PROACTIVE AND PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM USING REMOTE MONITORING AND NOTIFICATIONS

• US 20140316792A1
• Filed: 03/13/2014
• Published: 10/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Emobilecare Corporation
• Original Assignee: Emobilecare Corporation
• Inventors: Siddiqui, Khalid Umar
• Application Number:
  US14/210,099
• Publication Number:
  US 20140316792A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2505/07 Home care
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0257 Proximity sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0024 for multiple sensor units attached to the patient, e.g. using a body or personal area network
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02416 using photoplethysmograph signals, e.g. generated by infrared radiation A61B5/14552 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1123 Discriminating type of movement, e.g. walking or running A61B5/1116, A61B5/112 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6824 Arm or wrist
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/747 in case of emergency, i.e. alerting emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A health status monitoring and reporting device, system and method, comprising an user-wearable armband, a power source coupled with the armband, either or both of a positional sensor and a movement sensor coupled with the armband, a vital signs measurement device coupled with the armband, and a transmitter operably coupled with the power source, the transmitter being configured to receive from either or both of the accelerometer and the vital signs measuring device a signal including an indicator of a condition of the user, and further including a gateway device to transmit data from a ULP network to a Wide Area Network.

Claims

1. A health status monitoring and reporting device, comprising:

an armband suitably configured to be worn on a user'"'"'s arm;

a power source coupled with the armband;

either or both of a positional sensor and a movement sensor coupled with the armband;

a vital signs measurement device coupled with the armband; and

a transmitter operably coupled with the power source, the transmitter being configured to receive from one or more of positional sensor, the movement sensor, and the vital signs measuring device a signal including an indicator of a condition of the user.

2. The health status monitoring and reporting device of claim 1, wherein the vital signs measurement device is either or both of a reflectance heart rate monitor and a reflectance oximeter.

3. The health status monitoring and reporting device of claim 2, wherein the vital signs measurement device is a Micro-Electromechanical System (MEMS) device.

4. The health status monitoring and reporting device of claim 1, wherein the positional sensor is a gyroscope.

5. The health status monitoring and reporting device of claim 1, wherein the movement sensor is an accelerometer.

6. The health status monitoring and reporting device of claim 1, wherein either of both of the positional sensor and the movement sensor is a Micro-Electromechanical System (MEMS) device.

7. The health status monitoring and reporting device of claim 1, wherein any two or more of the transmitter, the vital signs measurement device, the positional sensor and the movement sensor are configured as part of a System-on-Chip device.

8. A health status monitoring and reporting system, comprising:

an armband including operably coupled monitoring and reporting devices including;

a power source,

a vital signs measurement device,

one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of a positional sensor, a movement sensor, and a pressure sensor, and

a transmitter coupled with the power source and configured to transmit from the armband to an ultra-low power network (ULPN) data received from one or more of the vital signs measurement device, the positional sensor, the movement sensor and the pressure sensor; and

a gateway device to transmit the data from the ULPN to a Wide Area Network (WAN).

9. The health status monitoring and reporting system of claim 8, wherein the transmitter is configured to communicate with the ULP via either or both of low energy Bluetooth and IEEE 802.15.4 communication technologies.

10. The health status monitoring and reporting system of claim 8, wherein the transmitter is further configured as a wireless signal transceiver.

11. The health status monitoring and reporting system of claim 8, wherein the vital signs measurement device is either or both of a reflectance heart rate monitor and a reflectance oximeter.

12. The health status monitoring and reporting system of claim 8, wherein the gateway device is configured to transmit the data to the WAN via either or both of cellular and Wi-Fi communication technologies.

13. The health status monitoring and reporting system of claim 8, wherein:

the positional sensor is a gyroscope,

the movement sensor is an accelerometer, and

the pressure sensor is an altimeter.

14. The health status monitoring and reporting system of claim 8, wherein any two or more of the transmitter, the vital signs measurement device, and the one or more sensors are configured as part of a System-on-Chip device.

15. A health status monitoring and reporting method, comprising:

providing to a caregiver a patient-wearable monitoring device comprising;

an armband;

a power source coupled with the armband,

a vital signs measurement device coupled with the armband,

one or more sensors coupled with the armband, wherein the one or more sensors are selected from the group consisting of a positional sensor, a movement sensor, and a pressure sensor, and

a transmitter coupled with the power source and configured to transmit from patient-wearable monitoring device to an ultra-low power network (ULPN) data received from one or more of the vital signs measurement device, the positional sensor, the movement sensor and the pressure sensor;

storing at a non-transitory data storage medium data including a unique identification corresponding to the patient-wearable monitoring device.

16. The health status monitoring and reporting method of claim 15, further comprising:

storing at a non-transitory data storage medium data including one or more selected from the group consisting of a user identification, login credentials, patient-wearable monitoring device data, sensor-captured data, user profiles, data access permissions, notifications/alerts, and reminders.