System and method for outpatient management of chronic disease
First Claim
1. An outpatient ambulatory patient worn apparatus for managing chronic lung disease comprising:
- a plurality of sensors configured to be worn by a patient and to measure a plurality of physiological data, said plurality of sensors including at least one oximeter, a respiratory rate sensor, and at least one activity or motion sensor, at least said oximeter, said at least one oximeter, said respiratory rate sensor, and said at least one activity or motion sensor continuously operative to measure said plurality of physiological data in an outpatient setting during activities of daily living comprising rest, exertion, and sleep;
a central monitoring unit (CMU) communicatively coupled to said plurality of sensors and to an interface device, said CMU comprising a computer, and said CMU to be worn by the patient in said outpatient setting during activities of daily living, said CMU programmed to record concurrently a set of time stamped primary data comprising measurement data from each of said plurality of sensors to a non-volatile memory at a predetermined interval for one or more epochs of time, and to categorize at an acquisition rate or some multiple of the acquisition rate each recorded measurement of each of said plurality of sensors stored in said set of time stamped primary data by a predominate activity type to generate a set of activity type stamped data, said predominate activity type selected from a plurality of activity types including rest, exertion, and sleep; and
a generate report process running on said CMU to provide at least one or more reports in real time including at least an indication or determination of whether a chronic lung disease treatment is needed by the patient based on said set of activity type stamped data.
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Abstract
An outpatient ambulatory patient worn apparatus for managing chronic lung disease includes a plurality of sensors configured to be worn by a patient and to measure a plurality of physiological data. The plurality of sensors includes at least an oximeter, a respiratory rate sensor, and at least one activity or motion sensor. A central monitoring unit (CMU) is worn by the patient in an outpatient setting during activities of daily living. The CMU categorizes each recorded measurement of each of the plurality of sensors stored in a set of time stamped primary data by a predominate activity type to generate a set of activity type stamped data, the predominate activity types include rest, exertion, and sleep. A generate report process provides at least one or more reports. An outpatient ambulatory patient worn long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) apparatus and a method for managing chronic lung disease are also described.
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1. An outpatient ambulatory patient worn apparatus for managing chronic lung disease comprising:
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a plurality of sensors configured to be worn by a patient and to measure a plurality of physiological data, said plurality of sensors including at least one oximeter, a respiratory rate sensor, and at least one activity or motion sensor, at least said oximeter, said at least one oximeter, said respiratory rate sensor, and said at least one activity or motion sensor continuously operative to measure said plurality of physiological data in an outpatient setting during activities of daily living comprising rest, exertion, and sleep; a central monitoring unit (CMU) communicatively coupled to said plurality of sensors and to an interface device, said CMU comprising a computer, and said CMU to be worn by the patient in said outpatient setting during activities of daily living, said CMU programmed to record concurrently a set of time stamped primary data comprising measurement data from each of said plurality of sensors to a non-volatile memory at a predetermined interval for one or more epochs of time, and to categorize at an acquisition rate or some multiple of the acquisition rate each recorded measurement of each of said plurality of sensors stored in said set of time stamped primary data by a predominate activity type to generate a set of activity type stamped data, said predominate activity type selected from a plurality of activity types including rest, exertion, and sleep; and a generate report process running on said CMU to provide at least one or more reports in real time including at least an indication or determination of whether a chronic lung disease treatment is needed by the patient based on said set of activity type stamped data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An outpatient ambulatory patient worn apparatus for regulation of long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) delivery comprising:
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a plurality of sensors configured to be worn by a patient and to measure a plurality of physiological data, said plurality of sensors including at least one oximeter, a respiratory rate sensor, and at least one activity or motion sensor, said at least one oximeter, said respiratory rate sensor, and said at least one activity or motion sensor continuously operative to measure said plurality of physiological data in an outpatient setting during activities of daily living comprising rest, exertion, and sleep; a central monitoring unit (CMU) communicatively coupled to said plurality of sensors and to an interface device, said CMU comprising a computer, and said CMU to be worn by the patient in said outpatient setting during activities of daily living, said CMU programmed to record concurrently a set of time stamped primary data comprising measurement data from each of said plurality of sensors to a non-volatile memory at a predetermined interval for one or more epochs of time, and to categorize at an acquisition rate or some multiple of the acquisition rate each recorded measurement of each of said plurality of sensors stored in said set of time stamped primary data by a predominate activity type to generate a set of activity type stamped data; and generate report process running on said CMU to provide at least one or more reports in real time at least a selected one of; an indication or determination of whether a LTOT treatment is needed by the patient, and an indication or determination of a LTOT adequacy of oxygen delivery to the patient, based on said set of activity type stamped data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for managing chronic lung disease comprising the steps of:
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providing a monitor system comprising; a plurality of sensors configured to be worn by a patient and to measure a plurality of physiological data, said plurality of sensors including at least one oximeter, a respiratory rate sensor, and at least one activity or motion sensor, said at least one oximeter, said respiratory rate sensor, and said at least one activity or motion sensor continuously operative to measure said plurality of physiological data in an outpatient setting during activities of daily living comprising rest, exertion, and sleep; a central monitoring unit (CMU) communicatively coupled to said plurality of sensors, said CMU comprising a computer, and said CMU worn by said patient in said outpatient setting during activities of daily living; recording by said computer concurrently a set of time stamped primary data comprising measurement data from each of said plurality of sensors to a non-volatile memory at a predetermined interval for one or more epochs of time; categorizing at an acquisition rate or some multiple of the acquisition rate each recorded measurement of each of said plurality of sensors stored in said set of time stamped primary data by a predominate activity type to generate a set of activity type stamped data; generating and saving to a non-volatile computer memory one or more reports in one or more graphic or tabular clinical-user defined report formats based on said set of activity type stamped data; and recording or displaying said one or more reports to manage a chronic lung disease. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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