Public health threat surveillance system
First Claim
1. A public health threat surveillance system comprising:
- a plurality of remote sensing devices, each including a sensor and collecting information related to the presence of hazardous agents, formatting collected information in a wireless message protocol and sending formatted information; and
at least one health alert processing center (HAPC) receiving sent wireless protocol messages containing hazardous agent information, aggregating data from collected wireless protocol messages and selectively distributing response information.
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Abstract
A public health threat surveillance system. Remote sensing devices, each including a sensor collect information related to the presence of hazardous agents, e.g., for detecting a bio-toxin. The sensing devices format collected information in a wireless message protocol, e.g., short message service (SMS) and send formatted information. The remote sensing devices may include any adapted (i.e., with a sensor) typical wireless communications device, e.g., a cell phone, a wireless enabled PDA, notebook computer or tablet computer. A health alert processing center (HAPC) receives wireless protocol messages with the hazardous agent information. The HAPC aggregates data from collected SMS messages and selectively distributes response information, e.g., to a higher level HAPC and/or selected connected wireless devices.
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28 Claims
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1. A public health threat surveillance system comprising:
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a plurality of remote sensing devices, each including a sensor and collecting information related to the presence of hazardous agents, formatting collected information in a wireless message protocol and sending formatted information; and
at least one health alert processing center (HAPC) receiving sent wireless protocol messages containing hazardous agent information, aggregating data from collected wireless protocol messages and selectively distributing response information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of communicating health threats to a public health threat surveillance system comprising the steps of:
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a) identifying a toxin in a sample;
b) extracting toxin information about said identified toxin;
c) encoding extracted toxin information in short message service (SMS) format; and
d) sending said encoded information as a SMS message to a central repository. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A health alert processing center (HAPC) receiving wireless message protocol formatted information related to the presence of hazardous agents from remote sensing devices, said HAPC comprising:
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receiving means for receiving wireless protocol messages containing hazardous agent information;
means for aggregating data from received wireless protocol messages; and
distribution means for selectively distributing response information. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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