WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICE FOR SECURE CONTROL OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSORS AND MEDICAL DEVICES, WITH SECURE STORAGE OF MEDICAL RECORDS, AND BIOIMPEDANCE BIOMETRIC
First Claim
1. A wearable master electronic device comprising:
- at least one processor with a memory, the processor being coupled to a radio subsystem, the radio subsystem comprising at least one radio, the radio subsystem configured to provide a body area network (BAN) radio function to communicate with nodes of a BAN and to provide an uplink radio function for communications with a server;
the memory further comprising machine-readable instructions capable of directing the processor to identify a wearable node of the nodes of the BAN and to communicate through the BAN radio with at least one wearable node to receive data therefrom, and machine-readable instructions capable of directing the processor to communicate through the uplink radio to download specific machine-executable instructions associated with the wearable node for processing data from that wearable node, to use the downloaded instructions to process data from that wearable node, and to upload data from the wearable node to a server.
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Abstract
A wearable master electronic device (Amulet) has a processor with memory, the processor coupled to a body-area network (BAN) radio and uplink radio. The device has firmware for BAN communications with wearable nodes to receive data, and in an embodiment, send configuration data. The device has firmware for using the uplink radio to download apps and configurations, and upload data to a server. An embodiment has accelerometers in Amulet and wearable node, and firmware for using accelerometer readings to determine if node and Amulet are worn by the same subject. Other embodiments use pulse sensors or microphones in the Amulet and node to both identify a subject and verify the Amulet and node are worn by the same subject. Another embodiment uses a bioimpedance sensor to identify the subject. The wearable node may be an insulin pump, chemotherapy pump, TENS unit, cardiac monitor, or other device.
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26 Claims
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1. A wearable master electronic device comprising:
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at least one processor with a memory, the processor being coupled to a radio subsystem, the radio subsystem comprising at least one radio, the radio subsystem configured to provide a body area network (BAN) radio function to communicate with nodes of a BAN and to provide an uplink radio function for communications with a server; the memory further comprising machine-readable instructions capable of directing the processor to identify a wearable node of the nodes of the BAN and to communicate through the BAN radio with at least one wearable node to receive data therefrom, and machine-readable instructions capable of directing the processor to communicate through the uplink radio to download specific machine-executable instructions associated with the wearable node for processing data from that wearable node, to use the downloaded instructions to process data from that wearable node, and to upload data from the wearable node to a server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 26)
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17. A wearable master electronic device comprising:
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at least one processor with a memory, the at least one processor being coupled to a radio subsystem; at least one sensor configured for observing a biometric of a wearer, the biometric comprising bioimpedance; the memory further comprising machine-readable instructions capable of directing the processor to execute a classifier, the classifier configured to identify a wearer from wearer records in a database of potential wearers by using biometric sensor readings of a sensor selected from the group consisting of the at least one sensor and a sensor of a wearable node in communication with the wearable node over the radio subsystem. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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