Patents by Inventor Laura M. Gustavson

Laura M. Gustavson 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).

  • Patent number: 12115379
    Abstract: In embodiments, a wearable medical system (WMS) for an ambulatory patient, which can be a wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system, analyzes the patient's ECG signal to generate a detection outcome. The WMS also has an ambulatory user interface that outputs a human-visible indication. A programming device, such as a PC, a tablet, etc., establishes a communication link with the WMS during an in-person session with the patient. The programming device may include a programming screen that reproduces the human-visible indication in real time. An advantage can be that the person programming the WMS need not strain to look also at the ambulatory user interface at the time they are looking at the programming device. Another advantage can be that the patient will recognize that he or she is better protected, and have their confidence in the WMS increased, and therefore better comply with wearing the WMS as required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: WEST AFFUM HOLDINGS DAC
    Inventors: David Peter Finch, Zoie Engman, Steven E. Sjoquist, Angela M. Stewart, Pamela F. Breske, Jonathan Paul Niegowski, Laura Marie Gustavson
  • Patent number: 12115366
    Abstract: A supportive clothing article for a wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD), including a belt, the belt including a first end with a first portion of a fastener and a second end with a second portion of the fastener, wherein the belt is structured to fasten around the torso of patient below the chest area of the patient, the belt including a first conductive mesh portion adjacent the first end of the belt or the second end of the belt, two straps, a back portion extending from the belt at an intermediary position on the belt to each of the two straps, the back portion including a conductive mesh, a first support receptacle attached to and extending from the belt and attachable to one of the two straps, and a second support receptacle attached to and extending from the belt and attachable to the other of the two straps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: West Affum Holdings Designated Activity
    Inventors: Laura Marie Gustavson, Kerstin Dorst, Angela M. Stewart, Pamela F. Breske, Amanda K. Hall, Garrett McCann Kotlarchik, Dallas Eugene Meeker, Daniel James Finney, Eduard Johann Deml, Robert Reuben Buchanan, David Peter Finch, Phillip Dewey Foshee, Jr., Douglas Keith Medema, Kenneth F. Cowan
  • Publication number: 20240316356
    Abstract: A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system comprises a plurality of patient parameter electrodes and a plurality of defibrillator electrodes to contact a patient's skin when the WCD is delivering therapy to the patient, a processor to receive one or more patient parameters from the one or more patient parameter electrodes, an energy storage device to store a charge to provide electrical therapy to the patient via the plurality of defibrillator electrodes, and a non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) monitor to obtain a blood pressure measurement of the patient and to provide the blood pressure measurement to the processor. The processor is to determine whether to provide electrical therapy to the patient based on the one or more patient parameters during an episode, and to obtain the blood pressure measurement from the NIBP monitor during the episode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: West Affum Holdings DAC
    Inventors: Kenneth F. Cowan, Steven E. Sjoquist, Zoie R. Engman, Erick M. Roane, Laura M. Gustavson, Douglas K. Medema, Garrett M. Kotlarchik, Pamela Breske, Jonathan P. Niegowski, Joseph L. Sullivan, Robert R. Buchanan
  • Patent number: 12090333
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method to alert a user of a wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) is described. The method includes detecting a condition requiring attention of the patient and issuing an alert to notify the patient of the condition. The method also includes receiving a first input from the patient to replay the audible portion of the alert and replaying the audible portion of the alert when the first input is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: WEST AFFUM HOLDINGS DAC
    Inventors: Zoie R. Engman, Amanda K. Hall, Laura M. Gustavson, Aaron J. Piazza
  • Publication number: 20240267720
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: WEST AFFUM HOLDINGS DAC
    Inventors: Laura M. Gustavson, David P. Finch, Steven E. Sjoquist, Heather Mareth, Erik L. Schneider, Zoie R. Engman
  • Publication number: 20240245906
    Abstract: A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (“WCD”) system may include an impedance detector configured to render an impedance signal of the patient. The WCD system may determine, from the impedance signal, a characteristic of breathing by the patient that can be used as a vital sign. The WCD system may determine, from at least the breathing characteristic, whether or not a shock criterion is met. If the shock criterion is met, the WCD system may control a discharge circuit to discharge a stored electrical charge through the patient. An advantage can be that the breathing characteristic may be used to determine whether or not a patient is experiencing a condition that requires defibrillation therapy, such as sudden cardiac arrest. Even more advantages can be had in discerning the state of the patient when the breathing characteristic is combined with other data, such as from a motion detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: West Affum Holdings DAC
