NONINVASIVE MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OPERABLE IN A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME THROUGH A DELIBERATE HUMAN MOTION

• US 20100076507A1
• Filed: 09/19/2008
• Published: 03/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Black Mountain Ventures
• Original Assignee: Black Mountain Ventures
• Inventors: Jones, Zach
• Granted Patent: US 8,323,187 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 607/2
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse, heart rate, blood pressure or blood flow; Combined pulse/heart-rate/blood pressure determination; Evaluating a cardiovascular condition not otherwise provided for, e.g. using combinations of techniques provided for in this group with electrocardiography or electroauscultation; Heart catheters for measuring blood pressure
• CPC Class Codes: F03G 5/06 other than of endless-walk type
• CPC Class Codes: F03G 5/065 operated by the hand
• CPC Class Codes: F03G 7/08 recovering energy derived from swinging, rolling, pitching or like movements, e.g. from the vibrations of a machine

Abstract

A method, system, and apparatus of a medical device powered by deliberate human motion for limited use are disclosed. In one embodiment, a medical device includes a motion module to sense whether a deliberate human motion is convertible to an electric current to power the medical device, a power module to convert the deliberate human motion to a limited use electric current that enables the medical device to operate during a limited cycle of time, and an energy storage module to store the limited use electric current converted from the deliberate human motion. The medical device may include a power sensing module to determine whether a threshold amount of energy has been generated. The medical device may also include a sensor of the motion module to sense whether the deliberate human motion is convertible to the limited use electric current by permitting a physical object to oscillate.

Claims

1. A medical device comprising:

a power module to convert the deliberate human motion to an electric current which enables the medical device to operate during a limited period of time; and

an energy storage module to store the electric current converted from the deliberate human motion.

2. The medical device of claim 1 further comprising a power sensing module to determine whether a threshold amount of energy has been generated and stored.

3. The medical device of claim 2 further comprising a motion module to sense whether a deliberate human motion is convertible to an electric current to power the medical device, and a sensor of the motion module to sense whether the deliberate human motion is convertible to the electric current by permitting a physical object to oscillate.

4. The medical device of claim 1 further comprising a magnet of the power module to convert the deliberate human motion to the electric current by moving through a fixed path in relation to a conductor.

5. The medical device of claim 4 further comprising a coil oriented in a plane such that a magnet oscillating in a parallel plane is able to convert the deliberate human motion to the electric current.

6. The medical device of claim 4 further comprising a coil of the conductor of the power module such that the magnet is able to oscillate through the coil of the conductor to convert the deliberate human motion to an electric current.

7. The medical device of claim 4 further comprising an axis of the power module such that the magnet is able to orbit the axis with relation to a fixed conductor to convert the deliberate human motion to an electric current.

8. The medical device of claim 4 wherein the deliberate human motion is a shaking motion that causes the magnet of the power module to oscillate in relation to the conductor to convert the deliberate human motion to an electric current.

9. The medical device of claim 8 wherein operation of the medical device during the limited period of time is a single use of the medical device such that it is usable one time before discharging the energy storage module.

10. The medical device of claim 9 wherein a power converted from the deliberate human motion is stored in a capacitance within the energy storage module.

11. The medical device of claim 8 further comprising a spectroscopic sensor powered by the electric current from the deliberate human motion, wherein the spectroscopic sensor is at least one of a pulse oximeter and a glucometer, and wherein operating the medical device performs at least one of an oxygen saturation reading, a heart rate reading and a glucometer reading.

12. The medical device of claim 11 further comprising a port for an other sensor powered for the limited period of time by an energy converted from the deliberate human motion.

13. The medical device of claim 12 further comprising a notification module using at least one of an audible tone, a vibration, and a visual signal to notify a user that the electric current converted from the deliberate human motion has reached a threshold level.

14. The medical device of claim 12 further comprising a display powered by the electric current from the deliberate human motion to display information associated with data captured during the limited period of time the medical device is operational.

15. The medical device of claim 14 further comprising a rectification module to modify the electric current to be stored in the energy storage module.

16. The medical device of claim 15 further comprising:

a restrictor module to prevent the deliberate human motion from being converted into the electric current by limiting a motion of at least one of a magnet and a conductor; and

a base unit to provide a constant electric current to allow continuous use of the medical device and to hold the medical device in a preferred position.

17. The medical device of claim 16 wherein the energy storage module is also able to store the electric current from at least one of a hand crank, an external battery, a solar cell, a commercially available mains power, a fossil fuel powered generator, and a wind generator to operate the medical device during the limited period of time.

18. A method comprising:

sensing a deliberate human motion with a motion module;

converting the deliberate human motion to an electric current with a power module to operate a medical device during a limited period of time;

storing the electric current converted from the deliberate human motion in an energy storage module;

determining whether a threshold amount of an energy has been stored in the energy storage module to permit the medical device to operate during a limited period of time; and

discharging the energy in the energy storage module to operate the medical device for limited period of time.

19. A method comprising:

forming a power module in the medical device to convert a deliberate human motion to the electric current for a limited use of the medical device; and

placing an energy storage module in the medical device to store the electric current converted from the deliberate human motion for the limited use of the medical device.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising:

creating a motion module in a medical device to sense whether a human motion is convertible to an electric current to power the medical device;

forming a physical object internal to the medical device to sense the deliberate human motion by observing a motion of the physical object;

placing a magnet of the power module in the medical device to convert the deliberate human motion into the electric current by moving the magnet in relation to a conductor; and

creating a pulse oximeter in the medical device to perform a pulse oximetry reading consisting of at least one of a heart rate data and an oxygen saturation data.