Electronic Skin Patch for Real Time Monitoring of Cardiac Activity and Personal Health Management
First Claim
1. A system having a sensor device, comprising:
- a substrate with conductive adhesive material for communicating electrical signals and attaching to a body of a user;
circuitry coupled to the substrate and acquiring electrical signals representing one or more biological parameters of the body;
a processor coupled to the circuitry and the substrate, wherein the processor is programmed to generate processed information by processing the electrical signals representing the biological parameters including electrical signals received from a heart of the user;
a memory coupled to the processor and configured for carriage on the body, the memory storing one or more of the electrical signals, the processed information and health information of the user, the health information selected from the group consisting of gastronomic information, dietary information, physical activity information, exercise information, allergy information, information of ingested food, information of ingested medication, user profile, and emergency response information;
identification data stored in the memory, the identification data comprising device identification data for uniquely identifying the sensor device and user identification data for uniquely identifying the user;
a transmitter coupled to the processor and transmitting the electrical signals and the processed information representing the biological parameters;
a power source coupled to the substrate and controlled by the processor to deliver calibrated energy to the body in response to the processed information representing one or more biological parameters such that the energy has a level and intensity sufficient for application through a surface of the body and which is selected by the processor in response to the information sufficient to stimulate a selected heart activity; and
,a mobile device in wireless communication with the transmitter, the mobile device having a processor programmed to initiate a query with the processor coupled to the circuitry and further having a display programmed to display a response to the query from the processor coupled to the circuitry,wherein the processor is further programmed to query the processor coupled to the circuitry and analyze the biological parameters including the electrical signals from the heart and the health information and, in response, render an electrocardiogram representative of the electrical signals and further generate and output a warning when the processed information includes data of an emergency health condition in the user, wherein the mobile device stores the response in a memory.
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Abstract
A novel wearable electronic skin patch sensor device configured for the real time acquisition, processing and communicating of cardiac activity and other types of biological information within a wired or wireless network is disclosed. A system level scheme for networking the sensor device with client devices that include intelligent personal health management appliances, cellular telephones, PDAs, portable computers, personal computers, RFID Tags and servers is disclosed. The sensor device and the system enable distributed processing, archival and correlation of the biological information with biometrics, gastronomic information, user profiles and health factors that include height, weight, blood pressure and physical activity facilitating real time personal health management at any time and any place.
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50 Claims
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1. A system having a sensor device, comprising:
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a substrate with conductive adhesive material for communicating electrical signals and attaching to a body of a user; circuitry coupled to the substrate and acquiring electrical signals representing one or more biological parameters of the body; a processor coupled to the circuitry and the substrate, wherein the processor is programmed to generate processed information by processing the electrical signals representing the biological parameters including electrical signals received from a heart of the user; a memory coupled to the processor and configured for carriage on the body, the memory storing one or more of the electrical signals, the processed information and health information of the user, the health information selected from the group consisting of gastronomic information, dietary information, physical activity information, exercise information, allergy information, information of ingested food, information of ingested medication, user profile, and emergency response information; identification data stored in the memory, the identification data comprising device identification data for uniquely identifying the sensor device and user identification data for uniquely identifying the user; a transmitter coupled to the processor and transmitting the electrical signals and the processed information representing the biological parameters; a power source coupled to the substrate and controlled by the processor to deliver calibrated energy to the body in response to the processed information representing one or more biological parameters such that the energy has a level and intensity sufficient for application through a surface of the body and which is selected by the processor in response to the information sufficient to stimulate a selected heart activity; and
,a mobile device in wireless communication with the transmitter, the mobile device having a processor programmed to initiate a query with the processor coupled to the circuitry and further having a display programmed to display a response to the query from the processor coupled to the circuitry, wherein the processor is further programmed to query the processor coupled to the circuitry and analyze the biological parameters including the electrical signals from the heart and the health information and, in response, render an electrocardiogram representative of the electrical signals and further generate and output a warning when the processed information includes data of an emergency health condition in the user, wherein the mobile device stores the response in a memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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7. The sensor device of claim I, wherein the information of the biological parameters is further transmitted to a remote medical device carried by the user, wherein the remote device includes a memory that stores the electrical signals, the processed information representing the biological parameters, and the health information, wherein the remote device includes a processor configured to correlate the information of the biological parameters and the health information.
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9. The sensor device of claim I, wherein the transmitter is configured to transfer the information of the biological parameters to a remote device that includes one or more of a cellular telephone, mobile device, another medical device, a local server, a network server and a RFID tag, wherein the remote device includes a memory that stores the electrical signals, the processed information representing the biological parameters, and the health information, wherein the remote device includes a processor configured to manipulate the information of the biological parameters and the health information, the manipulation including one or more of processing, analysis, correlation, tracking, storing, monitoring, command, control and communicating.
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41. A system having a sensor device, comprising:
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a substrate having conductive adhesive material for communicating electrical signals and attaching to a body of a user; circuitry coupled to the substrate and operating to acquire electrical signals representing one or more biological parameters of the body and converting the acquired electrical signals from analog to digital format for further processing by a processor; the processor coupled to the circuitry and the substrate, the processor being programmed to generate processed information by processing the electrical signals representing the biological parameters including electrical signals received from a heart of the user; an antenna coupled to the circuitry; a memory coupled to the processor and carried on the body, the memory storing one or more of the electrical signals, the processed information and health information of the user, the health information selected from the group consisting of gastronomic information, dietary information, physical activity information, exercise information, allergy information, information of ingested food, information of ingested medication, user profile, and emergency response information; identification data stored in the memory, wherein the identification data includes one or more of individual profile information or individual health information or biometric information of a user or combinations thereof; a transmitter coupled to the processor and transmitting the electrical signals and the processed information representing the biological parameters, wherein the transmitter uses wired or wireless or both wired and wireless transmission; a power source coupled to the substrate and controlled by the processor to deliver calibrated energy to the body in response to the processed information representing one or more biological parameters, such that the energy has a level and intensity sufficient for application through a surface of the body and which is selected by the processor in response to the information sufficient to stimulate a selected heart activity, and where the processor is further programmed to analyze the electrical signals from the heart and transmit the electrical signals using the transmitter; a mobile device in wireless communication with the transmitter, the mobile device having a processor programmed to initiate a query with the processor coupled to the circuitry and further having a display programmed to display a response to the query from the processor coupled to the circuitry, wherein the mobile device stores the response in a memory.
