APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING BIOLOGICAL DATA OF TARGET PATIENT FROM ATTACHABLE SENSOR ATTACHED TO TARGET PATIENT

• US 20180140202A1
• Filed: 12/05/2017
• Published: 05/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: Kubo, Mitsunori
• Application Number:
  US15/832,332
• Publication Number:
  US 20180140202A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0276 Determining malfunction
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0015 characterised by features of the telemetry system
• 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 5/0031 Implanted circuitry
• 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 5/02 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse, heart rate, blood pressure or blood flow; Combined pulse/heart-rate/blood pressure determination; Evaluating a cardiovascular condition not otherwise provided for, e.g. using combinations of techniques provided for in this group with electrocardiography or electroauscultation; Heart catheters for measuring blood pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/053 Measuring electrical impedance or conductance of a portion of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/389 Electromyography [EMG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4064 Evaluating the brain A61B5/031, A61B5/369, A61B5/14553 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6821 Eye
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7221 Determining signal validity, reliability or quality A61B5/7207 and A61B5/7217 take precedence

Abstract

A apparatus for detecting a biological data of a target patient from an attachable sensor attached to the target patient includes a circuit. The circuit obtains the biological data and sensor-state data of the sensor, the biological data and the sensor-state data being collected by the sensor. Further, the circuit evaluates the reliability of the biological data on the basis of a comparison between the sensor-state data and an operation permitting condition for the sensor that is a condition under which a normal operation of the sensor is ensured.

Claims

1. A data processing apparatus comprising a circuit, wherein

the circuit is configured to

obtain biological data of a target patient and sensor-state data of an attachable sensor that is attached to the target patient, the biological data and the sensor-state data being collected by the sensor, and

evaluate reliability of the biological data on the basis of the sensor-state data and an operation permitting condition for the sensor.

2. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit that has stored therein the operation permitting condition for the sensor, wherein

the evaluating of the reliability of the biological data includes

referring to the storage unit that has stored therein the operation permitting condition for the sensor,

determining that the biological data is reliable when the sensor-state data satisfies the operation permitting condition, and

determining that the biological data is unreliable when the sensor-state data does not satisfy the operation permitting condition.

3. The data processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the circuit is further configured to store the biological data in the storage unit as evaluated biological data when the biological data has been determined to be reliable.

4. The data processing apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein

the storage unit has further stored therein a first correspondence relationship between a state of the sensor and a measurement error of the sensor, and

the circuit is further configured such that, when the biological data has been determined to be unreliable, the circuit

refers to the storage unit that has stored therein the first correspondence relationship so as to generate correction data according to the sensor-state data,

corrects the biological data using the correction data so as to generate corrected biological data, and

stores the corrected biological data in the storage unit as evaluated biological data.

5. The data processing apparatus according to claim 3 or 4, wherein

the circuit is further configured to detect an abnormality in the target patient on the basis of the evaluated biological data.

6. The data processing apparatus according to claim 3 or 4, wherein

the circuit is further configured to

determine an activity state of the target patient on the basis of the sensor-state data, and

detect an abnormality in the target patient on the basis of the evaluated biological data and the activity state of the target patient.

7. The data processing apparatus according to claim 3 or 4, wherein

the circuit is further configured to

determine an activity state of the target patient on the basis of the sensor-state data,

standardize the evaluated biological data according the determined activity state of the target patient so as to generate standardized biological data, and

detect an abnormality in the target patient on the basis of the standardized biological data.

8. The data processing apparatus according to claim 3 or 4, wherein

the circuit is further configured to

obtain a second piece of biological data of the target patient that is collected by the sensor,

determine an activity state of the target patient on the basis of the second piece of biological data,

standardize the evaluated biological data according to the determined activity state of the target patient so as to generate standardized biological data, and

detect an abnormality in the target patient on the basis of the standardized biological data.

9. The data processing apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 8, wherein

the circuit is further configured to issue, upon detecting an abnormality in the target patient, a command that reports the abnormality in the target patient to the target patient.

10. The data processing apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 9, wherein

the circuit is further configured to issue, upon detecting an abnormality in the target patient, a control command that changes a communication setting between the data processing apparatus and the sensor to a setting in which a communication interval for transmitting the biological data is shorter.

11. The data processing apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 10, wherein

the circuit is further configured to issue, upon detecting an abnormality in the target patient, a control command that activates a second sensor that is different from a first sensor that is the sensor attached to the target patient.

12. The data processing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 11, wherein

the circuit is further configured to issue, when the biological data has been determined to be unreliable, a command that reports an abnormality in the sensor to the target patient, the command being issued according to the sensor-state data.

13. The data processing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 12, wherein

the circuit is further configured to issue, when the biological data has been determined to be unreliable, a refresh command that causes the sensor to perform a refresh operation.

14. The data processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein

the sensor-state data includes data indicating a state of a battery included in the sensor.

15. The data processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein

the sensor-state data includes data indicating a usage time of the sensor.

16. The data processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein

the sensor-state data includes data indicating a deterioration state of the sensor.

17. The data processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein

the sensor-state data includes data indicating a usage environment of the sensor.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein a program for causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

obtaining biological data of a target patient and sensor-state data of an attachable sensor that is attached to the target patient, the biological data and the sensor-state data being collected by the sensor; and

evaluating reliability of the biological data on the basis of the sensor-state data and an operation permitting condition for the sensor.

19. A data processing method of a data processing apparatus, the method comprising:

obtaining biological data of a target patient and sensor-state data of an attachable sensor that is attached to the target patient, the biological data and the sensor-state data being collected by the sensor; and

evaluating reliability of the biological data on the basis of the sensor-state data and an operation permitting condition for the sensor.

20. A program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

obtaining biological data of a target patient and sensor-state data of an attachable sensor that is attached to the target patient, the biological data and the sensor-state data being collected by the sensor; and

evaluating reliability of the biological data on the basis of the sensor-state data and an operation permitting condition for the sensor.

21. A data processing apparatus comprising:

means for obtaining biological data of a target patient and sensor-state data of an attachable sensor that is attached to the target patient, the biological data and the sensor-state data being collected by the sensor; and

means for evaluating reliability of the biological data on the basis of the sensor-state data and an operation permitting condition for the sensor.