Monitoring and treating pain with epidermal electronics
First Claim
1. A pain therapy device, comprising:
- a deformable substrate configured to interface with a skin surface of a first body portion of an individual subject;
a sensor assembly coupled to the deformable substrate, the sensor assembly including a motion sensor and a physiological sensor, the motion sensor including a proximity sensor configured to detect a movement of the first body portion relative to a second body portion of the individual subject proximate the first body portion, the sensor assembly configured to generate one or more sense signals based on detection of the movement of the first body portion relative to the second body portion by the proximity sensor and a physiological parameter of at least one the first body portion or the second body portion by the physiological sensor;
a processor operably coupled to the sensor assembly and configured to receive the one or more sense signals, the processor including circuitry configured to identify a pain state of the individual subject based on at least one of the movement of the first body portion relative to the second body portion or the physiological parameter; and
an effector operably coupled to the processor and configured to affect the first body portion responsive to control by the processor upon identification of the pain state of the individual subject based on at least one of the movement of the first body portion relative to the second body portion or the physiological parameter.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for monitoring, treating, and preventing a pain state of an individual. In an aspect, a system includes, but is not limited to, a deformable substrate; a sensor assembly coupled to the deformable substrate, the sensor assembly including a motion sensor and a physiological sensor, the sensor assembly configured to generate one or more sense signals based on detection of a movement of the body portion by the motion sensor and a physiological parameter of the body portion by the physiological sensor; a processor including circuitry configured to identify a physiological state of the individual subject based on at least one of the movement of the body portion or the physiological parameter; and an effector operably coupled to the processor and configured to affect the body portion responsive to control by the processor.
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17 Claims
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1. A pain therapy device, comprising:
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a deformable substrate configured to interface with a skin surface of a first body portion of an individual subject; a sensor assembly coupled to the deformable substrate, the sensor assembly including a motion sensor and a physiological sensor, the motion sensor including a proximity sensor configured to detect a movement of the first body portion relative to a second body portion of the individual subject proximate the first body portion, the sensor assembly configured to generate one or more sense signals based on detection of the movement of the first body portion relative to the second body portion by the proximity sensor and a physiological parameter of at least one the first body portion or the second body portion by the physiological sensor; a processor operably coupled to the sensor assembly and configured to receive the one or more sense signals, the processor including circuitry configured to identify a pain state of the individual subject based on at least one of the movement of the first body portion relative to the second body portion or the physiological parameter; and an effector operably coupled to the processor and configured to affect the first body portion responsive to control by the processor upon identification of the pain state of the individual subject based on at least one of the movement of the first body portion relative to the second body portion or the physiological parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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