ADAPTIVE THERAPY AND HEALTH MONITORING USING PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES

• US 20170329933A1
• Filed: 05/13/2016
• Published: 11/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Joseph Rueter, Scott Nelson, Thomas Edwin Brust, Tom Waddell
• Original Assignee: Joseph Rueter, Scott Nelson, Thomas Edwin Brust, Tom Waddell
• Inventors: Brust, Thomas Edwin, Waddell, Tom, Nelson, Scott, Rueter, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US15/154,393
• Publication Number:
  US 20170329933A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/252 between a Database Management System and a front-end application
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

Systems and methods for implementing and performing therapy-based workflows to assist a human user with performing health therapy activities are described. In various examples, therapy workflows involving the use of wearable or other personal electronic devices are described, including the use of various graphical user interfaces for assisting users with the performance of therapy activities. In an example, a computing device may evaluate profile characteristics of a human user, evaluate wearable sensor data originating from a wearable device worn by the human user, and obtain content from a content suggestion engine to be output during the therapy session based on the profile characteristics and the wearable sensor data. In further examples, the suggested activity content may be transmitted, displayed, and output to the human user in a graphical user interface during the therapy session, based on a duration and tinning determined by the content suggestion engine.

Claims

1. A method for performing a therapy workflow, comprising a plurality of electronic operations executed with a processor and memory of an electronic device, the plurality of electronic operations including:

evaluating profile characteristics of a human user, the profile characteristics being associated with a physiological therapy session, and the physiological therapy session involving a plurality of therapy activities to be performed by the human user;

evaluating wearable sensor data originating from a wearable device in communication with the electronic device, the wearable device being worn by the human user, wherein the wearable device generates the wearable sensor data from monitoring activity of the human user during the physiological therapy session;

receiving therapy content to be output to the human user during the physiological therapy session, wherein the therapy content is provided from an information system to the electronic device, and wherein the therapy content is selected at least in part by a human healthcare professional to be delivered to the human user in a therapy program managed by the information system, the therapy program including the physiological therapy session; and

outputting the therapy content during the physiological therapy session, wherein the outputting of the therapy content is customized to the profile characteristics of the human user, and wherein the outputting of the therapy content is further customized based on the wearable sensor data obtained from the wearable device during the physiological therapy session.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a status of performance of the plurality of therapy activities by the human user during the physiological therapy session; and

generating user interface content to display with a graphical user interface in the electronic device of the human user, wherein the user interface content includes the therapy content and the status of performance of the plurality of therapy activities;

wherein outputting the therapy content includes outputting the user interface content in the graphical user interface, wherein the user interface content is updated during the physiological therapy session to indicate the status of performance of the plurality of therapy activities, based on the wearable sensor data from monitoring of the plurality of therapy activities.

3. The method of claim 2,

wherein the wearable sensor data includes mechanical or electrical measurements of the wearable device that indicate a time, frequency, range of motion, and intensity of the performance of the plurality of therapy activities, and

wherein the user interface content is updated during the physiological therapy session to provide a real-time graphical representation of the time, frequency, range of motion, and intensity of the performance of the plurality of therapy activities.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

evaluating a plurality of therapy characteristics, the plurality of therapy characteristics defining respective characteristics for the plurality of therapy activities to be performed by the human user in the physiological therapy session, wherein the therapy content includes instructions for a particular therapy activity that are selected based on the plurality of therapy characteristics; and

wherein transmitting the therapy content includes delivering the therapy content to the electronic device based on a timing indicated with the plurality of therapy characteristics.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the plurality of therapy characteristics include a quantity of the therapy activities, a quality of the therapy activities, or a frequency of the therapy activities, wherein the quantity of the therapy activities, the quality of the therapy activities, or the frequency of the therapy activities is determined from data collected from the therapy activities being performed by the human user.

6. The method of claim 1., further comprising:

evaluating a plurality of output requirements for content to be provided in the physiological therapy session, the plurality of output requirements established by the human healthcare professional for the human user;

wherein the therapy content includes instructions for a particular therapy activity that are provided based on the plurality of output requirements.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

performing a plurality of objective measurements and subjective measurements during the physiological therapy session, to determine a status of the plurality of therapy activities; and

providing the plurality of objective measurements and subjective measurements as feedback to a suggestion engine of the information system, wherein the suggestion engine provides the therapy content to be output to the human user;

wherein the objective measurements include activity data measurements of the wearable device obtained during the plurality of therapy activities; and

wherein the subjective measurements include measurements of the plurality of therapy activities based on a questionnaire for the plurality of therapy activities that is provided to the human user.

