SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MOBILE MEDICAL MONITORING

• US 20170042713A1
• Filed: 04/13/2015
• Published: 02/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Arto V. Nurmikko, Brown University, David Allenson Borton, David Christopher Heelan, David Rosler, Jacob Komar, John D. Simeral
• Original Assignee: Brown University, David Christopher Heelan
• Inventors: Nurmikko, Arto V., HEELAN, Christopher David, BORTON, David Allenson, KOMAR, Jacob, Rosler, David, Simeral, John D.
• Application Number:
  US15/304,382
• Publication Number:
  US 20170042713A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0252 using ambient temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0204 Acoustic sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• 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 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/031 Intracranial pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0533 Measuring galvanic skin response
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• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1113 Local tracking of patients, e.g. in a hospital or private home
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• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/165 Evaluating the state of mind, e.g. depression, anxiety
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/316 Modalities, i.e. specific diagnostic methods
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• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/375 using biofeedback
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4851 Prosthesis assessment or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6802 Sensor mounted on worn items
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/04 Hollow or tubular parts of organs, e.g. bladders, tracheae, bronchi or bile ducts A61F2/18, A61F2/20 take precedence; devices, other than stent-grafts, providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body other than stent-grafts, e.g. stents A61F2/82; instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts A61F2/95
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/14 : Eye parts, e.g. lenses, corneal implants; Implanting instruments specially adapted therefor; Artificial eyes
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/26 : Penis implants
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/44 : for the spine, e.g. vertebrae, spinal discs
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 4/00 : Methods or devices enabling patients or disabled persons to operate an apparatus or a device not forming part of the body operating or control means for prostheses A61F2/48, A61F2/68
• 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: G06F 3/015 : Input arrangements based on nervous system activity detection, e.g. brain waves [EEG] detection, electromyograms [EMG] detection, electrodermal response detection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 : relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• 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

Abstract

A portable monitoring device for whole-body monitoring can include a receiver configured to receive wireless signals representing real-time neural activity from a neural sensor and to process the wireless signals into digital signals. The portable monitoring device can also include a first processor coupled to the receiver configured to receive the digital signals from the receiver and a programmable processor coupled to the first processor. The programmable processor can be configured to process the digital signals and generate a mapping of the neural activity into a person'"'"'s behavior, a person'"'"'s mood, a person'"'"'s health condition, a person'"'"'s memory, or a person'"'"'s intentions.

Claims

1. A portable monitoring device comprising:

a receiver configured to;

receive wireless signals representing real-time neural activity from a neural sensor configured to sample neural signals from a person; and

process the wireless signals into corresponding digital signals;

a first processor configured to;

receive the digital signals from the receiver;

process the digital signals to generate processed digital signals; and

generate a mapping of the neural activity into at least one of a person'"'"'s behavior, a person'"'"'s mood, a person'"'"'s health condition, a person'"'"'s memory, and a person'"'"'s intentions; and

a second processor coupled to the first processor configured to;

receive the digital signals and the processed digital signals data from the first processor; and

prepare at least one of the digital signals and the processed digital signals data for transmission to at least one peripheral device coupled to the portable monitoring device.

2. The portable monitoring device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first processor and the second processor is a programmable processor.

3. The portable monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the first processor and the second processor are on a same integrated circuit.

4. The portable monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the first processor is a field programmable gate array and the second processor is a general purpose processor.

5. The portable monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the second processor is further configured to:

receive peripheral device signals from the at least one peripheral device;

send the received peripheral device signals to the first processor for processing;

receive, from the first processor, the processed peripheral device signals; and

prepare the processed peripheral device signals for transmission to the at least one peripheral device.

6. The portable monitoring device of claim 1, further comprising a user interface configured to display a representation of the at least one of a person'"'"'s behavior, a person'"'"'s mood, a person'"'"'s health condition, a person'"'"'s memory, and a person'"'"'s intentions.

7. The portable monitoring device of claim 1, further comprising a memory unit and wherein the first processor is configured to:

store the digital signals into the memory unit; and

transfer the stored digital signals from the memory unit to the second processor.

8. The portable monitoring device of claim 1, further comprising a memory unit and wherein the second processor is configured to:

store the digital signals into the memory unit; and

transfer the stored digital signals from the memory unit to the first processor.

9. The portable monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the portable monitoring device is coupled to a server and wherein at least one of the first and second processor is configured to transfer the digital signals to the server.

10. The portable monitoring device of claim 1, further comprising a wireless transmitter configured to transmit configuration data to the neural sensor.

11. The portable monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the receiver is further configured to:

receive second wireless signals from at least one of a medical sensor and an environmental sensor; and

process the second wireless signals into corresponding second digital signals.

