DNA, blood, heart, glucose, body temperature, skin and other medical diagnostic communications

• US 20140015690A1
• Filed: 09/12/2013
• Published: 01/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kamilo Feher
• Original Assignee: Kamilo Feher
• Inventors: Feher, Kamilo
• Granted Patent: US 9,173,566 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/870.18
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0015 characterised by features of the telemetry system
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• 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 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
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• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/00 Orthogonal multiplex systems, e.g. using WALSH codesH04J13/00 takes precedence
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• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 : Authentication
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Abstract

Medical diagnostic and digital communication methods for processing in a mobile device a DNA, or blood, or heart or glucose, or body temperature or skin, or urine, or another medical device provided signal into a processed signal. Providing processed medical signals to a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) processor or to a Orthogonal Frequency Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) processor for processing, modulation and transmission of mobile device modulated signals in a wireless system. Processing a touch screen generated signal in mobile device into a touch screen processed signal for control of mobile device. Digital communications to and from a heart pacemaker for wireless mobile diagnostics and control of heart pacemaker.

Claims

1. A diagnostic and communication method comprising steps of:

processing in a mobile device a DNA, or blood, or heart or glucose, or body temperature or skin, or urine, or another medical device provided signal into a processed signal and providing said processed signal to a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) processor or to a Orthogonal Frequency Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) processor for processing said signal into a processed CDMA signal or into a processed OFDM signal;

modulating said processed CDMA signal into a modulated CDMA signal or modulating said processed OFDM signal into a modulated OFDM signal;

connecting said modulated CDMA signal or said OFDM modulated signal to one or more transmitters and transmitting said modulated CDMA signal or said OFDM modulated signal in said one or more transmitters; and

processing a touch screen generated signal in said mobile device into a touch screen processed signal, said touch screen processed signal is used for control of said transmitting said modulated CDMA signal or said OFDM modulated signal.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a cross-correlator and transmit baseband filter for cross-correlating and filtering said processed CDMA signal into in-phase and quadrature-phase baseband cross-correlated filtered signal and a receiver and demodulator for receiving and demodulating a modulated signal, wherein said receiver and demodulator comprises an antenna for receiving said modulated signal and a receive baseband filter for receiving and filtering the demodulated signal and for providing cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase filtered baseband signals wherein said receive baseband filter is mis-matched to said transmit baseband filter.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising a first amplifier operated in a first radio frequency (RF) band in a linearly amplified (LINA) mode and a second amplifier operated in a second radio frequency (RF) band, wherein the second RF band is different from the first RF band and said second amplifier is operated in a non-linearly amplified (NLA) mode, for amplification of said selected modulated signal.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a processor for receiving and processing multiple signals received from multiple locations and for generating from said received signals a processed position finder signal and for providing said processed position finder signal to said one or more modulators for signal modulation and a fingerprint sensor for fingerprint authentication of said mobile device.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a first cross-correlator and a transmit baseband filter for generating cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase processed filtered baseband signals, a processor, comprising a spread spectrum processor and a second cross-correlator, for generating cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase processed spread spectrum signals.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a first cross-correlator and a transmit baseband filter for generating cross-correlated Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) baseband signals used in Global Mobile System (GSM) systems.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a telemetry transmitter and telemetry receiver for transmission and reception of signals, wherein said telemetry signals are used by an authorized physician or other authorized health or emergency service provider to monitor or control the implantable cardiac stimulation device.

8. A medical digital communication method comprising steps of:

processing, in a mobile digital communications device, signals received from one or more medical diagnostic devices into processed signals;

receiving and processing said processed signals into a digital first specified bit rate signal;

receiving and processing said processed signals into a digital second specified bit rate signal;

processing and modulating said first bit rate signal into a OFDM processed and modulated signal;

processing, filtering and modulating said second bit rate signal in a cross-correlator and a transmit baseband filter into cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase processed filtered baseband signals;

processing in a processor a touch screen generated signal into a touch screen generated control signal, said touch screen generated control signal is used for control of said mobile digital communications device.

9. The method of claim 9, further comprising the step of receiving in said mobile device a Global Positioning System (GPS) location finding signal, processing and transmitting said location finding signal.

10. A pacemaker comprising:

a first processor for processing a received pulse from one or more electrodes and for providing said processor processed stimulation pulse to said one or more electrodes;

a signal processor for receiving said received pulse and for processing said received pulse into a first Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) processed baseband signal or a first Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) processed baseband signal;

a signal processing network and a filter for receiving said first CDMA processed signal or said first OFDM processed signal and for filtering said first CDMA processed signal or said first OFDM processed signal and providing a CDMA processed filtered baseband signal or a OFDM processed filtered baseband signal;

one or more modulators for modulating said CDMA processed filtered baseband or said OFDM processed filtered signal into a first modulated CDMA signal or into a first modulated OFDM signal and providing said first modulated CDMA signal or said first modulated OFDM signal to one or more transmitters for transmission of said first modulated CDMA signal or of said first modulated OFDM signal; and

one or more receivers, one or more demodulators and one or more receive processors for receiving and demodulating said second CDMA or said second OFDM modulated signal and providing said received demodulated signals to said one or more electrodes.