Pulse rate monitor for allergy detection and control

• US 5,897,506 A
• Filed: 09/19/1997
• Issued: 04/27/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lipe Cohn
• Original Assignee: Lipe Cohn
• Inventors: Cohn, Lipe
• Primary Examiner(s): Hindenburg, Max
• Assistant Examiner(s): MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN
• Application Number:
  US08/933,957
• Time in Patent Office: 585 Days
• Field of Search: 600/500, 600/502, 600/503, 600/556
• US Class Current: 600/556
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/411 Detecting or monitoring allergy or intolerance reactions to an allergenic agent or substance

Abstract

A wrist wearable device for the detection and monitoring of possible allergy symptoms and relation to specific triggering conditions. The device has a visual display and is operatively attached to a human pulse point. It also has a clock/calendar timer, pulse measurement mechanism and alarm, an addressable memory with an input control, preinstalled icons and user controlled identification symbols and a logic circuit system. The device is adapted to be worn constantly with pulse measurements, related to time and date, being stored in memory. Average pulse rates are determined, based on time and day of week and stored in memory. Excessively elevated pulse rate spikes (relative to determined average pulse rates) are monitored and the wearer is warned of the elevated level. Absent ostensible physical and emotional causes, elevated pulse rates are attributable to allergic reactions. To ascertain the source of the allergy, the wearer of the device, scrolls through pre-programmed icon representations of common allergy inducing foods or conditions and sets the device to monitor conditions present at the time of pulse rate spike. Thereafter, the device is addressed by the wearer when any or all of the conditions are replicated. The device relates time (time and day) with elevated pulse rate and replicated condition and stores pulse spikes in memory. After a pre-determined time period, correlated and stored conditions are downloaded for analysis of possible allergic reactions and causes.

Claims

1. A wearable device for the detection and monitoring of possible allergy symptoms and relation to specific triggering conditions, comprising:

a) means for operatively attaching the device to a pulse point of a wearer thereof with means for continually measuring pulse rate of a wearer of the device with individual pulse rate measurements;

b) cpu means with integrated timer means for receiving the individual pulse rate measurements and for time encoding the individual pulse rate measurements;

said cpu means further comprising means for establishing time based average pulse rates from the individual pulse rate measurements;

c) memory means for storage of the time encoded individual pulse rate measurements;

d) means for comparing the time based average pulse rates to actual pulse rate measurements at the time;

e) alarm means triggered by the means for comparing the time based average pulse rates to actual pulse rate measurements, for alerting the wearer of a predetermined difference in pulse rate therebetween;

f) memory means for entry of the time based difference in pulse rate and addressable memory means for wearer entry of allergy triggering conditions, external to the wearer, at the time of triggering of the alarm, with means for linking and recording in said memory means for entry of the time based difference in pulse rate and the wearer entered allergy triggering conditions; and

g) means for downloading a cumulative list of linked time based alarms and entered allergy triggering conditions.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the device comprises a visual display and a pre-programmed scrollable icon display of a plurality of selectable allergy conditions for use by the wearer for the entry of allergy triggering conditions.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the device further comprises means for alphanumeric indicia as additional means for the wearer entry of allergy triggering conditions.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the device is adapted to be worn on a wrist of the wearer and wherein the timer means further provides measurement and display of current time.