System and apparatus for continuous monitoring of movement disorders
First Claim
1. A wearable movement monitoring apparatus, comprising:
- (a) a sensor module comprising a plurality of low power solid state kinematics sensors, wherein said low power sensors consume less than 50 mW;
(b) a microprocessor module comprising a low power microcontroller configured for device control, device status, and device communication;
(c) a data storage module comprising a solid state local storage medium, said data storage module configured for sampling and storage of kinematics data at frequencies of 20 or more samples per second;
(d) a wireless communication module comprising a low power bidirectional transceiver wherein said wireless communication module is configured for communicating and synchronizing sampling time instances of said sensor module with signals from a second apparatus; and
(e) a power and docking module comprising a battery, an energy charging regulator circuit, and a docking connector.
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Abstract
Disclosed embodiments include a complete system and platform which allows for continuous monitoring of movement disorders during normal daily activities in the clinic, home, and other normal daily environments. The system comprises: 1) a wearable apparatus for continuous monitoring of movement disorders, 2) a docking station, 3) a web server, and 4) methods for statistical analysis that generate movement impairment measures. Disclosed embodiments include a wearable movement monitoring apparatus comprising of (a) a sensor module including a plurality of low power micro-electromechanical systems kinematics sensors; (b) a microprocessor module including a low power microcontroller configured for device control, device status, and device communication; (c) a data storage module including a solid state local storage medium; (d) a wireless communication module including a low power surface mount transceiver and an integrated antenna; and (e) a power and docking module including a battery, an energy charging regulator circuit, and a docking connector.
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19 Claims
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1. A wearable movement monitoring apparatus, comprising:
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(a) a sensor module comprising a plurality of low power solid state kinematics sensors, wherein said low power sensors consume less than 50 mW; (b) a microprocessor module comprising a low power microcontroller configured for device control, device status, and device communication; (c) a data storage module comprising a solid state local storage medium, said data storage module configured for sampling and storage of kinematics data at frequencies of 20 or more samples per second; (d) a wireless communication module comprising a low power bidirectional transceiver wherein said wireless communication module is configured for communicating and synchronizing sampling time instances of said sensor module with signals from a second apparatus; and (e) a power and docking module comprising a battery, an energy charging regulator circuit, and a docking connector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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