RE-WEARABLE WIRELESS DEVICE

• US 20140051946A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 02/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Otsuka Holdings Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Proteus Digital Health, Inc. (Otsuka Holdings Company Limited)
• Inventors: Arne, Lawrence, Thompson, Todd, Robertson, Timothy
• Granted Patent: US 9,439,566 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0209 adapted for power saving
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0412 Low-profile patch shaped housings
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0468 Built-in electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0028 Body tissue as transmission medium, i.e. transmission systems where the medium is the human body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/053 Measuring electrical impedance or conductance of a portion of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/073 Intestinal transmitters
• 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 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/145 Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration, pH value; Measuring characteristics of body fluids or tissues, e.g. interstitial fluid, cerebral tissuemeasuring of blood pressure or blood flow A61B5/02; non-radiation detecting or locating of foreign bodies in blood A61B5/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/282 Holders for multiple electrodes for introduction into the body A61B5/287
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/30 Input circuits therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/308 for electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/332 Portable devices specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 13/005 Transmission systems in which the medium consists of the human body
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/24 : Connectivity information management, e.g. connectivity discovery or connectivity update

Abstract

A re-wearable wireless device includes a reusable component to be secured to a disposable component. The reusable component includes a sensor interface to receive signals from an electrode secured to a living subject and monitors physiological and physical parameters associated with the living subject and a cellular wireless communication circuit. An adhesive base the device includes a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer partially covering the first adhesive layer around a perimeter thereof, where the first and second adhesive layers include different adhesives. A method of establishing a link between two wireless devices is also disclosed, where a first wireless device with an insignia representing a communication channel address identification is provided. An image of the insignia is captured with a mobile telephone computing device comprising an image sensor. The captured image is processed to extract the communication channel address identification represented by the insignia.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a reusable component configured to be secured to a disposable component, the reusable component comprising;

a sensor interface configured to receive signals from at least one electrode configured to be secured to a living subject and monitor one or more physiological and physical parameters associated with the living subject; and

a cellular wireless communication circuit.

2. The re-wearable wireless device of claim 1, further comprising the disposable component.

3. The re-wearable wireless device of claim 2, wherein the disposable component comprises the at least one electrode.

4. The re-wearable wireless device of claim 3, wherein the disposable component comprises mechanical snap-in connect mechanism to receive therein the reusable component.

5. The re-wearable wireless device of claim 4, wherein the reusable component comprises a housing and a depression formed in the housing to couple to the mechanical snap-in connect mechanism.

6. The re-wearable wireless device of claim 4, wherein the mechanical snap-in connect mechanism comprises first and second projecting elements.

7. The re-wearable wireless device of claim 4, wherein the mechanical snap-in connect mechanism comprises at least one electrical contact to electrically couple to the at least one electrode.

8. The re-wearable wireless device of claim 2, wherein the disposable device comprises an adhesive layer to adhere to a living subject.

9. The re-wearable wireless device of claim 1, wherein the reusable component comprises at least one electrical contact to electrically couple to the at least one electrode.

10. The re-wearable wireless device of claim 1, wherein the reusable component comprises the at least one electrode.

11. The re-wearable wireless device of claim 10, further comprising a disposable component, wherein the disposable component comprises an overlay layer comprising:

a non-adhesive portion configured to cover the reusable component; and

an adhesive portion configured to adhere to a living subject.

12. The re-wearable wireless device of claim 2, wherein the reusable component comprises an electrical plug receptacle to electrically couple the at least one electrode to the reusable component.

13. The re-wearable device of claim 2, wherein the disposable component comprises:

a first adhesive layer; and

a second adhesive layer partially covering the first adhesive layer around a perimeter of the first adhesive layer,

wherein the first adhesive layer comprises a first adhesive and the second adhesive layer comprises a second adhesive.

14. A re-wearable adhesive base for a wireless device, comprising:

a first adhesive layer; and

a second adhesive layer partially covering the first adhesive layer around a perimeter of the first adhesive layer,

wherein the first adhesive layer comprises a first adhesive and the second adhesive layer comprises a second adhesive.

15. The re-wearable adhesive base for a wireless device of claim 14, wherein the first adhesive layer is a mild skin adhesive and the second adhesive layer is a more durable adhesive than the first adhesive.

16. The re-wearable adhesive base for a wireless device of claim 15, wherein the first adhesive comprises a hydrocolloid based adhesive and the second adhesive comprises an acrylic based adhesive.

17. The re-wearable adhesive base for a wireless device of claim 16, wherein the second adhesive comprises a cyanoacrylate based adhesive.

18. The re-wearable adhesive base for a wireless device of claim 15, wherein the first adhesive covers a larger surface area than is covered by the second adhesive.

19. A method comprising:

providing a first wireless device with an insignia representing a communication channel address identification;

capturing an image of the insignia with a mobile telephone computing device comprising an image sensor; and

processing the captured image to extract the communication channel address identification represented by the insignia.

20. The method of claim 19, comprising:

providing the first wireless device with an insignia representing a personal identification number communication channel address identification; and

processing the captured image to extract the personal identification number represented by the insignia.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the insignia representing the personal identification number is in human readable form and processing comprises executing optical character recognition machine readable code by a processor of the mobile telephone computing device and extracting the textual information representing the personal identification number.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the insignia representing the personal identification number is in machine readable form and processing comprises executing a bar code recognition machine readable code by a processor of the mobile telephone computing device and extracting the textual information representing the personal identification number.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the insignia representing the personal identification number is in machine readable form and processing comprises executing a quick response (QR) code recognition machine readable code by a processor of the mobile telephone computing device and extracting information representing the personal identification number.

24. The method of claim 20, comprising pairing the first and second wireless communication devices using the extracted communication channel address identification and the extracted personal identification number represented by the insignia over a secure encrypted link.

25. The method of claim 19, wherein the insignia representing the communication channel address identification is in human readable form and processing comprises executing optical character recognition machine readable code by a processor of the mobile telephone computing device and extracting the textual information representing the communication channel address identification.

26. The method of claim 19, wherein the insignia representing the communication channel address identification is in machine readable form and processing comprises executing a bar code recognition machine readable code by a processor of the mobile telephone computing device and extracting the textual information representing the communication channel address identification.

27. The method of claim 19, wherein the insignia representing the communication channel address identification is in machine readable form and processing comprises executing a quick response (QR) code recognition machine readable code by a processor of the mobile telephone computing device and extracting the textual information representing the communication channel address identification.

28. The method of claim 19, comprising pairing the first and second wireless communication devices using the extracted communication channel address identification represented by the insignia.