Electronic skin patch for real time monitoring of cardiac activity and personal health management
First Claim
1. A system having a sensor device, comprising:
- a substrate with conductive adhesive material for communicating electrical signals and attaching to a body of a user;
circuitry coupled to the substrate and acquiring electrical signals representing one or more biological parameters of the body;
a processor coupled to the circuitry and the substrate, wherein the processor is programmed to generate processed information by processing the electrical signals representing the biological parameters including electrical signals received from a heart of the user;
an identification device coupled to the processor, the identification device providing device identification data for uniquely identifying the sensor device and user identification data for uniquely identifying the user;
a database coupled to the processor and configured for carriage on the body, the database storing one or more of the electrical signals, the processed information and health information of the user, the health information selected from the group consisting of gastronomic information, dietary information, physical activity information, exercise information, allergy information, information of ingested food, information of ingested medication, user profile, and emergency response information;
a transmitter coupled to the processor and transmitting the electrical signals and the processed information representing the biological parameters;
a power source coupled to the substrate and controlled by the processor to deliver calibrated energy to the body in response to the processed information representing one or more biological parameters such that the energy has a level and intensity sufficient for application through a surface of the body and which is selected by the processor in response to the information sufficient to stimulate a selected heart activity; and
,a cellular telephone in wireless communication with the transmitter, the cellular telephone having a local processor programmed to initiate a selected query or action with the processor coupled to the circuitry such that the cellular telephone enables control of the circuitry and further having a display programmed to display a response to the query or action from the processor coupled to the circuitry,wherein the processor is further programmed to correlate the biological parameters including the electrical signals from the heart and the health information and, in response, render an electrocardiogram representative of the electrical signals and further generate and output a warning when the processed information includes data of an emergency health condition in the user.
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Abstract
A novel wearable electronic skin patch sensor device configured for the real time acquisition, processing and communicating of cardiac activity and other types of biological information within a wired or wireless network is disclosed. A system level scheme for networking the sensor device with client devices that include intelligent personal health management appliances, cellular telephones, PDAs, portable computers, personal computers, RFID Tags and servers is disclosed. The sensor device and the system enable distributed processing, archival and correlation of the biological information with biometrics, gastronomic information, user profiles and health factors that include height, weight, blood pressure and physical activity facilitating real time personal health management at any time and any place.
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50 Claims
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1. A system having a sensor device, comprising:
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a substrate with conductive adhesive material for communicating electrical signals and attaching to a body of a user; circuitry coupled to the substrate and acquiring electrical signals representing one or more biological parameters of the body; a processor coupled to the circuitry and the substrate, wherein the processor is programmed to generate processed information by processing the electrical signals representing the biological parameters including electrical signals received from a heart of the user; an identification device coupled to the processor, the identification device providing device identification data for uniquely identifying the sensor device and user identification data for uniquely identifying the user; a database coupled to the processor and configured for carriage on the body, the database storing one or more of the electrical signals, the processed information and health information of the user, the health information selected from the group consisting of gastronomic information, dietary information, physical activity information, exercise information, allergy information, information of ingested food, information of ingested medication, user profile, and emergency response information; a transmitter coupled to the processor and transmitting the electrical signals and the processed information representing the biological parameters; a power source coupled to the substrate and controlled by the processor to deliver calibrated energy to the body in response to the processed information representing one or more biological parameters such that the energy has a level and intensity sufficient for application through a surface of the body and which is selected by the processor in response to the information sufficient to stimulate a selected heart activity; and
,a cellular telephone in wireless communication with the transmitter, the cellular telephone having a local processor programmed to initiate a selected query or action with the processor coupled to the circuitry such that the cellular telephone enables control of the circuitry and further having a display programmed to display a response to the query or action from the processor coupled to the circuitry, wherein the processor is further programmed to correlate the biological parameters including the electrical signals from the heart and the health information and, in response, render an electrocardiogram representative of the electrical signals and further generate and output a warning when the processed information includes data of an emergency health condition in the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A system having a sensor device, comprising:
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a substrate having conductive adhesive material for communicating electrical signals and attaching to it body of it user; circuitry coupled to the substrate and operating to acquire electrical signals representing one or more biological parameters of the body and converting the acquired electrical signals from analog to digital format for further processing by a processor; the processor coupled to the circuitry and the substrate, the processor being programmed to generate processed information by processing the electrical signals representing;
the biological parameters including electrical signals received from a heart of the user;an antenna coupled to the circuitry; a memory having a database coupled to the processor and carried on the body, the database storing one or more of the electrical signals, the processed information and health information of the user, the health information selected from the group consisting of gastronomic information, dietary information, physical activity information, exercise information, allergy information, information of ingested food, information of ingested medication, user profile, and emergency response information; a transmitter coupled to the processor and transmitting the electrical signals and the processed information representing the biological parameters, wherein the transmitter uses one or more of wired and/or wireless transmission; a power source coupled to the substrate and controlled by the processor to deliver calibrated energy to the body in response to the processed information representing one or more biological parameters, such that the energy has a level and intensity sufficient for application through a surface of the body and which is selected by the processor in response to the information sufficient to stimulate a selected heart activity, and where the processor is further programmed to correlate the electrical signals from the heart and render an electrocardiogram representative of the electrical signals; an identification component communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the identification component authenticates the communication between the processor and an external device using one or more of individual profile information, individual health information, biometric information of a user and/or identification information of the external device; and
,a cellular telephone in wireless communication with the transmitter, the cellular telephone having a local processor programmed to initiate a selected query or action with the processor coupled to the circuitry such that the cellular telephone enables control of the circuitry and further having a display programmed to display a response to the query or action from the processor coupled to the circuitry.
