Methods using patient monitoring devices with unique patient IDs and a telemetry system

• US 9,298,882 B2
• Filed: 08/01/2013
• Issued: 03/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fitbit, Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hello, Inc.
• Inventors: Proud, James
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phillip H
• Application Number:
  US13/956,815
• Publication Number:
  US 20140249852A1
• Time in Patent Office: 971 Days
• Field of Search: 717/172, 379/106.01, 379/106.02, 600/534
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0214 of power generation or supply
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0219 of externally powered implanted units
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/08 Sensors provided with means for identification, e.g. barcodes or memory chips
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/486 Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6831 Straps, bands or harnesses
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/23 The load being a medical device, a medical implant, or a life supporting device
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/005 Mechanical details of housing or structure aiming to accommodate the power transfer means, e.g. mechanical integration of coils, antennas or transducers into emitting or receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/60 responsive to the presence of foreign objects, e.g. detection of living beings
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/70 involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 : involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 : Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/002 : with telemetering systems telemetering in general G08C
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 : for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 : Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 : Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

Patient information is acquired using a patient monitoring device. The patient information is selected from of at least one of, a patient'"'"'s activities, behaviors and habit information, and patient monitoring. The patient monitoring device has a unique patient ID, ID circuitry including ID storage, a communication system that reads and transmits the unique ID from an ID storage. Also included are a power source and a pathway system to route signals through the circuitry. A database of patient ID'"'"'s is accessed at the telemetry system. The patient information is communicated from the patient monitoring device with the telemetry system in communication with the patient monitoring device. Patient information is analyzed at the telemetry system to create personalized information about the patient.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring a person patient, comprising:

acquiring sleep information about the person patient using a monitoring device that includes a microphone an RF transmitter and sensors to determine air quality, sound level/quality, light quality and ambient temperature near the person patient, the RF transmitter serving as a communication system; and

using one or more analysis tools including at least an accelerometer or a movement detection device configured to detect movement sounds of the person patient, the accelerator and the monitoring device configured to calculate or derive sleep onset and wake time, sleep interruptions, and quality and depth of sleep, the microphone configured to record the person patient'"'"'s movement sounds detected by the accelerometer or the movement detection device, the accelerometer or movement detection device configured to cause the microphone to stop recording the person patient'"'"'s movement sounds when the movement sounds are not directed to a sleep related parameter;

accessing the person patient'"'"'s profile stored in a database at a telemetry system, the telemetry system in operation selecting records of sleep information and sleep behavior information data of one or more person patients, the telemetry system analyzes the person patient'"'"'s movement sounds to calculate or derive sleep onset and wake time, sleep interruptions, and the quality and depth of sleep;

providing feedback to the person patient.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

reducing signal noise using a noise reduction element at the patient monitoring device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

communicating signals from the patient monitoring device with the use of conditioning electronics.

4. The method of claim 3, cleaning a signal for processing by a central processing unit (CPU) of the telemetry system.

5. The method of claim 4, evaluating historical data at the telemetry system.

6. The method of claim 1, creating different classifications for data received from the patient monitoring device at the telemetry system.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending encrypted and non-encrypted information from the telemetry device.