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Physiological indicator monitoring for identifying stress triggers and certain health problems

  • US 9,842,374 B2
  • Filed: 03/17/2014
  • Issued: 12/12/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of reducing stress in a number of patients by monitoring stress indicators and providing information on stress reduction to patients, and then using lessened stress or improved clinical outcomes from these patients to recruit additional patients and apply the method to them, comprising:

  • providing patients with a device whose components are incorporated in a wrist-band to be worn by the patients, and which includes sensors for measuring the following parameters;

    skin temperature, galvanic skin response, blood pressure, pulse rate, blood oxygenation, ambient temperature, and exertion level; and

    wherein the device further includes a microcomputer and software combination embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium which jointly perform the following steps (i) to (iii);

    (i) analyzing and recording the parameters and displaying for the patient queries relating to diagnosis of stress or diseases or conditions;

    (ii) providing advice to the patients on stress-relief, including one or more of;

    find stressors and avoid them;

    exercise;

    relax; and

    , talk to someone to reduce stress; and

    (iii) publicizing stress reduction or improved clinical outcomes in order to recruit new patients to use the method, based on a majority of the patients applying the advice in order to reduce stress or improve clinical outcomes.

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