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42. A system having a sensor device, comprising:
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a substrate having conductive adhesive material for communicating electrical signals and attaching to a body of a user; circuitry coupled to the substrate and operating;
to acquire electrical signals representing one or more biological parameters of the body and converting the acquired electrical signals from analog to digital format for further processing by a processor;the processor coupled to the circuitry and the substrate, the processor being programmed to generate processed information by processing the electrical signals representing the biological parameters including electrical signals received from a heart of the user, the processor encrypting communications to an external device external to the processor and decrypting communications from the external device; an antenna coupled to the circuitry; a memory having a database coupled to the processor and carried on the body, the database storing one or more of the electrical signals, the processed information and health information of the user, the health information selected from the group consisting of gastronomic information, dietary information, physical activity information, exercise information, allergy information, information of ingested food, information of ingested medication, user profile, and emergency response information; a transmitter coupled to the processor and transmitting the electrical signals and the processed information representing the biological parameters, wherein the transmitter uses one or more of wired and/or wireless transmission; a power source coupled to the substrate and controlled by the processor to deliver calibrated energy to the body in response to the processed information representing one or more biological parameters, such that the energy has a level and intensity sufficient for application through a surface of the body and which is selected by the processor in response to the information sufficient to stimulate a selected heart activity, and where the processor is further programmed to correlate the electrical signals from the heart and render an electrocardiogram representative of the electrical signals; an identification component communicatively coupled to the process, wherein the identification component authenticates the communication between the processor and the external device using one or more of individual profile information, individual health information, biometric information of a user and/or identification information of the external device; and
,a cellular telephone in wireless communication with the transmitter, the cellular telephone having a local processor programmed to initiate a selected query or action with the processor coupled to the circuitry such that the cellular telephone enables control of the circuitry and further having a display programmed to display a response to the query or action from the processor coupled to the circuitry.
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43. A system having a sensor device, comprising:
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a substrate having conductive adhesive material or communicating electrical signals and attaching to a body of a user; circuitry coupled to the substrate and operating to acquire electrical signals representing one or more biological parameters of the body and converting the acquired electrical signals from analog to digital format for further processing by a processor; the processor coupled to the circuitry and the substrate, the processor being programmed to generate processed information by processing the electrical signals representing the biological parameters including electrical signals received from a heart of the user; an antenna coupled to the circuitry; a memory having a database coupled to the processor and carried on the body, the database storing the one or more of the acquired analog electrical signals, the digital electrical signals, the processed information, individual profile information and/or individual health information; a multi-channel transmitter/receiver coupled to the processor and transmitting and receiving the electrical signals and the processed information representing the biological parameters using one or more of wired and/or wireless communications, the wireless communications using one or more channel of the multi-channel transmitter/receiver and one or more communication protocol selected from the group consisting of cellular communication, Wi-Fi communication, and IP communication; a power source coupled to the substrate and controlled by the processor to deliver calibrated energy to the body in response to the processed information representing one or more biological parameters, such that the energy has a level and intensity sufficient for application through a surface of the body and which is selected by the processor in response to the information sufficient to stimulate a selected heart activity, and where the processor is further programmed to correlate the electrical signals from the heart and render an electrocardiogram representative of the electrical signals; an identification component communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the identification component authenticates the communication between the processor and an external device using one or more of individual profile information, individual health information, biometric information of a user and/or identification information of the device; and
,a cellular telephone in wireless communication with the transmitter, the cellular telephone having a local processor programmed to initiate a selected query or action with the processor coupled to the circuitry such that the cellular telephone enables control of the circuitry and further having a display programmed to display a response to the query or action from the processor coupled to the circuitry.
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44. A system having a sensor device, comprising:
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a substrate having conductive adhesive material for communicating electrical signals and attaching to a body of a user; circuitry coupled to the substrate and operating to acquire electrical signals representing one or more biological parameters of the body and converting the acquired electrical signals from analog to digital format for further processing by a processor; the processor coupled to the circuitry and the substrate, the processor being programmed to generate processed information by processing the electrical signals representing the biological parameters including electrical signals received from a heart of the user; an antenna coupled to the circuitry; a memory having a database coupled to the processor and carried on the body, the database storing the one or more of the electrical signals, the processed information and health information of the user, the health information selected from the group consisting of gastronomic information, dietary information, physical activity information, exercise information, allergy information, information of ingested food, information of ingested medication, user profile, and emergency response information; a power source coupled to the substrate and controlled by the processor to deliver calibrated energy to the body in response to the processed information representing one or more biological parameters, such that the energy has a level and intensity sufficient for application through a surface of the body and which is selected by the processor in response to the information sufficient to stimulate a selected heart activity, and where the processor is further programmed to correlate the electrical signals from the heart, and render an electrocardiogram representative of the electrical signals; an identification component communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the identification component authenticates the communication between the processor and an external device using one or more of individual profile information, individual health information, biometric information of a user and/or identification information of the device; and
,a cellular telephone in wireless communication with the transmitter, the cellular telephone having a local processor programmed to initiate a selected query or action with the processor coupled to the circuitry such that the cellular telephone enables control of the circuitry and further having a display programmed to display a response to the query or action from the processor coupled to the circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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