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42. A system having a sensor device, comprising:
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a substrate having conductive adhesive material for communicating electrical signals and attaching to a body of a user; circuitry coupled to the substrate and operating to acquire electrical signals representing one or more biological parameters of the body and converting the acquired electrical signals from analog to digital format for further processing by a processor; the processor coupled to the circuitry and the substrate, the processor being programmed to generate processed information by processing the electrical signals representing the biological parameters including electrical signals received from a heart of the user, the processor encrypting communications to a mobile device external to the processor and decrypting communications from the mobile device; an antenna coupled to the circuitry; a memory coupled to the processor and carried on the body, the memory storing one or more of the electrical signals, the processed information and health information of the user, the health information selected from the group consisting of gastronomic information, dietary information, physical activity information, exercise information, allergy information, information of ingested food, information of ingested medication, user profile, and emergency response information; identification data stored in the memory, wherein the identification data includes one or more of individual profile information or individual health information or biometric information of a user or identification information of the external device or combinations thereof; a transmitter coupled to the processor and transmitting the electrical signals and the processed information representing the biological parameters, wherein the transmitter uses wired or wireless or both wired and wireless transmission; a power source coupled to the substrate and controlled by the processor to deliver calibrated energy to the body in response to the processed information representing one or more biological parameters, such that the energy has a level and intensity sufficient for application through a surface of the body and which is selected by the processor in response to the information sufficient to stimulate a selected heart activity, and where the processor is further programmed to analyze the electrical signals from the heart and transmit the electrical signals using the transmitter; and the mobile device in wireless communication with the transmitter, the mobile device having a processor programmed to initiate a query with the processor coupled to the circuitry and further having a display programmed to display a response to the query from the processor coupled to the circuitry, wherein the mobile device stores the response in a memory.
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43. A system having a sensor device, comprising:
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a substrate having conductive adhesive material for communicating electrical signals and attaching to a body of a user; circuitry coupled to the substrate and operating to acquire electrical signals representing one or more biological parameters of the body and converting the acquired electrical signals from analog to digital format for further processing by a processor; the processor coupled to the circuitry and the substrate, the processor being programmed to generate processed information by processing the electrical signals representing the biological parameters including electrical signals received from a heart of the user; an antenna coupled to the circuitry; a memory coupled to the processor and carried on the body, the memory storing the one or more of the acquired analog electrical signals or the digital electrical signals or the processed information or individual profile information or individual health information or combinations thereof; identification data stored in the memory, wherein the identification data includes one or more of individual profile information or individual health information or biometric information of a user or combinations thereof; a multi-channel transmitter/receiver coupled to the processor and transmitting and receiving the electrical signals and the processed information representing the biological parameters using wired or wireless or both wired and wireless communications, the wireless communications using one or more channel of the multi-channel transmitter/receiver and one or more communication protocol; a power source coupled to the substrate and controlled by the processor to deliver calibrated energy to the body in response to the processed information representing one or more biological parameters, such that the energy has a level and intensity sufficient for application through a surface of the body and which is selected by the processor in response to the information sufficient to stimulate a selected heart activity, and where the processor is further programmed to analyze the electrical signals from the heart and transmit the electrical signals using the transmitter; a mobile device in wireless communication with the transmitter, the mobile device having a processor programmed to initiate a query with the processor coupled to the circuitry and further having a display programmed to display a response to the query from the processor coupled to the circuitry, wherein the mobile device stores the response in a memory.
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44. A system having a sensor device, comprising:
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a substrate having conductive adhesive material for communicating electrical signals and attaching to a body of a user; circuitry coupled to the substrate and operating to acquire electrical signals representing one or more biological parameters of the body and converting the acquired electrical signals from analog to digital format for further processing by a processor; the processor coupled to the circuitry and the substrate, the processor being programmed to generate processed information by processing the electrical signals representing the biological parameters including electrical signals received from a heart of the user; an antenna coupled to the circuitry; a memory coupled to the processor and carried on the body, the memory storing the one or more of the electrical signals, the processed information and health information of the user, the health information selected from the group consisting of gastronomic information, dietary information, physical activity information, exercise information, allergy information, information of ingested food, information of ingested medication, user profile, and emergency response information; identification data stored in the memory, wherein the identification data includes one or more of individual profile information or individual health information or biometric information of a user or combinations thereof; a power source coupled to the substrate and controlled by the processor to deliver calibrated energy to the body in response to the processed information representing one or more biological parameters, such that the energy has a level and intensity sufficient for application through a surface of the body and which is selected by the processor in response to the information sufficient to stimulate a selected heart activity, and where the processor is further programmed to analyze the electrical signals from the heart and transmit the electrical signals using the transmitter; and
,a mobile device in wireless communication with the transmitter, the mobile device having a processor programmed to initiate a query with the processor coupled to the circuitry and further having a display programmed to display a response to the query from the processor coupled to the circuitry, wherein the mobile device stores the response in a memory, wherein the mobile device sends the response to a server. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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