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

• US 10,335,032 B2
• Filed: 09/12/2018
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2017
• 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:
  US16/128,979
• Publication Number:
  US 20190104938A1
• Time in Patent Office: 293 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
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• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14551 for measuring blood gases
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/335 using integrated circuit memory devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4836 Diagnosis combined with treatment in closed-loop systems or methods A61B5/0036 takes precedence
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• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7242 using integration
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7275 : Determining trends in physiological measurement data; Predicting development of a medical condition based on physiological measurements, e.g. determining a risk factor
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 : for remote operation

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 identifying a smoking behavior of an individual, the method comprising:

recording a plurality of behavioral data regarding a behavior of the individual;

obtaining a plurality of biologic data from the individual;

identifying a smoking exposure over a period of time of the individual using the plurality of biologic data without affecting the smoking behavior of the individual;

compiling a behavior summary, where the behavior summary includes an association of at least one of the plurality of behavioral data and the smoking exposure; and

providing at least a portion of the behavior summary to a user interface structured to display the at least one of the plurality of behavioral data in association with the smoking exposure, where the user interface is configured to permit the individual to observe data in the behavior summary to inform the individual about the smoking behavior.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein visually displaying at least the portion of the behavior summary comprises displaying a trend of the behavioral data or a trend of the smoking exposure.

3. The method of claim 1, where obtaining the plurality of behavioral data from the individual comprises tracking a number of cigarettes smoked by the individual.

4. The method of claim 1, where obtaining the plurality of behavioral data from the individual further comprises obtaining a geographic location of the individual during a smoking event.

5. The method of claim 1, where compiling the behavior summary includes determining a time between cigarettes smoked.

6. The method of claim 1, where compiling the behavior summary includes estimating a cost of cigarettes smoked.

7. The method of claim 1, visually displaying at least the portion of the behavior summary comprises displaying a running total of the plurality of biologic data.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising graphically displaying an informational smoking-related subject matter.

9. The method of claim 8, where displaying the informational smoking-related subject matter occurs during a first program phase.

10. The method of claim 9, where displaying the informational smoking-related subject matter repeats each day during the first program phase.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising facilitating interactive communication between a counselor and the individual.

12. The method of claim 11, where the counselor is provided with access to the behavior summary.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing interactive activities to engage the individual.

14. The method of claim 13, where providing interactive activities comprises obtaining a plurality of responses to a plurality of solicitations related to the smoking behavior of the individual.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising compiling an individual'"'"'s story and displaying the individual'"'"'s story, where the individual'"'"'s story comprises the plurality of responses in association with the behavioral data.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein compiling the behavior summary occurs over at least a first time span.

17. The method of claim 1, where the first time span comprises a first program phase, and further displaying a plurality of smoking cessation skills in a second program phase after the first program phase.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising a third program phase after the second program phase, where the third program phase displays informational subject matter to prepare the individual to quit smoking.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising a fourth program phase after the third program phase, where the fourth program provides support to the individual during smoking cessation where the support includes facilitating interactive communication with the counselor, facilitating a peer support interactive communication, displaying informational subject matter to support smoking cessation, or a combination thereof.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising a fifth program phase after the fourth program phase, where the fifth program phase displays informational subject matter focused on preventing relapse of the smoking behavior.

21. The method of claim 1, where obtaining the plurality of biologic data comprises obtaining a plurality of samples of exhaled air from the individual over a period of time and recording a collection time associated with each sample of exhaled air;

measuring an amount of exhaled carbon monoxide for each of the samples of exhaled air;

compiling a dataset comprising the amount of exhaled carbon monoxide and the collection time for each sample of exhaled air;

identifying an exposure of exhaled carbon monoxide over an interval of time within the period of time and assigning an exhaled carbon monoxide load to the interval of time using the dataset; and

displaying the exhaled carbon monoxide load.

25. The method of claim 21, further comprising generating a signal to the individual to provide at least one sample of exhaled air.

27. The method of claim 21, further comprising receiving an input data from the individual and recording a time of the input.

28. The method of claim 27, where the input data comprises a behavioral information of the individual.

29. The method of claim 21, where measuring the amount of exhaled carbon monoxide comprises using a portable sensor.

22. The method of 21, where obtaining the plurality of samples of exhaled air from the individual over the period of time and recording the collection time of each sample of exhaled air comprises sequentially obtaining the plurality of sample of exhaled air.

23. The method of 21, where identifying the exposure of exhaled carbon monoxide comprises correlating a function of exhaled carbon monoxide versus time.

24. The method of 23, further comprising obtaining an area of exhaled carbon monoxide and time under a curve defined by the function over the interval of time.

26. The method of 21, further comprising alerting the individual on a repeating basis to provide the sample of exhaled air over the period of time.

30. A method of identifying a smoking behavior of an individual, comprising:

obtaining a plurality of biologic data from the individual;

identifying a smoking exposure of the individual using the plurality of biologic data;

generating a behavior summary by correlating a plurality of behavioral data supplied by the individual with the smoking exposure where the behavioral data is non-biologic; and

providing at least a portion of the behavior summary to a user interface structured to display the at least one of the plurality of behavioral data in association with the smoking exposure, where the user interface is configured to permit the individual to access data in the behavior summary to inform the individual how the individual'"'"'s behavior affects the individual'"'"'s smoking behavior.