Gesture-based communication systems and methods for communicating with healthcare personnel
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a movement detector comprising an electromyography device including adhesive coated electrodes that are positioned on to a patient'"'"'s forehead into an electrode arrangement and used to detect forehead muscle activation indicative of a raised eyebrow of the patient sustained for a time period of at least 2 seconds, and to generate an alert signal only in response to detection of the forehead muscle activation being sustained over a threshold for the time period of at least 2 seconds, wherein the forehead muscle activation is indicative of a desire of the patient to provide a control signal to enable the system to perform a function; and
a base station interfaced with a nurse call system, wherein the base station wirelessly communicate with the movement detector to receive the alert signal to activate the nurse call system, in response to the received alert signal from the movement detector indicating that the function to be perform is for the base station to activate the nurse call system to indicate that the patient needs assistance.
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Abstract
Gesture-based communication systems and methods for communicating with healthcare personnel are disclosed. According to an aspect, a system is disclosed that includes a movement detector configured to detect movement of muscle and to generate a wireless signal in response to detection of the muscle movement. The system also includes a base station in wireless communication with the movement detector, and configured to implement a predetermined action based on the wireless signal. The base station may be configured to interface with a healthcare call system such as in a hospital environment. The base station may control the healthcare call system to communicate a notification signal based on the wireless signal.
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30 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a movement detector comprising an electromyography device including adhesive coated electrodes that are positioned on to a patient'"'"'s forehead into an electrode arrangement and used to detect forehead muscle activation indicative of a raised eyebrow of the patient sustained for a time period of at least 2 seconds, and to generate an alert signal only in response to detection of the forehead muscle activation being sustained over a threshold for the time period of at least 2 seconds, wherein the forehead muscle activation is indicative of a desire of the patient to provide a control signal to enable the system to perform a function; and a base station interfaced with a nurse call system, wherein the base station wirelessly communicate with the movement detector to receive the alert signal to activate the nurse call system, in response to the received alert signal from the movement detector indicating that the function to be perform is for the base station to activate the nurse call system to indicate that the patient needs assistance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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using an electromyography device including adhesive coated electrodes that are positioned into an electrode arrangement placed near forehead muscles of a patient to detect forehead muscle activation indicative of a raised eyebrow of the patient sustained for a time period of at least 2 seconds; generating an alert signal only in response to detection of the forehead muscle activation being sustained over a threshold for the time period of at least 2 seconds, wherein the forehead muscle activation is indicative of a desire of the patient to provide a control signal to enable the system to perform a function, at a base station located remote from the electromyography device that is interface with a nurse call system, wherein the base station wirelessly communicate with the movement detector to receive the alert signal to activate the nurse call system, in response to the received alert signal from the movement detector indicating that the function to be perform is for the base station to activate the nurse call system to indicate that the patient needs assistance. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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