MEDICAL VIGILANCE COVERLET

• US 20170065175A1
• Filed: 04/07/2016
• Published: 03/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hoana Medical, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hoana Medical, Inc.
• Inventors: Sullivan, Patrick K., Cornejo, David Neil
• Application Number:
  US15/093,661
• Publication Number:
  US 20170065175A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0816 Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1036 Measuring load distribution, e.g. podologic studies
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14542 for measuring blood gases A61B5/14551 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/447 specially adapted for aiding the prevention of ulcer or pressure sore development, i.e. before the ulcer or sore has developed
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4815 Sleep quality
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4875 Hydration status, fluid retention of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6892 Mats
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/704 Tables
• 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: A61N 5/01 Devices for producing movement of radiation source during therapy A61N5/1077 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A coverlet, or overlay, that contains sensors, electronics and communications systems that measures a subject'"'"'s physiological condition, accommodates multiple additional add-on sensors, and transmits the data and information from the coverlet to a receiving device, which further transmits information, via wireless infrastructure, or otherwise, to data aggregators, including the Internet and Cloud.

Claims

1. A medical vigilance system comprising a coverlet with embedded sensors and electronics that collects physiological data from the patient and conveys the information to others for tracking and medical treatment.

2. The medical vigilance system of claim 1, wherein the coverlet accommodates via a Bluetooth connection a number of other physiological sensors, tethered or connected to the patient, that feed data into the coverlet.

3. The medical vigilance system of claim 1, further comprising a communications package or portal that connects the information and data from the coverlet to other locations and places, including the Internet.

4. The medical vigilance system of claim 1, wherein the coverlet has flexibility to configure the coverlet to be used by a bed, gurney, stretcher, or other platform used to transport or support human or patient care.

5. The medical vigilance system of claim 1, further comprising crowd sourcing of data that can be utilized by social networks to determine clinically significant impacts from various therapies, remedies and other treatments of physiological conditions.

6. The medical vigilance system of claim 1, further comprising a distributed healthcare social network.

7. The medical vigilance system of claim 1, further comprising continuous check-up of data and information generated from this system.