Personal health monitoring and care system

• US 20080077028A1
• Filed: 09/27/2006
• Published: 03/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Biotronic CRM Patent
• Original Assignee: Biotronic CRM Patent
• Inventors: Ulbrich, Axel, Jacobsen, Roland, Flach, Erhard, Schaldach, Max, Geistert, Wolfgang
• Application Number:
  US11/527,733
• Publication Number:
  US 20080077028A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/509
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A personal health monitoring and care system includes at least one diagnostic device (2) implanted in a person (1), a data communication device (4) associated to the diagnostic device (2) for communicating relevant personal health data collected by the diagnostic device (2) to an external data information retrieval device (5), which processes and presents said relevant personal health data to the person (1) via information output means (6), wherein the person (1) according to the relevant personal health data perceived from the information output means (6) is able to start a health relevant action.

Claims

1. A personal health monitoring and care system comprising:

at least one diagnostic device (2) implanted in a non-expert person (1),

a data communication device (4) associated to the diagnostic device (2) and communicating relevant personal health data collected by the diagnostic device (2) to

an external data information retrieval device (5), which processes and presents said relevant personal health data to the non-expert person (1) via information output means (6),

wherein the non-expert person (1) according to the relevant personal health data perceived from the information output means (6) is able to start a health relevant action.

2. A personal health monitoring and care system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one diagnostic device (2) comprises at least one sensor (3) adapted collecting a relevant physiological parameter.

3. A personal health monitoring and care system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one diagnostic device (2) is combined from or includes a therapeutical device (10) selected from at least one of heart pacemaker, defibrillator, cardioverter, insulin pump or neurostimulator.

4. A personal health monitoring and care system according to claim 3, wherein the therapeutical device (10) comprises an input device (7) to initiate a therapeutical action of the therapeutical device (10).

5. A personal health monitoring and care system according to claim 1, comprising a remote expert station (11) to which the data information retrieval device (5) sends the relevant personal health data.

6. A personal health monitoring and care system according to claim 5, wherein the data communication between the data information retrieval device (5) and the remote expert station (11) is provided via at least one of a wireless, mobile phone or land-line telephone communication means.

7. A personal health monitoring and care system according to claim 5, wherein an expert (13) checks the relevant personal health data and initiates the non-expert person (1) to start a health relevant action.

8. A personal health monitoring and care system according to claim 5, wherein an expert (13) checks the relevant personal health data and by remote control initiates a therapeutical action of a therapeutical device (10) which is combined with or included in the diagnostic device (2) implanted in the non-expert person (1).

9. A personal health monitoring and care system according to claim 7 wherein the expert (13) is a human being or a computerized expert system.

10. A personal health monitoring and care system according to claim 1, wherein the data communication retrieval device (5) communicates via wireless communication line (15) with the data communication device (4) of the diagnostic device (2).

11. A personal health monitoring and care system according to claim 2, wherein the relevant physiological parameter is selected from at least a heart rate, ECG, blood pressure, neuronal potentials or values of physiological fluids.