METHOD FOR MONITORING AND COMMUNICATING BIOMEDICAL ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS

• US 20090299200A1
• Filed: 06/03/2008
• Published: 12/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Sorenson, Paul T., Hietler, Esther, Malkin, Peter K., Eggenberger, Christian
• Granted Patent: US 8,594,772 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/508
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0004 characterised by the type of physiological signal transmitted
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• 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 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and a method of monitoring and communicating biomedical data to a remote receiver. Specifically, the present invention provides a system and method that can monitor a biomedical-based electromagnetic field, e.g., heart rate variability (HRV) field, emitted from a human user (“sender”), and/or communicate the biomedical-based electromagnetic field to a remote receiver by measuring the biomedical-based electromagnetic field emitted from the sender, creating an electronic signal corresponding to the field and transmitting or broadcast and/or apply the signal to a remote receiver.

Claims

1. A method of communicating heart rate variability (HRV) field emitted from a first human user (“

sender”

) associated with a message communicated from the sender via a sending device to a second human user at a remote receiver device (“

receiver”

), comprising recording the HRV field of the sender, creating an electronic signal corresponding to the recorded HRV field, transmitting and apply the signal together with the message to the remote receiver, wherein the HRV field is recorded while the sender communicates the message to the receiver.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitted electronic signal corresponding to the HRV field is encoded.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the electronic signal further comprises information selected from the group consisting of digital signature, location information and the scene information.

4. The method of claim 1, HRV field signal together with the message are transmitted and applied to at least two remote receivers, wherein the receivers are participants in a collaborative online environment.

5. The method claims 4, wherein the received HRV field signal is a combination of signals from HRV fields emitted from at least two senders participating in the collaborative online environment.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of analyzing the received electronic signal corresponding to the HRV field to determine the physical or emotional state of the sender, receiving a message along with the HRV field signal, analyzing the meaning of the message, and comparing the message with the analysis of signal corresponding to the HRV field, wherein the result of the comparison is indicative the authenticity of the message.