Physiological Data Acquisition and Management System for Use with an Implanted Wireless Sensor
5 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Aspects and embodiments of the present invention provide a system for obtaining, processing and managing data from an implanted sensor. In some embodiments, a patient or other persons can use a flexible antenna to obtain data from the implanted sensor. The flexible antenna includes at least one transmit loop and at least one receive loop. The transmit loop is adapted to propagate energizing signals to the implanted sensor. The receive loop is adapted to detect a response signal from the implanted sensor. The transmit loop includes a capacitor formed by a discontinuous area. The capacitor is adapted to allow the loop to be tuned. The flexible antenna can communicate with a patient device that collects the data from the implanted sensor, creates a data file and transmits the data file to a remote server over a network. A physician or other authorized person may access the remote server using an access device.
-
Citations
33 Claims
-
1-13. -13. (canceled)
-
14. A system comprising:
-
a flexible antenna comprising a transmit loop and a receive loop, the transmit loop being configured for transmitting an energizing signal to a sensor implanted in a body of a person, the receive loop being configured for receiving, responsive to the energizing signal, a sensor signal from the sensor, the sensor signal being adapted to represent data that is from the sensor; a patient control device that is configured to respond to a control command received from the person by causing the transmit loop to transmit the energizing signal; a patient device in communication with at least one of the patient control device or the flexible antenna, the patient device being configured for transmitting over a network a data file comprising the data represented by the sensor signal to a server that is remotely located to the patient device; and an access device in communication with the server, the access device being configured for displaying the data represented by the sensor signal to a second person that is different than the person in which the sensor is implanted, wherein the transmit loop comprises a capacitor for tuning the transmit loop. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
-
-
24. A flexible antenna, comprising:
-
a base; a substrate coupled to the base; a transmit loop mounted to the substrate, the transmit loop being configured for transmitting an energizing signal to a sensor implanted in a body of a person in response to a command received from the person, the transmit loop comprising a capacitor configured for tuning the transmit loop; and a receive loop mounted to the substrate, the receive loop being disconnected from the transmit loop, the receive loop being configured for receiving a sensor signal from the sensor in response to the energizing signal, wherein the flexible antenna is configured for providing data represented by the sensor signal to a patient device operable for transmitting the data over a network to a device that is remote to the patient device. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
-
-
33. A method comprising:
-
outputting a command to a flexible antenna in response to receiving a control command from a person; transmitting, by a transmit loop of the flexible antenna responsive to the command, an energizing signal to a sensor implanted in a body of the person, the transmit loop comprising a capacitor for tuning the transmit loop; receiving, by a receive loop of the flexible antenna, a sensor signal from the sensor, the sensor signal being responsive to the energizing signal and representing data that is from the sensor; generating, by a patient device, a data file comprising an identification of the person and the data represented by the sensor signal; transmitting the data file over a network to a device that is remotely located to the patient device and that is operable for displaying the data represented by the sensor signal to a second person that is different than the person in which the sensor is implanted.
-
Specification