Medical scan clip on

• US 20100255876A1
• Filed: 04/04/2010
• Published: 10/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Patential Holdings, Inc., Typenex Co-Investment, LLC
• Original Assignee: Ubiquity Holdings
• Inventors: Jordan, Connie, Carmichael, Christopher
• Granted Patent: US 8,983,535 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.100
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0406 specially shaped apparatus housings
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0443 Modular apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/21 Combinations with auxiliary equipment, e.g. with clocks or memoranda pads

Abstract

Medical device that scans medical parameters and communicates via a cell phone. The cell phone can communicate the parameters to a remote location and/or or can analyze them. The medical device can be powered by the cell phone or can be wireless. A relatively large area for a pad that forms the surface area that determines the medical information can thus be obtained.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a medical scanning part, having a first part with a surface that is used for a medical scan, where said medical scan is carried out by said surface touching a user, and said medical scanning part having a second part which communicates information indicative of the medical scan, said second part having circuitry that communicates with a cellular phone device that carries out a cellular phone function.

2. A device as in claim 1, wherein said second part communicates via a wire connection to the cellular phone, over a port on the cellular phone, and where said port also provides power for at least one circuit in the medical scanning part.

3. A device as in claim 2, further comprising a battery in the medical scanning part, said battery being charged by power that is provided over said port.

4. A device as in claim 2, further comprising at least one clip, which clips the medical scanning part to outer surfaces of said cellular phone.

5. A device as in claim 3, wherein said at least one clip is adjustable for different outer surface sizes of different phones.

6. A device as in claim 1, wherein said second part communicates via wireless communication to the cellular phone.

7. A device as in claim 2, wherein said second part also communicates via a wireless communication to the cellular phone.

8. A device, comprising:

a portable phone having a call communicating function which allows sending and receiving calls over a cellular network and also controlling sending and receiving data over the cellular network;

a port which receives data, said port receiving medical data from an external sensor;

said portable phone having a processor running a program which analyzes said medical data, and where said program controls the sending of at least some of said medical data to a remote source over such a cellular network, depending on a condition.

9. A device as in claim 8, wherein said condition is specified times when the parameters are monitored.

10. A device as in claim 8, wherein said portable phone includes a calendar that stores certain events, and where said medical data is obtained and correlated with said events on said calendar, and said condition includes said times of said events.

11. A device as in claim 10, wherein said portable phone produces a signal which causes monitoring of said medical data at said times of said events.

12. A device as in claim 8, wherein said program analyzes said parameters to find at least one anomaly in said parameters, and sends only values that have such an anomaly over the cellular network.

13. A device as in claim 8, wherein said program analyzes heartbeat data.

14. A device as in claim 8, wherein said program analyzes blood chemistry data.

15. A method, comprising:

using a cell phone for receiving data indicative of medical monitoring;

using the cell phone for analyzing said medical monitoring data;

using the cell phone for sending some but not all of the medical monitoring data to a remote location, based on said monitoring, where said monitoring determines some of the medical monitoring data to be sent, and said cell phone sends said data to be sent.

16. A method as in claim 15, further comprising using the cell phone for storing calendar events, and for obtaining data indicative of said medical monitoring data at times of said calendar events and correlated with said calendar events.

17. A method as in claim 15, wherein said medical monitoring data includes heartbeat data.

18. A method as in claim 15, wherein said medical monitoring data includes blood chemistry data.