PATIENT MONITORING APPLIANCE

• US 20150269825A1
• Filed: 03/20/2014
• Published: 09/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Bao Tran
• Inventors: Tran, Bao
• Application Number:
  US14/221,236
• Publication Number:
  US 20150269825A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/08 Elderly
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0412 Low-profile patch shaped housings
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• 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 5/0077 Devices for viewing the surface of the body, e.g. camera, magnifying lens
• 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 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1113 Local tracking of patients, e.g. in a hospital or private home
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1117 Fall detection
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/33 specially adapted for cooperation with other devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4806 Sleep evaluation A61B5/4821 takes precedence; devices for inducing sleep A61M21/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4833 Assessment of subject's compliance to treatment
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6803 Head-worn items, e.g. helmets, masks, headphones or goggles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6808 Diapers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6824 Arm or wrist
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7214 using signal cancellation, e.g. based on input of two identical physiological sensors spaced apart, or based on two signals derived from the same sensor, for different optical wavelengths
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7225 : Details of analog processing, e.g. isolation amplifier, gain or sensitivity adjustment, filtering, baseline or drift compensation A61B5/30, A61B5/316 take precedence; transformers for specific applications H01F38/00; amplifiers H03F
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7257 : using Fourier transforms
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/726 : using Wavelet transforms
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7264 : Classification of physiological signals or data, e.g. using neural networks, statistical classifiers, expert systems or fuzzy systems neural networks per se G06N3/00; expert systems per se G06N5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7267 : involving training the classification device
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7275 : Determining trends in physiological measurement data; Predicting development of a medical condition based on physiological measurements, e.g. determining a risk factor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7282 : Event detection, e.g. detecting unique waveforms indicative of a medical condition A61B5/4094, A61B5/4818, A61B5/349, A61B5/0823 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7405 : using sound
• 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: A61B 8/565 : involving data transmission via a network
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/44 : Event detection
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/52 : Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0415 : detecting absence of activity per se
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/043 : detecting an emergency event, e.g. a fall
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0446 : worn on the body to detect changes of posture, e.g. a fall, inclination, acceleration, gait
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0453 : worn on the body to detect health condition by physiological monitoring, e.g. electrocardiogram, temperature, breathing detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0476 : Cameras to detect unsafe condition, e.g. video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0492 : Sensor dual technology, i.e. two or more technologies collaborate to extract unsafe condition, e.g. video tracking and RFID tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/009 : Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 : for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 : for simulation or modelling of medical disorders
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 : ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

A wireless system monitoring system includes a wireless telephone and a wearable appliance in communication with the wireless telephone, the appliance monitoring activity with an accelerometer and one or more additional sensors to detect movement or vital sign.

Claims

1. A wireless system, comprising:

a wearable appliance monitoring one or more body parameters, the appliance including an accelerometer and one or more additional sensors to detect movement or vital sign, wherein the accelerometer detects patient movement and wherein another sensor detects body rotation or height from a floor; and

a telephone wirelessly coupled to the wearable appliance, wherein the telephone comprises either a cellular telephone or a landline telephone coupled to a plain old telephone service line.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein a position of the appliance is determined from one or more of:

a home positioning system, a global positioning system (GPS), or a geo-location database with predetermined transmitter positions.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the appliance is coupled to a hospital monitoring equipment.

4. The system of claim 1, comprising one of:

EKG detector, ECG detector, electromagnetic detector, ultrasonic detector, optical detector.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the appliance detects if a user has fallen down and calls for help if the user does not get up within a predetermined period.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the appliance comprises a pendant with two-way voice communication and wherein the telephone comprises an in-home communicator coupled to the wearable appliance and to a plain old telephone service line.

7. The system of claim 1, comprising a call center coupled to the appliance to provide a human response.

8. The system of claim 1, comprising a web server coupled to the telephone to provide information to an authorized remote user.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the position of the appliance is determined from wireless access point locations or from cell tower triangulation.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the position is determined with wireless local area network (WLAN), cellular and GPS readings.

11. The system of claim 1, comprising code to store medicine taking habits, eating and drinking habits, sleeping habits, ambulatory information, or exercise habits.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the appliance comprises a pendant, a belt clip, or a watch, and an activity tracker that counts steps taken and daily activity.

13. A monitoring system, comprising:

a wireless telephone;

a wearable appliance in communication with the wireless telephone, the appliance monitoring activity with an accelerometer and one or more additional sensors to detect movement or vital sign.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the appliance comprises a pendant or a watch.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the wireless telephone comprises a cellular telephone or a landline telephone coupled to a plain old telephone service line.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the appliance transmits and receives voice from a person.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the appliance is worn during a bath or a shower.

18. A personal emergency response system, comprising:

a wireless transceiver;

a personal area network (PAN) transceiver;

an accelerometer, a gyroscope and a magnetometer, and

a processor coupled to the wireless transceiver and the PAN transceiver and receiving data from one or more of the accelerometer, gyroscope or magnetometer, the processor detecting a fall or a dangerous condition and calling for assistance through the transceiver.

19. The system of claim 18, comprising an external wearable appliance wirelessly coupled to the PAN transceiver and including an accelerometer, a gyroscope and a magnetometer to detect a fall or a dangerous condition.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein at least one of the processor and the appliance detects if a user has fallen down and calls for help if the user does not get up within a predetermined period.