8. The method of claim 1,

wherein the healthcare professional is a therapist,

wherein the plurality of therapy activities include respective physical therapy exercises established by the therapist in a therapy regimen, the therapy regimen being managed by a suggestion engine of the information system,

wherein the suggestion engine analyzes inferences for the respective physical therapy exercises represented in data for one or more of:

types of the respective physical therapy exercises, external influences, environmental impacts, expected human behavior, peer pressures to the human user, and motivations, and

wherein the suggestion engine selects a type, duration, and timing of the respective physical therapy exercises based on the analyzed inferences.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the type, duration, and timing of notifications for the respective physical therapy exercises are determined with use of an automated bot, the automated bot to control notifications for the respective physical therapy exercises according to a defined frequency and personality profile of the automated hot.

10. The method of claim 1,

wherein the profile characteristics of the human user include physiological data obtained from an electronic profile of the human user maintained by the information system, and

wherein the therapy content to be output during the physiological therapy session is customized by the information system to the electronic profile of the human user to affect one or more of:

delivery timing, message content, or delivery via a supporter.

11. The method of claim 1,

wherein a type of the therapy activities is one of:

physical therapy, behavior therapy, acute condition therapy, chronic condition therapy, or weight loss, and

wherein the profile characteristics of the human user include one or more of;

likes data, dislikes data, psychological data, personality data, prior action or inaction data, or success data.

12. The method of claim 1,

wherein the plurality of therapy activities include respective physical therapy exercises established by the healthcare professional in a therapy regimen,

wherein a type, duration, and timing of the respective physical therapy exercises are remotely modified by the healthcare professional to provide a update to the therapy regimen for home use by the human user.

13. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions that, in response to being executed on a computing device, cause the computing device to:

evaluate profile characteristics of a human user, the profile characteristics being associated with a physiological therapy session, and the physiological therapy session involving a plurality of therapy activities to be performed by the human user;

evaluate wearable sensor data originating from a wearable device in communication with the computing device, the wearable device being worn by the human user, wherein the wearable device generates the wearable sensor data from monitoring activity during the physiological therapy session;

receive therapy content to be output to the human user during the physiological therapy session, wherein the therapy content is delivered from an information system to the computing device, and wherein the therapy content is selected at least in part by a human healthcare professional to be delivered to the human user in a therapy program managed by the information system, the therapy program including the physiological therapy session; and

output the therapy content during the physiological therapy session, wherein the outputting of the therapy content is customized to the profile. characteristics of the human user, and wherein the outputting of the therapy content is further customized based on the wearable sensor data obtained from the wearable device during the physiological therapy session.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions also cause the computing device to perform operations that:

determine a status of performance of the plurality of therapy activities by the human user during the physiological therapy session; and

generate user interface content to display with a graphical user interface in the computing device of the human user, wherein the user interface content includes the therapy content and the status of performance of the plurality of therapy activities;

wherein the user interface content is output in the graphical user interface, and wherein the user interface content is updated during the physiological therapy session to indicate the status of performance of the plurality of therapy activities, based on the wearable sensor data from monitoring of the plurality of therapy activities.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 14,

wherein the wearable sensor data includes mechanical or electrical measurements of the wearable device that indicate a time, frequency, range of motion, and intensity of the performance of the plurality of therapy activities, and

wherein the user interface content is updated during the physiological therapy session to provide a real-time graphical representation of the time, frequency, range of motion, and intensity of the, performance of the plurality of therapy activities.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions also cause the computing device to perform operations that:

evaluate a plurality of therapy characteristics, the plurality of therapy characteristics defining respective characteristics for the plurality of therapy activities to be performed by the human user in the physiological therapy session;

wherein the plurality of therapy characteristics include a quantity of the therapy activities, a quality of the therapy activities, or a frequency of the therapy activities, wherein the quantity of the therapy activities, the quality of the therapy activities, or the frequency of the therapy activities is determined from data collected from the therapy activities being performed by the human user;

wherein the therapy content includes instructions for a particular therapy activity that are selected based on the plurality of therapy characteristics; and

wherein the operations that transmit the therapy content includes delivering the therapy content to the computing device based on a timing indicated with the plurality of therapy characteristics.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions also cause the computing device to perform operations that:

