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Extracorporeal devices and methods for facilitating cessation of undesired behaviors

  • US 9,420,971 B2
  • Filed: 11/10/2014
  • Issued: 08/23/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for use in connection with facilitating cessation of undesired behavior in a patient, comprising:

  • a housing configured and dimensioned to be carried or worn by the patient;

    a graphical user interface disposed in said housing, said interface configured to prompt the patient and receive informational inputs by the patient;

    a photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensing unit configured to detect carbon monoxide in the patient'"'"'s blood and disposed in said housing, the PPG sensing unit being configured to receive a biological input from the patient and output information representative of the content of the biological input,a storage module within said housing containing instructions comprising instructions for;

    a) executing a predetermined test protocol including a number and timing of patient test prompts, said protocol further comprising;

    prompting the patient through the user interface to provide a biological input to the test element at selected intervals corresponding to the number and timing of patient test prompts,determining the completeness of the biological input, andproviding additional patient biological input prompts based on said completeness determination,b) generating user readable indicator based on said test element output and displaying said output on the graphical user interface,c) associating the test element output with a specific biological input,d) transferring said test result information including the test element output associated with a specific biological input to a network or storage device, ande) receiving instructions for altering the predetermined test protocol based on a remote evaluation of said test result information; and

    an execution module within said housing communicating with the graphical user interface, the test element and the storage module, the execution module configured to execute said instructions.

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