Methods using patient monitoring devices with unique patient IDs and a telemetry system

• US 20140249852A1
• Filed: 08/01/2013
• Published: 09/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fitbit, Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hello, Inc.
• Inventors: Proud, James
• Granted Patent: US 9,298,882 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0214 of power generation or supply
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0219 of externally powered implanted units
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/08 Sensors provided with means for identification, e.g. barcodes or memory chips
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/486 Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6831 Straps, bands or harnesses
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/23 The load being a medical device, a medical implant, or a life supporting device
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/005 Mechanical details of housing or structure aiming to accommodate the power transfer means, e.g. mechanical integration of coils, antennas or transducers into emitting or receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/60 responsive to the presence of foreign objects, e.g. detection of living beings
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/70 involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 : involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 : Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/002 : with telemetering systems telemetering in general G08C
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 : for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 : Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 : Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

Patient information is acquired using a patient monitoring device. The patient information is selected from of at least one of, a patient'"'"'s activities, behaviors and habit information, and patient monitoring. The patient monitoring device has a unique patient ID, ID circuitry including ID storage, a communication system that reads and transmits the unique ID from an ID storage. Also included are a power source and a pathway system to route signals through the circuitry. A database of patient ID'"'"'s is accessed at the telemetry system. The patient information is communicated from the patient monitoring device with the telemetry system in communication with the patient monitoring device. Patient information is analyzed at the telemetry system to create personalized information about the patient.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring a patient, comprising:

acquiring patient information selected from of at least one of, a patient'"'"'s activities, behaviors and habit information, and patient monitoring using a patient monitoring device with a unique patient ID, ID circuitry including ID storage, a communication system that reads and transmits the unique ID from an ID storage, a power source and a pathway system to route signals through the circuitry;

accessing a database of patient ID'"'"'s at the telemetry system;

communicating the patient information from the patient monitoring device with the telemetry system in communication with the patient monitoring device; and

analyzing the patient information at the telemetry system to create personalized information about the patient.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical monitoring is selected from at least one of, cardiac, hemodynamic, respiratory, respiratory rate, hemodynamic, blood pressure, pulse oximetry, capnography, respiratory, neurologic, blood glucose, childbirth, body temperature, stress, epilepsy, and toxicity.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical monitoring device includes at least one of, a electrocardiography device or sensor, a Holter monitor, a cardiac output monitor, a Swan-Ganz catheter (ii) a blood pressure monitor, a pulse oximeter, an infrared finger cuff, a capnography monitor for CO2 measurements, an airway respiratory rate monitor, a transducer belt, an ECG channel, a neurological monitor, an intracranial monitor, a brain wave monitor, an anesthetic monitor, a bispectral index, blood glucose sensor, one or more childbirth monitors, body monitor, a thermoelectric transducer, a stress monitor, an epilepsy monitor and a toxicity monitor.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

orchestrating communication between different systems using a control system at the patient monitoring device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

reducing signal noise using a noise reduction element at the patient monitoring device to.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining the at least one of use, activity type, behavioral patterns and habits based on data relative to the patient with the use of logic resources at the patient monitoring device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

switching between incremental and full syncing of data based on available communication routes.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

communicating signals from the patient monitoring device with the use of conditioning electronics.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

using the conditioning electronics to determine a presence of certain conditions.

10. The method of claim 8,

cleaning a signal for processing by a central processing unit (CPU) of the telemetry system.

11. The method of claim 10,

evaluating historical data at the telemetry system.

12. The method of claim 1,

creating different classifications for data received from the patient monitoring device at the telemetry system.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the classifications are selected from at least one of, a patient'"'"'s location, where the patient spends its time, with whom the patient spends its time, a determination of working relationships, a determination of family relationships, a patient'"'"'s activities, and a patient'"'"'s social relationships.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing firmware updates to the patient monitoring device.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending streams of information from at least one sensor at the patient monitoring device to the telemetry system.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

sending encrypted and non-encrypted information from the telemetry device.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

sending patient information from the patient monitoring device to a mobile device or computer.

18. A method for using telemetry data based on a patient habit information or patient condition, comprising:

acquiring patient information selected from of at least one of, a patient'"'"'s activities, behaviors and habit information, and patient monitoring using a patient monitoring device;

using conditioning electronics at the patient monitoring device for the patient information;

communicating the patient information to a telemetry system that has a database of patient ID'"'"'s; and

analyzing the patient information at the telemetry system related to the patient data based on at least one of a patient'"'"'s, activities, behaviors, habit information, patient condition and patient parameter.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the medical monitoring device includes at least one of, a electrocardiography device or sensor, a Holter monitor, a cardiac output monitor, a Swan-Ganz catheter (ii) a blood pressure monitor, a pulse oximeter, an infrared finger cuff, a capnography monitor for CO2 measurements, an airway respiratory rate monitor, a transducer belt, an ECG channel, a neurological monitor, an intracranial monitor, a brain wave monitor, an anesthetic monitor, a bispectral index, one or more childbirth monitors, body monitor, a thermoelectric transducer, a stress monitor and an epilepsy monitor.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

reducing noise reduction at the patient monitoring device.

21. The method of claim 18,

determining at least one of, activity type behavioral patterns and habits based on patient data at the telemetry system.

22. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

switching between incremental and full syncing of data based on available communication routes at the patient monitoring device.

23. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

communicating signals from the patient monitoring device with the use of conditioning electronics

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

determining a presence of certain conditions with the use of the conditioning electronics.

25. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

cleaning a signal for processing from the conditioning electronics.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

evaluating historical data at the telemetry system.

27. The method of claim 18,

providing different classifications of patient data received from the patient monitoring device at the telemetry system.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the classifications are selected from at least one of, a patient'"'"'s location, where the patient spends its time, with whom the patient spends its time, a determination of working relationships, a determination of family relationships, a patient'"'"'s activities, and a patient social relationships.

29. The method of claim 18,

providing firmware updates to the patient monitoring device.

30. The method of claim 18,

providing firmware updates to the patient monitoring device from the telemetry system.