PORTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE

• Main Authors: Klusmann, Johanna, Eckstein, Axel, Beyrle, Karina, Hofstetter, Jürgen, Croizat, Pierre
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 20.07.2022
• Subjects: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROTHERAPY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MEASURING; MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION,OR SHOCK; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PHYSICS; RADIATION THERAPY; SURGERY; TESTING; ULTRASOUND THERAPY

A portable medical device adapted to be carried by a user, comprising at least one electrically actuated means for performing a therapeutic and/or a diagnostic function on a patient, at least one mobile electric power supply, a control unit having at least one microelectronic controller, at least one electronic memory and at least one multichannel impact sensor unit. The impact sensor unit is adapted to simultaneously detect linear acceleration along the three space axes and angular rates around the three space axes. The impact sensor unit generates impact sensor data sets, which are electronically transferred to the microelectronic controller via an interface. The device further comprises a housing, in which the electric components of the device are contained. The device is adapted to execute a classification algorithm, which allows to discriminate a first impact sensor data set, said first impact data set being correlated to a first impact event which is detrimental for the device, from a second impact sensor data set, said second impact data set being correlated to a second impact event which is not detrimental for the device.