac Defibrillator (WCD) system is configured to be worn by an ambulatory patient. The WCD system includes a main user interface (UI) output device that can output an image, sound or vibration as a main message about a condition of the patient or the WCD system. The patient may further carry a peripheral device that can also output an image, sound or vibration as a peripheral message about the condition. The peripheral message may mirror the main message at least in part, amplify it, and so on. The availability of the peripheral message provides the patient with the opportunity to better perceive the main message, and the flexibility to receive and react to it discreetly, learn more about the condition, and so on.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: West Affum Holdings DACInventors: Zoie Engman, Aaron Piazza, Christoffer Peter Hart Hansen, David P. Finch, Laura M. Gustavson, Erik L. Schneider, Erick Roane, Amanda K. Hall
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Publication number: 20250032813Abstract: A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) having a processor configured to receive a signal indicating a position and/or movement of the ambulatory patient while the ambulatory patient is wearing the support structure receive the ECG signal, determine from an ECG signal whether a shock criterion is met, determine a confirmation time period and/or a response time period based on the position and/or movement of the ambulatory patient, determine from the ECG signal whether the shock criterion is met after the confirmation time period has elapsed, cause the user interface to generate the shock alert signal based on the shock criterion determined after the confirmation time period has elapsed, and control the discharge circuit to discharge the stored electrical charge when a predetermined time period has elapsed after the shock alert signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: Phillip D. Foshee, JR., David P. Finch, Pamela Breske, Laura M. Gustavson, Joseph L. Sullivan, Jaeho Kim
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Publication number: 20250032809Abstract: A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) comprises a support structure to be worn by a patient, an energy storage module to store an electrical charge, a discharge circuit coupled to the energy storage module, a measurement circuit, a user interface that includes a speaker, and a processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: West Affum Holdings DACInventors: Phillip D. Foshee, JR., David P. Finch, Laura M. Gustavson, Nikolai Korsun, Joseph L. Sullivan, Gregory T. Kavounas
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Patent number: 12179032Abstract: A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) comprises a plurality of electrocardiography (ECG) electrodes. An episode is opened responsive to a string of consecutive segments meeting one or more shock criteria, and a shockable rhythm is confirmed for the episode responsive to a subsequent string of consecutive segments meeting one or more confirmation criteria.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: West Affum Holdings DACInventors: Joseph L. Sullivan, David P. Finch, Douglas K. Medema, Robert R. Buchanan, Garrett M. Kotlarchik, Jaeho Kim, Kenneth F. Cowan
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Patent number: 12151119Abstract: A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) having a processor configured to receive a signal indicating a position and/or movement of the ambulatory patient while the ambulatory patient is wearing the support structure receive the ECG signal, determine from an ECG signal whether a shock criterion is met, determine a confirmation time period and/or a response time period based on the position and/or movement of the ambulatory patient, determine from the ECG signal whether the shock criterion is met after the confirmation time period has elapsed, cause the user interface to generate the shock alert signal based on the shock criterion determined after the confirmation time period has elapsed, and control the discharge circuit to discharge the stored electrical charge when a predetermined time period has elapsed after the shock alert signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2023Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: West Affum Holdings DACInventors: Phillip D. Foshee, Jr., David P. Finch, Pamela Breske, Laura M. Gustavson, Joseph L. Sullivan, Jaeho Kim
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Patent number: 12121737Abstract: A WCD system is configured to monitor various characteristics of the WCD system including about the patient. The WCD system is further configured to transmit a notification of a notifiable event to responders that are outside a local area of the patient, and to silence the notification for any responder(s) that are inside the local area of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: WEST AFFUM HOLDINGS DACInventors: Steven E. Sjoquist, David P. Finch
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Publication number: 20240267720Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of alerting a user of a WCD is described. The method includes receiving an alert from the WCD on a remote device associated with the user and in communication with the WCD and transcribing the alert into a message for the user. The method also includes personalizing the message for the user and delivering the message to the user via the remote device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: WEST AFFUM HOLDINGS DACInventors: Laura M. Gustavson, David P. Finch, Steven E. Sjoquist, Heather Mareth, Erik L. Schneider, Zoie R. Engman