Personalized emergency medical monitoring and transmission system
First Claim
1. An emergency medical monitoring and transmission system capable of sending a message to both a personal caretaker and an emergency response center, said system comprising:
- a wearable monitor/transmitter device that includes a glucose level detector to detect a blood glucose level of a patient, a geolocation system that indicates location of said patient, and a communication interface to send a message;
a processor unit operable with said wearable monitor/transmitter device that collects information produced by said glucose level detector and said geolocation system to determine whereabouts and existence of a hypoglycemic or hyperglycemic condition of said patient, wherein said processor unit effects collection of blood glucose levels at time instances that vary according to proximity of a detected level to an unsafe limit;
said processor unit further including program instructions to effect assembly of said message that includes patient identifier data, whereabouts of said patient, and an emergency alert indication; and
said processor being further operable to effect activation of said communication interface to transmit said message in response to a hypoglycemic or hyperglycemic condition of said patient;
a transmission path of said communication interface to send, in response to said emergency alert indication, an emergency message to an emergency response center and to said personal caretaker to simultaneously indicate at at least two locations that the patient requires assistance; and
a caretaker receiver accessible by a personal caretaker of said patient to receive said message and to produce an alarm indicating that the patient requires assistance in response to receipt of said emergency alert indication.
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Abstract
A portable emergency medical monitoring and transmission system capable of sending a message to a personal caretaker and/or an emergency response center. The system includes a wearable monitor/transmitter device including a glucose level detector, a geolocation system, and a communication interface to send and/or receive a message. A processor operable within the device collects information produced by the glucose level detector and the geolocation system to determine whereabouts and existence of a hypoglycemic or hyperglycemic condition of the patient. Upon detecting an unsafe medication condition, the processor assembles a message that includes patient identifier data, whereabouts of said patient, and an emergency alert indication; and activates a transmitter to transmit an emergency message in response to a hypoglycemic or hyperglycemic condition. An optional caretaker receiver receives the message and produces a local alarm indicating that the patient requires assistance. A transmission path of the transmitter conveys, in response to an emergency alert indication, the emergency message to an emergency response center indicating that the patient needs help.
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22 Claims
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1. An emergency medical monitoring and transmission system capable of sending a message to both a personal caretaker and an emergency response center, said system comprising:
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a wearable monitor/transmitter device that includes a glucose level detector to detect a blood glucose level of a patient, a geolocation system that indicates location of said patient, and a communication interface to send a message; a processor unit operable with said wearable monitor/transmitter device that collects information produced by said glucose level detector and said geolocation system to determine whereabouts and existence of a hypoglycemic or hyperglycemic condition of said patient, wherein said processor unit effects collection of blood glucose levels at time instances that vary according to proximity of a detected level to an unsafe limit;
said processor unit further including program instructions to effect assembly of said message that includes patient identifier data, whereabouts of said patient, and an emergency alert indication; and
said processor being further operable to effect activation of said communication interface to transmit said message in response to a hypoglycemic or hyperglycemic condition of said patient;a transmission path of said communication interface to send, in response to said emergency alert indication, an emergency message to an emergency response center and to said personal caretaker to simultaneously indicate at at least two locations that the patient requires assistance; and a caretaker receiver accessible by a personal caretaker of said patient to receive said message and to produce an alarm indicating that the patient requires assistance in response to receipt of said emergency alert indication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A portable medical monitoring and transmission system that sends an emergency message to call for assistance, said system comprising:
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a portable monitor/transmitter device including a glucose level detector to detect a blood glucose level of a patient, a patient position monitor that indicates location of said patient, a reservoir of glucose and a pump to administer said glucose to the patient, and a transmitter to send said emergency message; a reset switch operative to inhibit said transmitter and to forego administration of said glucose to the patient; a processor operable with said portable monitor/transmitter device to effect acquisition of information produced by said glucose level detector and said patient position monitor to determine whereabouts and existence of an unsafe medical condition of said patient, said processor further including program instructions to effect assembly of said emergency message to include patient identifier data, patient position information, and an emergency alert indication to issue a prompt to said patient to self-treat said unsafe condition and, in response to a failure of said patient to acknowledge said prompt within a given time period, to effect activation of said transmitter to transmit said emergency message and activation of said glucose pump to automatically administer glucose to said patient, and in response to an acknowledgement of the prompt by the patient within said given time period, to effect operation of said reset switch to inhibit said transmitter and forego administration of glucose by said glucose pump; and a transmission path of said transmitter to send, in response to said emergency alert indication, said emergency message to an emergency response center indicating that the patient requires assistance. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of sending an alert that a diabetic patient needs assistance utilizing a system provided with a reset switch to inhibit sending said alert, said method comprising the steps of:
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detecting a blood glucose level of said patient to produce blood glucose level information, determining the location of said patient, accessing said blood glucose level information and determining whether said information lies within preset limits corresponding to a hypoglycemic or hyperglycemic condition of said patient, in response to said information lying outside said preset limits, prompting the patient to self-treat an unsafe condition, upon a failure of the patient to acknowledge said prompting within a given time period, (i) automatically treating said patient with an injection of glucose from a wearable reservoir of glucose, (ii) assembling an emergency message that identifies said patient, whereabouts of said patient, and an emergency alert indication; and (iii) transmitting said emergency message to one of an emergency response center and a personal caretaker to indicate that the patient requires assistance, and in response to the patient acknowledging said prompting within a given time period, activating said reset switch to forego said treating and transmitting steps.
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