Wearable device obtaining audio data for diagnosis

• US 10,229,754 B2
• Filed: 03/08/2016
• Issued: 03/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: Cronin, John E., Philbin, Steven M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tweel, Jr., John A
• Application Number:
  US15/552,383
• Publication Number:
  US 20180035901A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,099 Days
• Field of Search: 34053912
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/00 Measuring for diagnostic purposes radiation diagnosis A61B6/00; diagnosis by ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/00; Identification of persons
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0024 for multiple sensor units attached to the patient, e.g. using a body or personal area network
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0816 Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0823 Detecting or evaluating cough events
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14542 for measuring blood gases A61B5/14551 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6801 specially adapted to be attached to or worn on the body surface
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/60 relating to pathologies
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 : Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

Systems, devices, and methods for providing audio database for health systems that may utilize wearable devices that monitor wearable sensor readings for symptoms associated with a disease and that may prompt a user of the wearable device to place a microphone from the wearable device on a specific location on the user'"'"'s body for recording an audio file that may be sent to a health professional for diagnosis of the disease.

Claims

1. A method of diagnosing a disease using a wearable device worn by a user, the wearable device having a display and wearable sensors, the wearable sensors including at least one microphone, the method comprising:

monitoring, with the wearable device, wearable sensor data generated by the wearable sensors;

analyzing, with the wearable device, the wearable sensor data to determine whether the user is exhibiting symptoms of a disease, the analyzing comprising comparing at least one portion of the wearable sensor data to at least one disease-specific alert setting, wherein a match of the at least one portion of the wearable sensor data to the at least one disease-specific alert setting is indicative of the user exhibiting symptoms of the disease;

instructing the user in response to the analysis indicating that the user is exhibiting symptoms of a disease, to place the at least one microphone on a specific location on the user'"'"'s body for obtaining audio data for auscultation for diagnosing whether the user has the disease, wherein the instructing includes providing a representation of a human body on the display with an indicator corresponding to the specific location on the body where the at least one microphone should be placed; and

after instructing the user, capturing the audio data via the microphone.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, on the wearable device display, a disease-selection user interface (UI) for displaying a plurality of diseases the wearable device may be configured to monitor for;

receiving a user selection, via the disease-selection UI, of at least one disease for monitoring and diagnosis; and

configuring the wearable device, based on the user selection, with the disease-specific alert settings for executing said analyzing.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

transmitting the user selection from the wearable device to a network having a server alert database having a plurality of disease-specific alert settings corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of diseases; and

receiving, from the server alert database, the disease-specific alert settings.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting, with the wearable device, the audio data to a third party diagnostician device;

receiving, with the wearable device, a diagnosis message from the third party diagnostician device; and

displaying, on the wearable device display, the diagnosis message.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein said instructing includes displaying, on the wearable device display, a user alert UI, the user alert UI having:

at least one triggering data field for displaying the wearable sensor data that meets or exceeds the one or more disease-specific alert settings; and

an alert message field for displaying an alert message for notifying the user of the disease the user is exhibiting symptoms of.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said instructing includes providing at least one of visual, audio, and haptic feedback with the wearable device for indicating when the at least one microphone is getting closer or getting farther away from the specific location on the user'"'"'s body.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the wearable sensor data includes at least one of user respiration rate, user heart rate, user temperature, user blood pressure, user movement, user audio, user blood oxygen level, and user blood glucose level.

8. The method according to claim 7, further including processing, with the wearable device, the wearable sensor data to generate processed sensor data, wherein said comparing further includes comparing the processed sensor data to the one or more disease-specific alert settings.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein said processing includes processing the user audio to identify user disease symptom sounds.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein said processing includes generating cumulative sensor data from the sensor data and the processed data.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein said processing includes:

selecting an algorithm of a plurality of audio processing algorithms based on the step of analyzing, wherein the selected algorithm is associated with at least one of the disease and the specific location of the user'"'"'s body; and

applying the selected algorithm to process the user audio.

12. A wearable device for diagnosing a disease comprising:

a display;

wearable sensors including at least one microphone; and

a machine-readable storage medium for storing machine executable instructions designed and configured to cause the wearable device to;

monitor wearable sensor data generated by said wearable sensors;

analyze the wearable sensor data to determine whether the user is exhibiting symptoms of a disease by comparing at least one portion of the wearable sensor data to at least one disease-specific alert setting, wherein a match of the at least one portion of the wearable sensor data to the at least one disease-specific alert setting is indicative of the user exhibiting symptoms of the disease;

instruct the user, in response to the analysis indicating that the user is exhibiting symptoms of a disease, to place the at least one microphone on a specific location on the user'"'"'s body for obtaining audio data for auscultation for diagnosing whether the user has the disease, wherein instructing the user includes providing a representation of a human body on the display with an indicator corresponding to the specific location on the body where the at least one microphone should be placed; and

after instructing the user, capturing the audio data via the microphone.

13. The wearable device according to claim 12, wherein said machine executable instructions are further designed and configured to:

display, on said wearable device display, a disease-selection user interface (UI) for displaying a plurality of diseases the wearable device may be configured to monitor for;

receive a user selection, via the disease-selection UI, of at least one disease for monitoring and diagnosis; and

configure the wearable device, based on the user selection, with the disease-specific alert settings for executing said analyzing.

14. The wearable device according to claim 12, wherein said machine executable instructions are further designed and configured to:

transmit a user selection from said wearable device to a network having a server alert database having a plurality of disease-specific alert settings corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of diseases; and

receive, from the server alert database, said disease-specific alert settings.