Systems and methods for quantification of, and prediction of smoking behavior

• US 10,306,922 B2
• Filed: 04/06/2016
• Issued: 06/04/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pivot Health Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Carrot, Inc.
• Inventors: Utley, David S., Jameson, Allen, Marler, Jennifer
• Primary Examiner(s): Bousono, Orlando
• Application Number:
  US15/092,475
• Publication Number:
  US 20170055572A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,154 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 47/00 Smokers' requisites not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/046 in a matrix array
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02405 Determining heart rate variability
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0533 Measuring galvanic skin response
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0816 Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/082 Evaluation by breath analysis, e.g. determination of the chemical composition of exhaled breath A61B5/083, A61B5/091 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/083 Measuring rate of metabolism by using breath test, e.g. measuring rate of oxygen consumption
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/097 Devices for facilitating collection of breath or for directing breath into or through measuring devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14551 for measuring blood gases
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4266 sweat secretion
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/497 of gaseous biological material, e.g. breath
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/12 responsive to undesired emission of substances, e.g. pollution alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/40 : using a wireless architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 : Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 : Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

Systems and methods for monitoring of biometric and contextual variables to assist in screening for, quantification of, and prediction of smoking behavior, and for assisting in smoking cessation are described.

Claims

1. A method of preparing a program to cease smoking for a patient who smokes, the method comprising:

measuring at least one biological indicator determinative of whether the patient smoked;

capturing a plurality of patient data, where the patient data comprises information correlated in time to when the patient smoked;

combining at least one of the plurality of patient data and at least one biological indicator to assess a smoking behavior of the patient during a first testing period, where the first testing period occurs while the patient is smoking as usual prior to a quit attempt; and

integrating the smoking behavior into a quit program; and

providing a report of the quit program.

5. The method of claim 1, where capturing the plurality of patient data further comprising generating a signal to the patient to provide at least one sample of exhaled air.

7. The method of claim 1, where capturing the plurality of patient data further comprising receiving an input data from the patient and recording a time of the input.

8. The method of claim 7, where the input data comprises at least a count of a portion of a cigarette smoked by the patient.

9. The method of claim 8, where providing the report further comprises displaying a summation of the count of a portion of the cigarettes smoked by the patient.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising determining a cigarette cost using the count of the portion of cigarettes smoked by the patient and displaying the cigarette cost.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising determining a nicotine estimate using the count of the portion of cigarettes smoked by the patient and displaying the nicotine estimate.

12. The method of claim 7, where the patient data comprises a behavioral information of the patient.

13. The method of claim 1, where providing the report further comprises providing a visual display of an exhaled carbon monoxide load in association with a visual display interval of time within the first testing period.

15. The method of claim 1, where providing the report further comprises determining a series of exhaled carbon monoxide loads for a series of intervals of time within the first testing period.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising displaying the series of exhaled carbon monoxide loads for the series of intervals of time.

17. The method of claim 1, where measuring an amount of exhaled carbon monoxide comprises using a portable sensor.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising transmitting the amount of exhaled carbon monoxide and the collection time associated with each sample of exhaled air from the portable sensor to an electronic device.

20. The method of claim 1, further comprising obtaining a result of a behavioral questionnaire from the patient.

21. The method of claim 1, where providing the report comprises quantifying an exposure of exhaled carbon monoxide over an interval of time within a period of time and estimating a rate of decay of carbon monoxide.

22. The method of claim 1, where providing the report comprises quantifying an exposure of exhaled carbon monoxide over an interval of time within the first testing period and estimating an increase in a rate of carbon monoxide in the event the patient smokes a cigarette.

23. The method of claim 1, where assessing the smoking behavior comprises assessing a degree of intervention required for the quit program.

2. The method of 1, where measuring at least one biological indicator comprises capturing a plurality of samples of exhaled air from the patient over the first testing period.

14. The method of claim 2, where providing the report further comprises providing a visual display of a count of a number of the plurality of samples of exhaled air.

19. The method of claim 2, further comprising obtaining a location of the patient when obtaining at least one of the plurality of samples of exhaled air.

3. The method of 1, where assessing the smoking behavior comprises correlating a function of exhaled carbon monoxide versus time over a period of time.

4. The method of 3, further comprising obtaining an area of exhaled carbon monoxide and time under a curve defined by the function over the first testing period.

6. The method of 1, where capturing the plurality of patient data further comprising alerting the patient on a repeating basis to provide the sample of exhaled air over the first testing period.