Health monitoring bolus
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1. A bolus for insertion in a body fluid in a body cavity, the bolus comprising:
- a housing;
a chamber in the housing configured to admit body fluid therein; and
a transducer in the housing, the transducer configured to;
induce a signal through the body fluid admitted into the chamber;
detect one or more parameters of the signal that has passed through the body fluid, the one or more parameters of the signal indicative of a pH level and/or temperature of the body fluid; and
detect ambient vibrations originating from outside the bolus, the vibrations indicative of one or more physiological parameters.
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Abstract
A bolus for insertion in a body fluid includes a housing, a chamber in the housing admitting body fluid therein, and a transducer in the housing providing a signal through the body fluid for measuring the pH level and/or temperature of the body fluid. The transducer also generates a signal in response to vibrations to detecting one or more additional physiological parameters.
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1. A bolus for insertion in a body fluid in a body cavity, the bolus comprising:
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a housing; a chamber in the housing configured to admit body fluid therein; and a transducer in the housing, the transducer configured to; induce a signal through the body fluid admitted into the chamber; detect one or more parameters of the signal that has passed through the body fluid, the one or more parameters of the signal indicative of a pH level and/or temperature of the body fluid; and detect ambient vibrations originating from outside the bolus, the vibrations indicative of one or more physiological parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A bolus for insertion in a fluid in a body cavity, the bolus comprising:
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a chamber configured to admit fluid therein; a transducer configured to; induce a signal through the fluid admitted into the chamber; detect one or more parameters of the signal that has passed through the fluid, the one or more parameters of the signal indicative of a pH level and/or temperature of the fluid; and detect ambient vibrations originating from outside the bolus, the vibrations indicative of one or more physiological parameters; a control subsystem configured to activate the transducer to induce the signal through the fluid and the control subsystem configured to receive the one or more parameters of the signal and/or the ambient vibrations; a data processing subsystem responsive to the control subsystem, the data processing subsystem configured to analyze the one or more parameters of the signal and/or the ambient vibrations to produce diagnosis data; and a transmitter configured to transmit the diagnosis data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of determining the health of a subject, the method comprising:
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inserting a bolus into the subject, the bolus comprising a transducer and a chamber admitting fluid therein from the subject; actuating the transducer to induce a signal through the fluid admitted into the chamber; detecting one or more parameters of the signal that has passed through the fluid, the one or more parameters of the signal detected by the transducer; analyzing the one or more parameters of the signal detected by the transducer to measure a pH level and/or a temperature of the fluid; detect ambient vibrations originating from outside the bolus, the vibrations the ambient vibrations detected by the transducer; and analyzing the ambient vibrations to detect one or more physiological parameters. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A health monitoring system comprising a bolus for use inside of a subject and a base station for use outside of the subject, the system comprising:
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the bolus for insertion in a body fluid in a body cavity of the subject, the bolus comprising; a housing; a chamber in the housing configured to admit body fluid therein; a transducer in the housing, the transducer configured to; induce a signal through the body fluid admitted into the chamber; detect one or more parameters of the signal that has passed through the body fluid, the one or more parameters of the signal indicative of a pH level and/or temperature of the body fluid; and detect ambient vibrations originating from outside the bolus, the vibrations indicative of one or more physiological parameters; a data processing subsystem in the housing, the data processing subsystem configured to analyze the one or more parameters and/or the ambient vibrations to produce diagnosis data; and a transmitter in the housing, the transmitter configured to transmit the diagnosis data; and the base station, the base station comprising; a receiver configured to receive the diagnosis data. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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