Method and apparatus for diagnosis and treatment

• US 9,199,076 B2
• Filed: 05/18/2012
• Issued: 12/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Innovations Holdings, LLC
• Original Assignee: Innovations Holdings, LLC
• Inventors: Herbst, Ewa
• Primary Examiner(s): Layno, Carl H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Morales, Jon Eric C
• Application Number:
  US13/475,833
• Publication Number:
  US 20120296176A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,292 Days
• Field of Search: 600/300, 600/342
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/00 Measuring for diagnostic purposes radiation diagnosis A61B6/00; diagnosis by ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/00; Identification of persons
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4836 Diagnosis combined with treatment in closed-loop systems or methods A61B5/0036 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4839 combined with drug delivery
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1723 using feedback of body parameters, e.g. blood-sugar, pressure measurement of body parameters A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36031 using physiological parameters for adjustment
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36139 with automatic adjustment
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37241 providing test stimulations
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37247 User interfaces, e.g. input or presentation means
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37252 Details of algorithms or data aspects of communication system, e.g. handshaking, transmitting specific data or segmenting data
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

Method and apparatus for performing multiple measurements and diagnoses simultaneously, in terms of body function, include a data processing element, a data acquisition module, an optional treatment output module, a user control module, and a user display system, where the data acquisition module sends a plurality of measurement data simultaneously, in terms of body functions, to the data processing element. The processing element provides a plurality of outputs which can be made available to the user or combined in the diagnostic module. A treatment algorithm in the treatment module can affect the patient through a feedback mechanism. In response, the data processing element generates treatment information needed by the treatment output module.

Claims

1. A treatment apparatus for effecting treatments, comprising:

a treatment module connected to a feedback module, wherein the feedback module receives sensor information from the one or more sensors that sense conditions prevailing in a medium and uses the sensor information to transmit one or more control signals to an electrical stimulator module for generating one or more output signals, wherein;

the one or more output signals, when performing drug delivery, controls the release of a first substance in the medium in response to receiving a first output signal from the one or more output signals and controls the release of a second substance in the medium in response to receiving a second output signal from the one or more output signals, wherein the one or more output signals are synchronized;

the one or more control signals directs the electrical stimulator module to generate one or more output signals that have one or more controllable waveforms based on electrical signal parameters for placement on one or more output terminals; and

the feedback module automatically adjusts the one or more control signals in response to receiving updated sensor information, wherein the adjusted control signals direct the electrical stimulator module to adjust at least one of the electrical signal parameters that include any of amplitude, frequency, shape, timing parameters, phase, pulse duration, and pulse repetition rate, wherein the generated and adjusted output signals are placed on a bus, and wherein a selection module selects as an output signal one of the plurality of generated and adjusted output signals on the bus for availability by the one or more output terminals.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a combining module for combining two or more adjusted signals to provide the output signal.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a combining module for combining an adjusted signal with at least one generated signal to provide the output signal.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a combining module for combining two or more generated signals to provide the output signal.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising one or more ports for accepting a signal from the one or more sensors that sense conditions prevailing in the medium.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more sensors comprise any of sensing electrodes, pickup coils, temperature sensitive devices, magnetic probes, and biosensors.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a signal measuring port equipped to accept input signals from one or more signal measuring modules.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the one or more signal measuring modules include the one or more sensors.