    Inventors: Laura M. Gustavson, Kenneth Frederick Cowan
  • Patent number: 11998752
    Abstract: A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system comprises a plurality of patient parameter electrodes and a plurality of defibrillator electrodes to contact a patient's skin when the WCD is delivering therapy to the patient, a processor to receive one or more patient parameters from the one or more patient parameter electrodes, an energy storage device to store a charge to provide electrical therapy to the patient via the plurality of defibrillator electrodes, and a non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) monitor to obtain a blood pressure measurement of the patient and to provide the blood pressure measurement to the processor. The processor is to determine whether to provide electrical therapy to the patient based on the one or more patient parameters during an episode, and to obtain the blood pressure measurement from the NIBP monitor during the episode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: West Affum Holdings DAC
    Inventors: Kenneth F. Cowan, Steven E. Sjoquist, Zoie R. Engman, Erick M. Roane, Laura M. Gustavson, Douglas K. Medema, Garrett M. Kotlarchik, Pamela Breske, Jonathan P. Niegowski, Joseph L. Sullivan, Robert R. Buchanan
  • Patent number: 11975185
    Abstract: A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (“WCD”) system may include an impedance detector configured to render an impedance signal of the patient. The WCD system may determine, from the impedance signal, a characteristic of breathing by the patient that can be used as a vital sign. The WCD system may determine, from at least the breathing characteristic, whether or not a shock criterion is met. If the shock criterion is met, the WCD system may control a discharge circuit to discharge a stored electrical charge through the patient. An advantage can be that the breathing characteristic may be used to determine whether or not a patient is experiencing a condition that requires defibrillation therapy, such as sudden cardiac arrest. Even more advantages can be had in discerning the state of the patient when the breathing characteristic is combined with other data, such as from a motion detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: West Affum Holdings DAC
    Inventors: Laura M. Gustavson, Kenneth Frederick Cowan
  • Patent number: 11950174
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: WEST AFFUM HOLDINGS DAC
    Inventors: Laura M. Gustavson, David P. Finch, Steven E. Sjoquist, Heather Mareth, Erik L. Schneider, Zoie R. Engman
  • Publication number: 20230381529
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: West Affum Holdings DAC
    Inventors: Phillip D. Foshee, JR., David P. Finch, Pamela Breske, Laura M. Gustavson, Joseph L. Sullivan, Jaeho Kim
  • Publication number: 20230372722
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method to alert a user of a wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) is described. The method includes detecting a condition requiring attention of the patient and issuing an alert to notify the patient of the condition. The method also includes receiving a first input from the patient to replay the audible portion of the alert and replaying the audible portion of the alert when the first input is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Zoie R. Engman, Amanda K. Hall, Laura M. Gustavson, Aaron J. Piazza
  • Patent number: 11759649
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: West Affum Holdings DAC
    Inventors: Phillip D. Foshee, Jr., David P. Finch, Pamela Breske, Laura M. Gustavson, Joseph L. Sullivan, Jaeho Kim
  • Patent number: 11712573
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method to alert a user of a wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) is described. The method includes detecting a condition requiring attention of the patient and issuing an alert to notify the patient of the condition. The method also includes receiving a first input from the patient to replay the audible portion of the alert and replaying the audible portion of the alert when the first input is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: WEST AFFUM HOLDINGS DAC
    Inventors: Zoie R. Engman, Amanda K. Hall, Laura M. Gustavson, Aaron J. Piazza
  • Publication number: 20220355123
    Abstract: Disclosed are a timeline-based navigation feature and a channel selection feature. The timeline-based navigation feature allows the user to visually identify significant events during an episode and quickly navigate the display of data to those significant events. Embodiments of such feature allow a user to quickly see that there is a shock delivered, for example, and click on that part of a timeline navigator to advance the detailed display of data to that point in the episode. The data channel selection feature enables selection of display channel(s) from among a set of available data channels. Embodiments of such feature enable a selection and/or deselection of various channels for display to minimize display of extraneous data and/or to select preferred channels of data for review.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: WEST AFFUM HOLDINGS DAC
