SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUANTIFICATION OF, AND PREDICTION OF SMOKING BEHAVIOR

• US 20170055573A1
• Filed: 09/07/2016
• Published: 03/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pivot Health Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Carrot Sense, Inc.
• Inventors: JAMESON, Allen, MARLER, Jennifer, UTLEY, David S.
• Granted Patent: US 9,861,126 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 47/00 Smokers' requisites not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/046 in a matrix array
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• 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 5/02405 Determining heart rate variability
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0533 Measuring galvanic skin response
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0816 Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/082 Evaluation by breath analysis, e.g. determination of the chemical composition of exhaled breath A61B5/083, A61B5/091 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/083 Measuring rate of metabolism by using breath test, e.g. measuring rate of oxygen consumption
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/097 Devices for facilitating collection of breath or for directing breath into or through measuring devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14551 for measuring blood gases
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4266 sweat secretion
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/497 of gaseous biological material, e.g. breath
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/12 responsive to undesired emission of substances, e.g. pollution alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/40 : using a wireless architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 : Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 : Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

Systems and methods for monitoring of biometric and contextual variables to assist in screening for, quantification of, and prediction of smoking behavior, and for assisting in smoking cessation are described.

Claims

1. A method of quantifying an individual'"'"'s smoking behavior, the method comprising:

obtaining a plurality of samples of exhaled air from the individual over a period of time and recording a collection time associated with each sample of exhaled air;

measuring an amount of exhaled carbon monoxide for each of the samples of exhaled air;

compiling a dataset comprising the amount of exhaled carbon monoxide and the collection time for each sample of exhaled air;

quantifying an exposure of exhaled carbon monoxide over an interval of time within the period of time and assigning an exhaled carbon monoxide load to the interval of time using the dataset; and

displaying the exhaled carbon monoxide load.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a signal to the individual to provide at least one sample of exhaled air.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving an input data from the individual and recording a time of the input.

8. The method of claim 7, where the input data comprises at least a count of a portion of a cigarette smoked by the individual.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising visually displaying a summation of the count of portion of the cigarettes smoked by the individual.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising determining a cigarette cost using the count of the portion of cigarettes smoked by the individual and displaying the cigarette cost.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising determining a nicotine estimate using the count of the portion of cigarettes smoked by the individual and displaying the nicotine estimate.

12. The method of claim 7, where the input data comprises a behavioral information of the individual.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the visual display of the exhaled carbon monoxide load in association with a visual display interval of time within the period of time.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a visual display of a count of a number of the plurality of samples of exhaled air.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a series of exhaled carbon monoxide loads for a series of intervals of time within the period of time.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising displaying the series of exhaled carbon monoxide loads for the series of intervals of time.

17. The method of claim 1, where measuring the amount of exhaled carbon monoxide comprises using a portable sensor.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the amount of exhaled carbon monoxide and the collection time associated with each sample of exhaled air from the portable sensor to an electronic device.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising obtaining a location of the individual when obtaining at least one of the plurality of samples of exhaled air.

20. The method of claim 1, further comprising obtaining a result of a behavioral questionnaire from the individual and displaying the result of the behavioral questionnaire with the exhaled carbon monoxide load.

21. The method of claim 1, where quantifying the exposure of exhaled carbon monoxide over the interval of time within the period of time includes estimating a rate of decay of carbon monoxide.

22. The method of claim 1, where quantifying the exposure of exhaled carbon monoxide over the interval of time within the period of time includes estimating an increase in a rate of carbon monoxide in the event the individual smokes a cigarette.

2. The method of 1, where obtaining the plurality of samples of exhaled air from the individual over the period of time and recording the collection time of each sample of exhaled air comprises sequentially obtaining the plurality of sample of exhaled air.

3. The method of 1, where quantifying the exposure of exhaled carbon monoxide comprises correlating a function of exhaled carbon monoxide versus time over the period of time using the dataset.

4. The method of 3 further comprising obtaining an area of exhaled carbon monoxide and time under a curve defined by the function over the interval of time.

6. The method of 1, further comprising alerting the individual on a repeating basis to provide the sample of exhaled air over the period of time.

23. A method of quantifying an individual'"'"'s smoking behavior, the method comprising:

obtaining a plurality of samples of carbon monoxide from the individual over a period of time and recording a collection time associated with each sample of carbon monoxide;

compiling a dataset comprising the amount of carbon monoxide and the collection time for each sample of carbon monoxide;

quantifying an exposure of carbon monoxide over an interval of time within the period of time and assigning a carbon monoxide load to the interval of time using the dataset; and

displaying the carbon monoxide load.

24. The method of 23, where obtaining the plurality of samples of carbon monoxide comprises obtaining a plurality of samples of exhaled air from the individual over time and measuring an amount of exhaled carbon monoxide for each of the samples of exhaled air and where recording the collection time associated with each sample of carbon monoxide comprises recording the collection time associated with each sample of exhaled air.

25. A device for obtaining data to quantify an individual'"'"'s smoking behavior, the device comprising:

a portable breathing unit configured to receive a plurality of samples of exhaled air from the individual over a period of time and configured to recording a collection time associated with each sample of exhaled air;

a sensor located within the unit and configured to measure an amount of exhaled carbon monoxide for each of the samples of exhaled air;

at least one an input switch configured to record input data from the individual;

a storage unit configured to store at least the amount of exhaled carbon monoxide and the collection time;

a transmitter configured to transmit the amount of exhaled carbon monoxide, the collection time, and input data to an external electronic device; and

an alarm unit configured to provide an alarm to the user for submitting the plurality of samples of exhaled air.