System and method for medical diagnosis using geospatial location data integrated with biomedical sensor information
First Claim
1. A method of operation of a device having memory and a communications module comprising:
- receiving at least one location signal with the communications module;
storing geospatial data obtained at least from the at least one location signal with a time stamp in memory;
receiving a plurality of biomedical signals over time from at least one sensor with the communications module;
storing biomedical data from the received biomedical signal with a time stamp in memory;
repeating the receiving at least one location signal and storing geospatial data from the at least one location signal in different geographic locations;
determining at least one location of the device based on the geospatial data; and
identifying at least one illness having a level of occurrence in the at least one location of the device that is above a threshold level of occurrence.
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Abstract
In at least one embodiment, a method and system for accumulating geospatial location data and biomedical data for an individual during his/her travels is provided. In at least one embodiment, a device uses at least one location signal to determine geospatial data and receives a plurality of biomedical signals with both data types being stored for possible later retrieval for providing a diagnosis for the individual if a medical condition arises. An embodiment of the invention provides a method of operation of a device having at least a memory and a communications module where the method includes receiving at least one location signal with the communications module; storing geospatial data obtained at least from the at least one location signal with a time stamp in memory; receiving a plurality of biomedical signals over time from at least one sensor with the communications module; storing biomedical data from the received biomedical signal with a time stamp in memory; and repeating the receiving at least one location signal and storing geospatial data from the at least one location signal in different geographic locations.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of operation of a device having memory and a communications module comprising:
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receiving at least one location signal with the communications module; storing geospatial data obtained at least from the at least one location signal with a time stamp in memory; receiving a plurality of biomedical signals over time from at least one sensor with the communications module; storing biomedical data from the received biomedical signal with a time stamp in memory; repeating the receiving at least one location signal and storing geospatial data from the at least one location signal in different geographic locations; determining at least one location of the device based on the geospatial data; and identifying at least one illness having a level of occurrence in the at least one location of the device that is above a threshold level of occurrence. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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receiving a data set for an individual having geospatial data including a time stamp and biomedical readings correlated with at least one time stamp, the data set representative of recent travels of the individual; correlating the biomedical readings with the geospatial data with a processor based on the respective time stamps; retrieving supplemental data with the processor for the at least one geographic location corresponding to the geospatial data for time periods that the biomedical readings were gathered for that geographic location, wherein the supplemental data is retrieved from at least one health organization report, wherein said retrieving of the supplemental data includes conducting a search of medical databases containing information regarding health alerts, illness information for different geographic locations, and disease information for different geographic locations for information for geographic location represented by the geospatial data; reviewing the search results with the processor for information relevant for the time periods in which the individual associated with the received data set was present in that geographic location; and displaying an interface to provide the correlated data and supplemental data to a user. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of operation of a device having memory and a communications module comprising:
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receiving a plurality of biomedical signals over time from at least one sensor with the communications module; storing data from the received biomedical signal with a time stamp in memory; obtaining at least one location signal for each received biomedical signal with the communications module; determining geospatial data based on the at least one obtained location signal, storing geospatial data in memory correlated with the data from the received biomedical signal; repeating the receiving at least one location signal and storing geospatial data from the at least one location signal in different geographic locations; determining at least one location of the device based on the geospatial data; identifying at least one illness in the at least one location of the device; diagnosing a medical condition of a user based on the received biomedical signals and the identified at least one illness; retrieving supplemental data for geographic locations present in the data set for time periods that the biomedical readings were gathered for that respective geographic location, wherein said retrieving of the supplemental data includes conducting a search of medical databases containing information regarding health alerts, illness information for different geographic locations, and disease information for different geographic locations for information for geographic location represented by the geospatial data; reviewing the search results for information relevant for the time periods in which the individual associated with the received data set was present in that geographic location; and displaying an interface to provide the correlated data and supplemental data to a user. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of operation of a device having memory and a communications module comprising:
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receiving at least one location signal with the communications module; storing geospatial data obtained at least from the at least one location signal with a time stamp in memory; receiving a plurality of biomedical signals over time from at least one sensor with the communications module; storing biomedical data from the received biomedical signal with a time stamp in memory; repeating the receiving at least one location signal and storing geospatial data from the at least one location signal in different geographic locations; determining the geographic location of the device based on contemporaneously received location signals, the geographic location is the geospatial data stored; translating the location signal into a geographic location for storage as the geospatial data; identifying at least one illness in the geographic location of the device; diagnosing a medical condition of a user based on the received plurality of biomedical signals and the identified at least one illness; retrieving supplemental data for geographic locations present in the data set for time periods that the biomedical readings were gathered for that respective geographic location, wherein said retrieving of the supplemental data includes conducting a search of medical databases containing information regarding health alerts, illness information for different geographic locations, and disease information for different geographic locations for information for geographic location represented by the geospatial data; reviewing the search results for information relevant for the time periods in which the individual associated with the received data set was present in that geographic location; and displaying an interface to provide the correlated data and supplemental data to a user. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A method comprising:
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receiving a data set for an individual having geospatial data including a time stamp and biomedical readings correlated with at least one time stamp, the data set representative of recent travels of the individual; correlating the biomedical readings with the geospatial data with a processor based on the respective time stamps; retrieving supplemental data with the processor for the at least one geographic location corresponding to the geospatial data for time periods that the biomedical readings were gathered for that geographic location, the supplemental data including health alerts for the geographic locations recently visited by the individual; displaying an interface to provide the correlated data and supplemental data to a user, said displaying of the interface including displaying a plurality of locations and associated time information and biomedical readings for the individual; and diagnosing a medical condition of the individual with the processor based on the biomedical signals and the health alerts; retrieving supplemental data with the processor for geographic locations present in the data set for time periods that the biomedical readings were gathered for that respective geographic location, wherein said retrieving of the supplemental data includes conducting a search of medical databases containing information regarding health alerts, illness information for different geographic locations, and disease information for different geographic locations for information for geographic location represented by the geospatial data; reviewing the search results with the processor for information relevant for the time periods in which the individual associated with the received data set was present in that geographic location; and displaying the interface to provide the correlated data and supplemental data to a user.
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