US Patent 11291850 Systems for medical device interactions

An external wearable medical device includes an electrode to detect patient cardiac activity; a therapy electrode to provide a therapy in response to detecting an arrhythmia event; a GUI display comprising a caregiver interface and a patient interface; and a processor configured to provide, to the caregiver interface, a first set of information that includes information for operating the device in conjunction with the patient and an alert history of the device including an indication of one or more detected arrhythmia events, provide, to the patient interface, a second set of information that includes information for allowing the patient to cause the device to suspend providing the therapy and a direction to the patient to contact a caregiver responsive to detecting an event affecting at least one of the device and the patient, and responsive to detecting the event, automatically transmitting a notification of the event to an external entity.