Safety feature to disable an automated external defibrillator (AED) when used on a person having a wireless implantable medical device (IMD)

摘要

A system for minimizing adverse effects to an implanted medical device (IMD) can include an automated external defibrillator and an IMD safety control. The automated external defibrillator can have a shock function having the potential to adversely affect a treatment provided by and/or the operation of the implanted medical device. The implanted medical device can be embedded within a living body, referred to as an implantee. The implanted medical device can include wireless communication capabilities. The IMD safety control can be coupled to the automated external defibrillator and can be configured to disable performance of the shock function upon the implantee when the shock function is activated and enable performance of the shock function upon resolution by an operator of the automated external defibrillator. The IMD safety control can be capable of wireless communication with the implanted medical device.

主权项

1. A method for mitigating interference of an automated external defibrillator with operation of an implanted medical device (IMD) comprising:
in response to an attachment of an automated external defibrillator to a living body having an implanted medical device embedded therein, herein referred to as an implantee, detecting of said implanted medical device (IMD) of the implantee by an IMD safety control module coupled with the automated external defibrillator, wherein performance of a shock function by the automated external defibrillator is known to have a potential to cause at least one adverse effect to at least one of a treatment provided by the implanted medical device and operation of the implanted medical device, wherein the implanted medical device is an active implanted medical device having wireless communication capabilities; establishing a communication pathway with the detected implanted medical device, wherein the communication pathway for wireless communication refers to any communication medium not requiring a dedicated physical wire between communication endpoints over which an information bearing signal is conveyed; disabling performance of the shock function of the automated external defibrillator, wherein the disabling automatically occurs by default responsive to a wireless communication between the automated external defibrillator and the implanted medical device via the established communication pathway and does not require visual inspection of the implantee by an operator of the automated external defibrillator for at least one of post-operation indicators for the implanted medical device and an indicia for the implanted medical device worn by the implantee; requesting resolution from the operator of the automated external defibrillator to accommodate the implanted medical device detected within the implantee; and upon receipt of said resolution, enabling performance of the shock function by the automated external defibrillator.