evaluate a plurality of output requirements for content to be provided in the physiological therapy session, the plurality of output requirements established by the human healthcare professional for the human user, wherein the therapy content includes instructions for a particular therapy activity that are provided based on the plurality of output requirements.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions also cause the computing device to perform operations that:

perform a plurality of objective measurements and subjective measurements during the physiological therapy session, to determine a status of the plurality of therapy activities; and

transmit the plurality of objective measurements and subjective measurements to a suggestion engine of the information system, wherein the suggestion engine provides the therapy content to be output to the human user;

wherein the objective measurements include activity data measurements of the wearable device obtained during the plurality of therapy activities; and

wherein the subjective measurements include measurements of the plurality of therapy activities based on a questionnaire for the plurality of therapy activities that is provided to the human user.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13,

wherein the healthcare professional is a therapist,

wherein the plurality of therapy activities include respective physical therapy exercises established by the therapist in a therapy regimen, the therapy regimen being managed by a suggestion engine of the information system,

wherein the suggestion engine analyzes inferences for the respective physical therapy exercises represented in data for one or more of:

types of the respective physical therapy exercises, external influences, environmental impacts, expected human behavior, peer pressures to the human user, and motivations,

wherein the suggestion engine selects a type, duration, and timing of the respective physical therapy exercises based on the analyzed inferences, and

wherein the type, duration, and timing of notifications for the respective physical therapy exercises are determined with use of an automated bot, the automated bot to control notifications for the respective physical therapy exercises according to a defined frequency and personality profile of the automated hot.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13,

wherein the profile characteristics of the human user include physiological data obtained from an electronic profile of the human user maintained by the information system,

wherein the therapy content to be output during the physiological therapy session is customized by the information system to the electronic profile of the human user based on one or more of:

delivery timing, message content, or supporter delivery,

wherein a type of the therapy activities is one of;

physical therapy, behavior therapy, acute condition therapy, chronic condition therapy, or weight loss, and

wherein the profile characteristics of the human user include one or more of;

likes data, dislikes data, psychological data, personality data, prior action or inaction data, or success data.

21. A computing device, comprising:

a hardware processor; and

a memory device comprising instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the hardware processor, configure the hardware processor to perform electronic operations with a user interface of the computing device that;

evaluate profile characteristics of a human user, the profile characteristics being associated with a physiological therapy session, and the physiological therapy session involving a plurality of therapy activities to be performed by the human user;

evaluate wearable sensor data originating from a wearable device in communication with the computing device, the wearable device being worn by the human user, wherein the wearable device generates the wearable sensor data from monitoring activity during the, physiological therapy session;

receive therapy content to be output to the human user during the physiological therapy session, wherein the therapy content is delivered from an information system to the computing device, and wherein the therapy content is selected at least in part by a human therapist to be delivered to the human user in a therapy program managed by the information system, the therapy program including the physiological therapy session; and

output the therapy content during the, physiological therapy session, wherein the outputting of the therapy content is customized to the profile characteristics of the human user, and wherein the outputting of the therapy content is further customized based on the wearable sensor data obtained from the wearable device during the physiological therapy session.

22. The computing device of claim 21, the instructions further to configure the hardware processor to perform electronic operations that:

determine a status of performance of the plurality of therapy activities by the human user during the physiological therapy session; and

generate user interface content to display with a graphical user interface in the computing device, wherein the user interface content includes the therapy content and the status of performance of the plurality of therapy activities;

wherein the user interface content is output in the graphical user interface, and wherein the user interface content is updated during the physiological therapy session to indicate the status of performance of the plurality of therapy activities, based on the wearable sensor data from monitoring of the plurality of therapy activities.

23. The computing device of claim 22,

wherein the wearable sensor data includes mechanical or electrical measurements of the wearable device that indicate a time, frequency, range of motion, and intensity of the performance of the plurality of therapy activities, and

wherein the user interface content is updated during the physiological therapy session to provide a real-time graphical representation of the time, frequency, range of motion, and intensity of the performance of the plurality of therapy activities.

24. The computing device of claim 21,

wherein the plurality of therapy activities include respective physical therapy exercises established by the human therapist in a therapy regimen, the therapy regimen being managed by a suggestion engine of the information system,

wherein the suggestion engine analyzes inferences for the respective physical therapy exercises represented in data for one or more of:

types of the respective physical therapy exercises, external influences, environmental impacts, expected human behavior, peer pressures to the human user, and motivations, and

wherein the suggestion engine selects a type, duration, and timing of the respective physical therapy exercises based on the analyzed inferences.