Methods and apparatus for monitoring patients and delivering therapeutic stimuli
First Claim
1. A system comprising, in combination:
- at least one sensor for measuring physiological data,at least one hub adapted for receiving wireless signals that are communications directly or indirectly from said sensor and for transmitting wireless signals that are communications to a network, wherein said received signals comply with a wireless protocol that is not identical to the wireless protocol with which said transmitted signals comply, andone or more processorsfor recognizing at least one pattern in said physiological data, andbased upon said recognition, for outputting instructions for at least one transducer to produce therapeutic stimuli.
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Abstract
In an exemplary implementation of this invention, a user wears comfortable biosensors. These sensors gather physiological data from the user and transmit this data to another radio-enabled device. This other device may be a mobile phone. The data is further transmitted, via this other radio-enabled device, to one or more networks (such as wireless networks or the Internet). A processor analyzes this transmitted data, in real time, to recognize patterns in the data that indicate the need for therapeutic intervention. Upon recognition of such a pattern, the processor outputs instructions for a transducer to deliver therapeutic stimuli. These instructions are transmitted, over one or more wired or wireless networks, to a transducer which delivers the therapeutic stimuli to the user.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising, in combination:
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at least one sensor for measuring physiological data, at least one hub adapted for receiving wireless signals that are communications directly or indirectly from said sensor and for transmitting wireless signals that are communications to a network, wherein said received signals comply with a wireless protocol that is not identical to the wireless protocol with which said transmitted signals comply, and one or more processors for recognizing at least one pattern in said physiological data, and based upon said recognition, for outputting instructions for at least one transducer to produce therapeutic stimuli. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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17. A system comprising, in combination:
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at least one sensor for measuring physiological data regarding a user, and one or more processors for recognizing at least one pattern in said physiological data, and based upon said recognition, for outputting instructions for obtaining at least one live human communication and causing it to be delivered to said user in a form perceptible by said user. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method comprising the following steps, in combination:
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the receipt by a hub of wireless signals directly or indirectly from a sensor the transmission by said hub of wireless signals, wherein said received signals comply with a wireless protocol that is not identical to the wireless protocol with which said transmitted signals comply, and the processing of said transmitted signals in such a way as to recognize at least one pattern in physiological data measured by said sensor, and based on said recognition, to output instructions for at least one transducer to deliver therapeutic stimuli to said user, wherein said pattern recognition occurs in real time. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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