INTERNET-BASED DISEASE MONITORING SYSTEM

• US 20160103966A1
• Filed: 09/14/2015
• Published: 04/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mirza M. Zubair
• Original Assignee: Mirza M. Zubair
• Inventors: Mirza, M. Zubair
• Granted Patent: US 10,638,957 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0443 Modular apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0204 Acoustic sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0247 Pressure sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/08 Detecting, measuring or recording devices for evaluating the respiratory organs A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0873 using optical means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/09 using an element rotated by the flow toys actuated by air current A63H33/40
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/60 for the operation of medical equipment or devices
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8547 involving timestamps for synchronizing content

Abstract

An Internet-based disease monitoring system may include a network-based disease sensor device, which is coupled to a sensor, such as a spirometer. A remote server may be coupled to the network-based disease sensor device to provide analysis of input signals from the sensor. The remote server may be able to provide various services for grouping or handling functions relating to such input signals. A service may provide the ability to aggregate input signals from multiple sensors coupled to sensor devices and provide predictive modeling or statistical analysis, which may then be used to adjust future input signals. A service may also contain instructions how to handle billing based on usage of the network-based disease sensor device.

Claims

1. A computer operable method for a network-based disease sensor device comprising:

sending a sensor device identifier, wherein the sensor device identifier is uniquely associated with a sensor device;

receiving a patient identifier;

receiving device settings for configuring the sensor device for a patient;

receiving calibration settings for configuring the sensor device to adjust input signals from a sensor;

performing a test of the sensor device, wherein the sensor device obtains input signals responsive to a patient condition from the sensor;

sending the input signals; and

receiving a status message indicating whether the sensor device is properly configured.

2. The computer operable method of claim 1, wherein the status message further contains information regarding why the sensor device is improperly configured if the sensor device is improperly configured.

3. The computer operable method of claim 1, wherein the sensor device performs the test of the sensor device automatically.

4. The computer operable method of claim 1, further compromising the step of encrypting or compressing the input signals.

5. The computer operable method of claim 1, further comprising the step of receiving a message instructing that the sensor be replaced with a new sensor.

6. The computer operable method of claim 1, further comprising the step of receiving a message to be relayed to a prescription delivery device.

7. A computer operable method for a network-based disease sensor device comprising:

receiving a sensor device identifier, wherein the sensor device identifier is uniquely associated with a sensor device;

determining a patient identifier to use with the sensor device identifier;

generating device settings for configuring the sensor device for a patient;

sending the patient identifier and device settings;

determining calibration settings for configuring the sensor device to adjust input signals from a sensor coupled to the sensor device;

sending the calibration settings;

receiving input signals responsive to a patient condition from the sensor; and

sending a status message indicating whether the sensor device is properly configured.

8. The computer operable method of claim 7, wherein the status message further contains information regarding why the sensor device is improperly configured if the sensor device is improperly configured.

9. The computer operable method of claim 7, further comprising the step of decrypting or decompressing the input signals.

10. The computer operable method of claim 7, further comprising the step of sending a message instructing that the sensor be replaced with a new sensor.

11. The computer operable method of claim 7, further comprising the step of sending a message to the sensor device with instructions that it be relayed to a prescription delivery device.

12. A system for operating a network-based disease sensor device, comprising:

a database component for storing information relating to a sensor device;

a network component for communicating with the sensor device;

an analytic component capable of analyzing input signals from a sensor coupled to the sensor device; and

a services component capable of determining one or more services that contains the sensor device as a member of the one or more services.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the one or more services contain processing instructions for processing analyzed input signals.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the one or more services contain sharing instructions for sharing the analyzed input signals.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the one or more services contain aggregation instructions for combining the analyzed input signals with a set of analyzed input signals obtained from other sensor devices.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more services contain instructions to the analytic component to perform predictive modeling based on the combined set of analyzed input signals.

17. The system of claim 16, further comprising the step of receiving a predictive model based on the combined set of analyzed input signals.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the one or more services contain billing instructions for determining how usage of the sensor device should be billed.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more services contains instructions to the analytic component for determining the statistical impact of a set of environmental data on the combined set of analyzed input signals, wherein the set of environmental data contains environmental metrics for each sensor device that contributed to the combined set of analyzed input signals.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more services contains instructions to the analytic component for determining the statistical impact of a set of prescription data on the combined set of analyzed input signals, wherein the set of prescription data contains prescription metrics for each sensor device that contributed to the combined set of analyzed input signals.