Monitoring body movement or condition according to motion regimen with conformal electronics

• US 10,390,755 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2016
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Goodall, Eleanor V., Hyde, Roderick A., Kare, Jordin T., Leuthardt, Eric C., Malamud, Mark A., McKnight, Gary L., Pan, Tony S., Sharadin, Katherine E., Sweeney, Elizabeth A., Tegreene, Clarence T., Whitmer, Charles, Wood, Jr., Lowell L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Abouelela, May A
• Application Number:
  US15/386,434
• Publication Number:
  US 20170156662A1
• Time in Patent Office: 979 Days
• Field of Search: 600300, 600301, 600557, 600587, 600595, 128920, 607 45
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Abstract

Systems and methods are described for monitoring an individual subject and facilitating a motion regimen of the individual subject. In an aspect, a system includes, but is not limited to, a deformable substrate; a sensor assembly configured to generate one or more sense signals based on detection of at least one of a movement of the body portion or at least one physiological parameter of the body portion; a processor configured to receive the one or more sense signals, the 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 at least one physiological parameter of the body portion; and an effector operably coupled to the processor and configured to effect at least one predetermined motion of the body portion corresponding to a motion regimen responsive to control by the processor.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a deformable substrate configured to conform to a body portion of an individual subject;

a sensor assembly coupled to the deformable substrate, the sensor assembly configured to generate one or more sense signals based on detection of at least one of a movement of the body portion or at least one physiological parameter of the body portion;

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 physiological state of the individual subject based on at least one of the movement of the body portion or the at least one physiological parameter of the body portion;

a memory device accessible by the processor and storing a motion regimen having a plurality of choreographed movements of at least the body portion; and

an effector configured to conform to the body portion and operably coupled to the processor and configured to effect at least one predetermined motion of the body portion corresponding to the motion regimen responsive to control by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to control the effector to effect a second choreographed movement of the body portion of the motion regimen upon determination that the body portion executed a first choreographed movement of the motion regimen based at least on the one or more sense signals from the sensor assembly.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the effector is configured to deliver a stimulus providing stochastic resonance to a tissue of the body portion of the individual subject.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor assembly is configured to generate one or more sense signals based on detection of at least one of a movement of a second body portion distal to the body portion or at least one physiological parameter of the second body portion.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor assembly includes at least one orientation sensor configured to detect the movement of the body portion.

5. The system of claim 1, further including a reporter coupled to the deformable substrate, the reporter configured to generate one or more communication signals responsive to instruction by the processor.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the one or more communication signals are associated with at least one of a summary of data processed by the processor, compliance or non-compliance of the individual subject with the motion regimen, or historical progress of the individual subject.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more sense signals include one or more sense signals associated with pain responsive to muscle activity.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to activate the effector to reduce a pain state of the individual subject.

9. The system of claim 1, including at least one of a receiver, a transceiver, or a transmitter configured to at least one of receive one or more communication signals from an external device or transmit one or more communication signals to the external device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the external device includes at least one of a virtual reality display device or an augmented reality display device, wherein the at least one of a virtual reality display device or an augmented reality display device is configured to display an image responsive to receiving the one or more communication signals.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more communication signals from the external device are feedback signals responsive to one or more communication signals associated with the at least one of a movement of the body portion or at least one physiological parameter of the body portion transmitted to the external device.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the effector includes at least one of an electric stimulator including at least one electrode, an ultrasonic stimulator including at least one ultrasound transducer, a magnetic stimulator, or an optical stimulator.

13. The system of claim 1, including a user interface coupled to the deformable substrate, wherein the processor is configured to at least one of modify the motion regimen responsive to a user input via the user interface or select the motion regimen for execution responsive to a user input via the user interface.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to at least one of activate the effector to affect the body portion responsive to the one or more communication signals from the external device or prevent activation of the effector responsive to the one or more communication signals from the external device.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor assembly is configured to generate one or more identity sense signals associated with at least one physical characteristic of the individual subject, and wherein the processor is configured to at least one of transmit information to a record when the one or more identity sense signals correspond to an authorized individual or permit operation of one or more of the sensor assembly or the effector only when the one or more identity sense signals correspond to an authorized individual.

16. The system of claim 1, further including a second effector configured to conform to a second body portion of the individual subject and operably coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to cease activation of the first effector upon determination that the body portion executed the second choreographed movement of the motion regimen.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to control the second effector to effect a third choreographed movement of the motion regimen to move the second body portion upon determination that the body portion executed the second choreographed movement of the motion regimen based at least on the one or more sense signals from the sensor assembly.