Systems and associated methods for use of patterns in processing on mobile monitoring device

1. An arrangement comprising:

a first computer system for processing ECG data representative of a beating heart, the first computer system comprising:

a physiological sensor adapted to collect the ECG data, and

a mobile patient device adapted to receive the ECG data from the physiological sensor and execute a process for using at least one pattern to detect a notable finding in the ECG data;

a second computer system adapted to execute a process for analyzing the notable finding, for determining at least one new pattern to send to the first computer system, and for sending the at least one new pattern to the first computer system; and

a communication link for sending the notable finding from the first computer system to the second computer system and the at least one new pattern from the second computer system to the first computer system;

wherein the at least one new pattern comprises a rule that includes a set of conditions and an action to perform if the set of conditions is met; and

wherein use of the second computer system reduces the amount of processing required by the first computer system.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the at least one new pattern includes parameters of a mathematical model.

3. The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the process for determining the at least one new pattern includes deriving a template from historical ECG data.

4. The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the process to send the at least one new pattern includes sending software to the first computer system.

5. The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the at least one new pattern includes a cardiac rhythm pattern.

6. The arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the process for determining the at least one new pattern includes selecting user characteristics from at least one of patient clinical information and demographic information, and

wherein the process to send the at least one new pattern includes sending the user characteristics to initialize the first computer system.

7. A method comprising:

collecting ECG data using a physiological sensor;

providing the ECG data to a mobile patient device configured to analyze ECG data representative of a beating heart;

receiving a first notable finding from the mobile patient device;

analyzing the first notable finding using a first pattern to detect a second notable finding, wherein the analysis is performed on a device other than the mobile patient device to reduce the processing burden of the mobile patient device;

determining a second pattern to send to the mobile patient device based on the second notable finding; and

sending the second pattern to the mobile patient device.

8. The method according to claim 7 wherein the second pattern includes parameters of a mathematical model.

9. The method according to claim 7 further comprising:

comparing the analyzed ECG data to templates from categories of cardiac events in order to determine the first notable finding.

10. The method according to claim 7 wherein the second pattern comprises a rule, the method further comprising generating the rule for a specific condition.

11. The method according to claim 7 wherein the second pattern comprises a rule, the method further comprising generating the rule for a specific patient.

12. The method according to claim 7 wherein the second pattern includes a template derived from historical ECG data.

13. The method according to claim 7 wherein the second pattern includes software.

14. The method according to claim 7 wherein the second pattern includes a cardiac rhythm pattern.

15. The method according to claim 7 wherein the second pattern includes user characteristics selected from patient clinical information and demographic information, and wherein sending the second pattern further comprises sending the user characteristics to initialize the mobile patient device.