ULTRASONIC DIGITAL COMMUNICATION OF BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS
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1. A medical sensing device for detecting a biological parameter, determining a digital representation of the biological parameter, and ultrasonically transmitting the digital representation of the biological parameters as an inaudible sound transmission, the device comprising:
- a sensor for detecting a biological parameter from a subject;
a processor configured to receive the biological parameter, determine a representative value from the biological parameter, and digitally encode the representative value as a digital ultrasound signal, wherein the digital ultrasound signal is encoded using a first frequency corresponding to digital zero and a second frequency corresponding to digital 1, wherein the first and second frequencies are each greater than 17 kHz, further wherein the digital ultrasound signal includes a header portion and a data portion; and
an ultrasonic transducer comprising an ultrasound emitter for transmitting the digital ultrasound signal, wherein the processor is configured to drive the ultrasonic transducer to emit the digital ultrasound signal from the ultrasound emitter.
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Abstract
Medical sensing devices and systems that transmit digital data from a first device via an ultrasonic digital modem to a receiver such as a smartphone. Methods of transmitting digital biological data by ultrasound are also described.
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41 Claims
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1. A medical sensing device for detecting a biological parameter, determining a digital representation of the biological parameter, and ultrasonically transmitting the digital representation of the biological parameters as an inaudible sound transmission, the device comprising:
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a sensor for detecting a biological parameter from a subject; a processor configured to receive the biological parameter, determine a representative value from the biological parameter, and digitally encode the representative value as a digital ultrasound signal, wherein the digital ultrasound signal is encoded using a first frequency corresponding to digital zero and a second frequency corresponding to digital 1, wherein the first and second frequencies are each greater than 17 kHz, further wherein the digital ultrasound signal includes a header portion and a data portion; and an ultrasonic transducer comprising an ultrasound emitter for transmitting the digital ultrasound signal, wherein the processor is configured to drive the ultrasonic transducer to emit the digital ultrasound signal from the ultrasound emitter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for detecting a biological parameter, determining a digital representation of the biological parameter, and ultrasonically transmitting the digital representation of the biological parameters as an inaudible sound transmission, the system comprising:
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a medical sensing device having;
a sensor for detecting a biological parameter, a processor configured to receive the biological parameter, determine a representative value from the biological parameter, and digitally encode the representative value as a digital ultrasound signal using a first frequency corresponding to digital zero and a second frequency corresponding to digital 1, wherein the first and second frequencies are each greater than 17 kHz, and an ultrasonic transducer for transmitting a digital ultrasound signal; andclient control logic configured to be executed by a telecommunications device and to cause the telecommunications device to receive the digital ultrasound signal and extract the representative value of the biological parameter from the digital ultrasound signal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A digital thermometer to ultrasonically transmit digital temperature information to a telecommunications device for further processing and transmission, the digital thermometer comprising:
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a temperature sensor for sensing subject'"'"'s temperature; a processor in communication with the temperature sensor and configured to generate a digital ultrasound signal of the subject'"'"'s temperature, wherein the digital ultrasound signal is encoded using a first frequency corresponding to digital zero and a second frequency corresponding to digital 1, wherein the first and second frequencies are each greater than 17 kHz; and an ultrasonic transducer comprising an ultrasound emitter, wherein the processor is configured to drive the ultrasonic transducer to emit the digital ultrasound signal from the ultrasound emitter. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of locally transmitting a representative value of a biological parameter using ultrasound, the method comprising:
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sensing a biological parameter from a subject; determining a representative value from the biological parameter; digitally encoding the representative value as a digital ultrasound signal, wherein the digital ultrasound signal is encoded using a first frequency corresponding to digital zero and a second frequency corresponding to digital 1, wherein the first and second frequencies are inaudible ultrasound frequencies; and driving an ultrasonic transducer near the patient to emit the digital ultrasound signal as an inaudible sound signal. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. An integrated microprocessor configured as an local ultrasonic data transmission device, the microprocessor comprising
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a set of instruction for: - receiving a value, digitally encoding the value as a digital ultrasound signal, wherein the digital ultrasound signal is encoded using a first frequency corresponding to digital zero and a second frequency corresponding to digital 1, wherein the first and second frequencies are inaudible ultrasound frequencies, adding a header portion to the digital ultrasound signal; and
an ultrasonic transducer comprising an ultrasound emitter for transmitting the digital ultrasound signal.
- receiving a value, digitally encoding the value as a digital ultrasound signal, wherein the digital ultrasound signal is encoded using a first frequency corresponding to digital zero and a second frequency corresponding to digital 1, wherein the first and second frequencies are inaudible ultrasound frequencies, adding a header portion to the digital ultrasound signal; and
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