Tracking and Security for Adherent Patient Monitor

• US 20090076346A1
• Filed: 09/12/2008
• Published: 03/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Medtronic Monitoring, Inc. (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Corventis Inc (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Amurthur, Badri, Bly, Mark J., Manicka, Yatheendhar D., Mazar, Scott T., James, Kristofer J., Wang, Jerry S.
• Application Number:
  US12/209,294
• Publication Number:
  US 20090076346A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0209 adapted for power saving
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0412 Low-profile patch shaped housings
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/08 Sensors provided with means for identification, e.g. barcodes or memory chips
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• 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 5/02455 provided with high/low alarm devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0809 by impedance pneumography
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0816 Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1116 Determining posture transitions
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/282 Holders for multiple electrodes for introduction into the body A61B5/287
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/349 Detecting specific parameters of the electrocardiograph cycle
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4869 Determining body composition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6833 Adhesive patches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6846 specially adapted to be brought in contact with an internal body part, i.e. invasive
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7232 : involving compression of the physiological signal, e.g. to extend the signal recording period
• 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: A61B 7/003 : Detecting lung or respiration noise
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36521 : the parameter being derived from measurement of an electrical impedance
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36535 : controlled by body position or posture
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36542 : controlled by body motion, e.g. acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36592 : controlled by the heart rate variability
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37282 : characterised by communication with experts in remote locations using a network
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2220/00 : Business processing using cryptography
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 : for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 : for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/50 : using hash chains, e.g. blockchains or hash trees

Abstract

A heart failure patient management system includes a detecting system. The detecting system includes an adherent device configured to be coupled to a patient. The adherent device includes a plurality of sensors to monitor physiological parameters of the patient to determine heart failure status. At least one ID may be coupled to the adherent device that is addressable and unique to each adherent device. A wireless communication device is coupled to the plurality of sensors and configured to transfer patient data directly or indirectly from the plurality of sensors to a remote monitoring system. The remote monitoring system is coupled to the wireless communication device. An energy management device may be coupled to the plurality of sensors

Claims

1. A patient monitoring system, comprising:

a patient detecting system for measuring the patient including,

an adherent device configured to be coupled to a patient, the adherent device including a plurality of sensors that monitors physiological parameters,

at least one ID coupled to the adherent device that is addressable and unique to the adherent device;

a wireless communication device coupled to the plurality of sensors; and

a remote monitoring system coupled to the wireless communication device, the wireless communication system configured to transfer patient data from the plurality of sensors to the remote monitoring system.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one ID comprises a memory component.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one ID comprises a sensor ID.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the sensor ID comprises a memory component.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the adherent device comprises a patch set configured to be coupled to the patient.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the at least one ID is unique to each adherent device.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the at least one ID comprises a removable memory component with a unique patient ID that is configured to be reused when patches associated with the adherent patch are replaced.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the patch set is linked together and comprises replacement patches that are linked.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the patch set is linked by hardware.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the patch set is linked by software at the remote monitoring system.

11. The system of claim 5, wherein the adherent device is configured to register with the remote monitoring system when the adherent device is given to the patient.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the adherent device is configured register via a web site and patient data is uploaded to the adherent device.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein a modem assigned to the patient is configured to link to the adherent device.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the modem is configured to determine which patch is sending information to the modem.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the modem is configured to communicate only with the patch set of the patient and the modem is configured to communicate only with patches associated with the modem.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the modem is at the remote monitoring system or at the patient detecting system.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein registration with the remote monitoring system occurs automatically each time a patch of the adherent device is put on the patient.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein on registration ID information is sent to the remote monitoring system.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one ID is coupled to the adherent device with an ID sensor.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the ID sensor is configured to transmit to the remote monitoring system.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the ID sensor is configured to associate data from the plurality of sensors to the remote monitoring system.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein the ID sensor is not incorporated in the adherent device.

23. The system of claim 19, wherein the ID sensor is configured to associate the adherent patch with the patient with at least one of, caller ID, an RFID tag on the patient, a body tattoo, fingerprint ID and GPS.

24. The system of claim 19, wherein the ID sensor is configured to produce a first output that has protected patient data with restricted communication and a second output that has general device and patient information for general communication.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein access to the protected patient data requires an additional security verification.

26. The system of claim 24, wherein at least a portion of the protected patient data is encrypted.

27. The system of claim 25, wherein the addition security verification comprises at least one of a skin tattoo with an adherent device reader, a modem identification, an encrypted communication, an encrypted data storage on the adherent device, a biometric ID or an x-ray ID tag.

28. The system of claim 1, wherein the patient parameters comprise parameters to determine heart failure status of the patient.

29. The system of claim 1, wherein the adherent device is housed in a tamper proof housing prior to placement on the patient.