METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTING A FUNCTION OF A BIOLOGICAL SENSOR

• US 20170065232A1
• Filed: 09/04/2015
• Published: 03/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Welch Allyn Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Welch Allyn Incorporated
• Inventors: Lane, John A., Quinn, David E., Meyerson, Craig M., St Pierre, Shawn C.
• Application Number:
  US14/845,812
• Publication Number:
  US 20170065232A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0475 Special features of memory means, e.g. removable memory cards
• 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 5/6833 Adhesive patches
• 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 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system or biological sensor configured to detect a biological condition and alter monitoring of biological conditions responsive to such detection. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

obtaining first sensing data from a sensing device coupled to a patient, the first sensing data associated with a first type of biological measurement;

detecting a first biological condition according to the first sensing data; and

responsive to detecting the first biological condition, obtaining second sensing data from the sensing device, the second sensing data associated with a second type of biological measurement differing from the first type of biological measurement.

2. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise obtaining first instructions, the first instructions being executable by the processor to detect from the first sensing data an occurrence of the first biological condition.

3. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein the processor and the sensing device are an integral part of a biological sensor, and wherein the first instructions are obtained from a system operating independently from the biological sensor or from the machine-readable storage medium.

4. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the sensing device comprises a plurality of biological sensors communicatively coupled to each other in a master-slave configuration.

5. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the sensing device comprises a plurality of biological sensors communicatively coupled to each other in a mesh network.

6. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise obtaining second instructions, the second instructions being executable by the processor to detect from the second sensing data an occurrence of a second biological condition.

7. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the processor and the sensing device are an integral part of a biological sensor.

8. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the second instructions are obtained from a system operating independently of the biological sensor.

9. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the second instructions are obtained from the machine-readable storage medium.

10. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise presenting a message, the message comprising one or more instructions for mitigating the first biological condition.

11. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the processor and the sensing device are an integral part of a biological sensor, and wherein the message is presented at a user interface of a communication device communicatively coupled to the biological sensor, or at a display that is an integral part of the biological sensor.

12. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the obtaining the second sensing data responsive to the first biological condition conforms to a protocol for responding to the first biological condition, and wherein the protocol is adapted according to a medical history of the patient or user input supplied by a system.

13. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the first type of biological measurement and the second type of biological measurement differ according to a differential measurement or a frequency of measurement of at least one common biological state.

14. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the second type of biological measurement is corresponds to a type of biological measurement identified by user input.

15. A biological sensor, comprising:

a sensing device that facilitates generation of first sensor data and second sensor data, the first sensor data associated with a first type of biological measurement that enables detection of a first biological condition, and the second sensor data associated with a second type of biological measurement that enables detection of a second biological condition; and

a processor coupled to the sensing device that facilitates processing the second sensor data responsive to detecting the first biological condition according to the first sensor data and determining that the first biological condition can cause an occurrence of the second biological condition.

16. The biological sensor of claim 15, wherein the processor further facilitates receiving from a system first instructions, the first instructions being executable by the processor to detect from the first sensor data the first biological condition, and wherein the processor further facilitates receiving from a system second instructions, the second instructions being executable by the processor to detect from the second sensor data the second biological condition.

17. The biological sensor of claim 15, wherein the sensing device comprises a first sensor and a second sensor, the first sensor for generating the first sensing data, and the second sensor for generating the second sensing data.

18. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the process, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

detecting a first biological condition according to first sensing data generated by a biological sensor coupled to a patient;

determining that the first biological condition can give rise to a second biological condition; and

monitoring the second biological condition responsive to the determining.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the detecting comprises obtaining the first sensing data from the biological sensor to detect the first biological condition, and wherein the monitoring comprises obtaining second sensing data from the biological sensor to detect the second biological condition.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise providing executable instructions to the biological sensor, the executable instructions enabling the biological sensor to detect the first biological condition, and wherein the detecting comprising receiving a notification from the biological sensor that the first biological condition has been detected.