12. The portable monitoring device of claim 11, wherein at least one of the first and second processor is further configured to:

process the second digital signals; and

generate an interpretation of at least one of a person'"'"'s behavior, a person'"'"'s mood, a person'"'"'s health condition, a person'"'"'s memory, and a person'"'"'s intentions, based on the digital signals and second digital signals.

13. The portable monitoring device of claim 12, wherein the medical sensor is at least one of a heart rate sensor, a body temperature sensor, an oxygen blood sensor, a patient position sensor, an airflow sensor, an electrocardiogram sensor, a galvanic skin response sensor, a blood chemical sensor, an intracranial pressure sensor, a glucose sensor, and a respiratory effort sensor and wherein the environmental sensor is at least one of a temperature sensor, an imaging sensor, a microphone, and a location sensor.

14. The portable monitoring device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first processor and the second processor is further configured to generate at least one command in response to the mapping of the neural activity for controlling a target device coupled to the portable monitoring device.

15. The portable monitoring device of claim 14, wherein the target device comprises at least one of a neural stimulator, a muscle stimulator, a pacemaker, an amputee prosthetic device, a cochlear implant device, a functional electrical stimulator, a wheelchair, a computer, a smartphone, a tablet, a watch, a treadmill, a door, a car, and a visual prosthetic device.

16. The portable monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the receiver is further configured to:

receive wireless second signals from an implant device; and

process the second wireless signals into corresponding second digital signals.

17. The portable monitoring device of claim 16, wherein at least one of the first processor and the second processor is further configured to:

process the second digital signals; and

generate configuration data for the implant device based on at least one of the processed first digital signals and the processed second digital signals; and

wherein the portable monitoring device further comprising a wireless transmitter configured to transmit the configuration data to the implant device.

18. The portable monitoring device of claim 17, wherein the implant device is at least one of a pulmonary implant, a cardiovascular implant, a drug delivery implant, a neural stimulator implant, a pacemaker, an intra-uterine device, a penile implant, an orthopedic implant, a defibrillator, a neural prosthesis, an insulin pump, an intrathecal pump, a visual prosthesis, a spinal prosthesis, an intracranial implant, and a cochlear implant.

19. The portable monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the portable monitoring device can be re-configured over a network interface.

20. A method for whole body monitoring using a portable monitoring device comprising:

receiving, by a receiver of the portable monitoring device, wireless signals representing real-time neural activity from a neural sensor configured to sample neural signals from a person;

processing, by the receiver, the wireless signals into corresponding digital signals;

receiving, by a first processor of the portable monitoring device, the digital signals from the receiver;

processing, by the first processor, the digital signals to generate processed digital signals;

generating, by the first processor, a mapping of the neural activity into at least one of a person'"'"'s behavior, a person'"'"'s mood, a person'"'"'s health condition, a person'"'"'s memory, and a person'"'"'s intentions;

receiving, by a second processor of the portable monitoring device coupled to the first processor, the digital signals and the processed digital signals data from the first processor; and

preparing, by the second processor, at least one of the digital signals and the processed digital signals data for transmission to at least one peripheral device coupled to the portable monitoring device.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising, generating, by at least one of the first processor and the second processor, at least one command in response to the mapping of the neural activity for controlling a target device coupled to the portable monitoring device.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the target device comprises at least one of a neural stimulator, a muscle stimulator, a pacemaker, an amputee prosthetic device, a cochlear implant device, a functional electrical stimulator, a wheelchair, a computer, a smartphone, a tablet, a watch, a treadmill, a door, a car, and a visual prosthetic device.

23. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

receiving peripheral device signals from the at least one peripheral device;

sending the received peripheral device signals to the first processor for processing;

receiving, from the first processor, the processed peripheral device signals; and

preparing the processed peripheral device signals for transmission to the at least one peripheral device.

24. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

receiving second wireless signals from at least one of a medical sensor and an environmental sensor; and

processing the second wireless signals into corresponding second digital signals.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising

processing the second digital signals;

and

generating an interpretation of at least one of a person'"'"'s behavior, a person'"'"'s mood, a person'"'"'s health condition, a person'"'"'s memory, and a person'"'"'s intentions, based on the digital signals and second digital signals.

26. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

receiving wireless second signals from an implant device; and

processing the second wireless signals into corresponding second digital signals.

27. The method of claim 26, further comprising:

processing the second digital signals; and

generating configuration data for the implant device based on at least one of the processed first digital signals and the processed second digital signals; and

wherein the portable monitoring device comprises a wireless transmitter configured to transmit the configuration data to the implant device.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the implant device is at least one of a pulmonary implant, a cardiovascular implant, a drug delivery implant, a neural stimulator implant, a pacemaker, an intra-uterine device, a penile implant, an orthopedic implant, a defibrillator, a neural prosthesis, an insulin pump, an intrathecal pump, a visual prosthesis, and a cochlear implant.