SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF BIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS IN HUMANS

• US 20150102925A1
• Filed: 06/11/2014
• Published: 04/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aegis Industries, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Aegis Industries, Inc.
• Inventors: Stethem, Kenneth J., Foldyna, Ivo
• Application Number:
  US14/302,037
• Publication Number:
  US 20150102925A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.12
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/11 for measuring interpupillary distance or diameter of pupils
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/026 Measuring blood flow A61B3/1233, A61B3/1241 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/08 Detecting, measuring or recording devices for evaluating the respiratory organs A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7405 using sound
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• 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: A61F 7/00 Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body heating or cooling means in connection with bedsteads or mattresses A47C21/00 ; massage, therapeutic baths A61H; hyperthermia using electric or magnetic fields or ultrasound A61N; electric heating elements H05B
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1723 using feedback of body parameters, e.g. blood-sugar, pressure measurement of body parameters A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3987 characterised by the timing or triggering of the shock
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

A method detects a biological condition and detects a change in the biological condition of a mammal. The device determines if the change in the biological condition exceeds a predetermined threshold and sends a signal based at least in part on the determination.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

with a first device disposed on a mammal;

detecting a biological condition;

detecting a change in the biological condition;

determining if the change in the biological condition exceeds a predetermined threshold; and

sending a signal based at least in part on the determination.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the biological condition comprises at least one of a blood flow, a blood pressure, a blood oxygen level, a blood sugar level, a respiration rate, a temperature, a perspiration, an electrical level, and a pupil dilation.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the signal comprises at least one of an alarm signal, an initiation signal, and a communication signal.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the signal comprises an alarm signal and the method further comprises, emitting, from the first device disposed on the mammal, at least one of an audible and visual alarm.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the signal comprises an initiation signal and the method further comprises initiating a treatment to the mammal.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the treatment comprises administering to the mammal at least one of a medicament, an electric shock, and a temperature stimulation.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the treatment is administered by a second device in communication with the first device.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the signal comprises a communication signal, wherein the communication signal is sent to a second device disposed remote from the first device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the detecting operations is performed without penetrating a skin surface of the mammal.

10. A method comprising:

with a device disposed on a mammal;

detecting a change in a biological condition, the change indicative of a death of the mammal; and

emitting an alarm signal.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the alarm signal comprises at least one of an audible signal, a visual signal, and a communication signal.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising storing, on the first device, information regarding at least one of the mammal, a geographic location of the mammal, the biological condition, and a time of day.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising sending the information from the first device to a remote database.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising detecting, with the first device, an environmental condition external to the mammal.

15. A system comprising:

a wearable device comprising;

a housing;

an attachment element secured to the housing;

a sensor for sensing a biological condition of a mammal;

an emitter;

a processor disposed in the housing and in communication with the sensor and the emitter; and

a storage device in communication with the processor for storing information regarding the biological condition.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the emitter comprises at least one of a speaker and a light-emitting element.

17. The system of claim 15, further comprising a transmitter in communication with the processor for transmitting a signal to a remote device.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the remote device comprises at least one of an emergency dispatch system, a medical monitoring station, and a medical device.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the sensor is disposed proximate a skin surface of the mammal.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the sensor comprises a transcutaneous blood pressure sensor.