    Inventors: Zoie R. Engman, Jonathan P. Niegowski, Laura M. Gustavson, Pamela F. Breske, Angela M. Stewart, Steven E. Sjoquist
  • Publication number: 20220314012
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: West Affum Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: Phillip D. Foshee, JR., David P. Finch, Laura M. Gustavson, Nikolai Korsun, Joseph L. Sullivan, Gregory T. Kavounas
  • Publication number: 20220257959
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable medical device, such as a Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator, which includes one or more sensors and a processor coupled to the one or more sensors. The processor is configured to record patient-specific information derived from signals output by the one or more sensors while the wearable medical device is being worn and to execute an algorithm to analyze the recorded information, the algorithm being based on data collected from multiple different persons. The processor is further configured to perform an artificial intelligence analysis of the recorded information, to update the algorithm with update information derived from the artificial intelligence analysis of the derived information, and to use the updated algorithm to analyze subsequent signals output by the one or more sensors while the wearable medical is being worn. The disclosed techniques result in a more patient-specific approach, which results in fewer false alarms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: West Affum Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Sullivan, Zoie R. Engman, David P. Finch, Laura M. Gustavson, Phillip D. Foshee, JR.
  • Publication number: 20220241601
    Abstract: A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system comprises a plurality of patient parameter electrodes and a plurality of defibrillator electrodes to contact a patient's skin when the WCD is delivering therapy to the patient, a processor to receive one or more patient parameters from the one or more patient parameter electrodes, an energy storage device to store a charge to provide electrical therapy to the patient via the plurality of defibrillator electrodes, and a non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) monitor to obtain a blood pressure measurement of the patient and to provide the blood pressure measurement to the processor. The processor is to determine whether to provide electrical therapy to the patient based on the one or more patient parameters during an episode, and to obtain the blood pressure measurement from the NIBP monitor during the episode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: West Affum Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: Kenneth F. Cowan, Steven E. Sjoquist, Zoie R. Engman, Erick M. Roane, Laura M. Gustavson, Douglas K. Medema, Garrett M. Kotlarchik, Pamela Breske, Jonathan P. Niegowski, Joseph L. Sullivan, Robert R. Buchanan
  • Publication number: 20220192605
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method to track the cardiac health of a patient is described. The method includes connecting to at least one motion sensor configured to sense movement of a patient and receiving motion data from the at least one motion sensor. The method further includes monitoring an activity level of the patient based at least in part on the motion data and detecting a change in the activity level of the patient based at least in part on the motion data. The method also includes altering a monitoring status of the cardiac health of the patient for a predetermined period of monitoring time based at least in part on the change in activity level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: West Affum Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: Brian D. Webster, Cameron G. Pollock, Laura M. Gustavson, Pamela F. Breske, Zoie R. Engman
  • Patent number: 11364388
    Abstract: 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. The processor is configured to monitor a physiological signal of a patient with the measurement circuit to detect cardiac arrhythmia when the patient is wearing the support structure, determine whether a validation criterion is met in response to detection of a cardiac arrhythmia, provide no alarm with the user interface the validation criterion is being determined, and cause a shock to be delivered to the patient from the energy storage module by the discharge circuit in the event the validation criterion is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: West Affum Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: Phillip D. Foshee, Jr., David P. Finch, Laura M. Gustavson, Nikolai Korsun, Joseph L. Sullivan, Gregory T. Kavounas
  • Publication number: 20220184407
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method to alert a user of a wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) is described. The method includes detecting a condition requiring attention of the patient and issuing an alert to notify the patient of the condition. The method also includes receiving a first input from the patient to replay the audible portion of the alert and replaying the audible portion of the alert when the first input is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: West Affum Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: Zoie R. Engman, Amanda K. Hall, Laura M. Gustavson, Aaron J. Piazza