Method and Apparatus for Health Monitoring

• US 20120256749A1
• Filed: 04/11/2011
• Published: 10/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Rao, Manoharprasad K., Le, Jialiang, Prakah-Asante, Kwaku O., Prasad, Krishnaswamy Venkatesh
• Application Number:
  US13/083,856
• Publication Number:
  US 20120256749A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/573.1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• 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 5/08 Detecting, measuring or recording devices for evaluating the respiratory organs A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14542 for measuring blood gases A61B5/14551 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4266 sweat secretion
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/221 Physiology, e.g. weight, heartbeat, health or special needs
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/26 Incapacity
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/45 External transmission of data to or from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0453 worn on the body to detect health condition by physiological monitoring, e.g. electrocardiogram, temperature, breathing detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/06 indicating a condition of sleep, e.g. anti-dozing alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

A computer implemented method includes communicating with one or more medical and/or wellness devices. The method further includes receiving one or more data related to a medical or wellness condition from at least one of the one or more medical and/or wellness devices. The method additionally includes reporting a measurement from the one or more medical devices based at least in part on the received data.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method, executable by a vehicle associated computing system, comprising:

communicating with one or more medical and/or wellness devices;

receiving one or more data related to a medical or wellness condition from at least one of the one or more medical and/or wellness devices; and

reporting a measurement from the one or more medical devices based at least in part on the received data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting the presence of one or more medical and/or wellness devices; and

initiating communication with at least one detected device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical and/or wellness devices include at least one wireless, portable device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical and/or wellness devices include at least one built-in vehicle device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

setting a measurement threshold for at least one medical device; and

determining if received data from the at least one medical device for which the threshold was set exceeds the set threshold.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining if a critical medical condition exists, based at least in part on received data; and

taking at least one emergency action dependent on the determination that at least one critical condition exists.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the emergency action further includes contacting an emergency 911 operator.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the emergency action further includes activating an automatic drive function.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the emergency action further includes alerting an occupant to the presence of the emergency condition.

10. A computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor as part of a vehicle associated computing system, cause the vehicle associated computing system to perform the method comprising:

communicating with one or more medical and/or wellness devices;

receiving one or more data related to a medical or wellness condition from at least one of the one or more medical and/or wellness devices; and

reporting a measurement from the one or more medical devices based at least in part on the received data.

11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

setting a measurement threshold for at least one medical device; and

determining if received data from the at least one medical device for which the threshold was set exceeds the set threshold.

12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

determining if a critical medical condition exists, based at least in part on received data; and

taking at least one emergency action dependent on the determination that at least one critical condition exists.

13. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the emergency action further includes contacting an emergency 911 operator.

14. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the emergency action further includes activating an automatic drive function.

15. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the emergency action further includes alerting an occupant to the presence of the emergency condition.

16. A vehicle computing system comprising:

at least one memory location, storing at least instructions executable by a vehicle processor for communication with a medical device;

at least one vehicle processor, in communication with the at least one memory location;

at least one output device, in communication with the processor and operable to output data from the processor; and

at least one medical device, in communication with at least the vehicle processor, wherein the system is operable to execute the instructions stored at the at least one memory location to communicate with the at least one medical device, wherein the system is further operable to receive data related to a medical or wellness condition from the at least one medical device, and wherein

the system is further operable to report a measurement from the at least one medical device through the at least one output device based at least in part on the received data.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the system is further operable to set a measurement threshold for at least one medical device;

and

wherein the system is operable to determine if received data from the at least one medical device for which the threshold was set exceeds the set threshold.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the system is further operable to determine if a critical medical condition exists, based at least in part on received data;

and wherein the system is operable to take at least one emergency action dependent on the determination that at least one critical condition exists.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the emergency action further includes contacting an emergency 911 operator.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the emergency action further includes activating an automatic drive function.