Personalized pain management treatments

• US 9,875,340 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2016
• Issued: 01/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: iTrace Biomedical Inc.
• Original Assignee: iTrace Biomedical Inc.
• Inventors: Sharma, Krishnamohan
• Primary Examiner(s): Chao, Elmer
• Application Number:
  US15/021,143
• Publication Number:
  US 20160350509A1
• Time in Patent Office: 722 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/026 Measuring blood flow A61B3/1233, A61B3/1241 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1075 for measuring dimensions by non-invasive methods, e.g. for determining thickness of tissue layer A61B8/0858 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4824 Touch or pain perception evaluation A61B5/4821 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4836 Diagnosis combined with treatment in closed-loop systems or methods A61B5/0036 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/0071 using a resistor, e.g. near the spot to be heated
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/0075 using a Peltier element, e.g. near the spot to be heated or cooled
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/0078 with a battery
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/0093 programmed
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/0095 with a temperature indicator
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/029 Fat cell removal or destruction by non-ablative heat treatment
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 7/00 Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body heating or cooling means in connection with bedsteads or mattresses A47C21/00 ; massage, therapeutic baths A61H; hyperthermia using electric or magnetic fields or ultrasound A61N; electric heating elements H05B
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 7/007 characterised by electric heating
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 37/0092 using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic vibrations, e.g. phonophoresis
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/00 Electrotherapy; Circuits therefor A61N2/00 takes precedence; irradiation apparatus A61N5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2007/0008 Destruction of fat cells
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2007/0013 Fracture healing
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2007/0017 Wound healing
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 7/00 Ultrasound therapy lithotripsy A61B17/22, A61B17/225; massage using supersonic vibration A61H23/00 ; using ultrasound for introducing media into the body A61M37/0092
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 : relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients

Abstract

Systems and methods disclosed herein provide efficacious pain management therapies based on delivery of physical medicine(s) via computer-implemented systems. Patient information comprising patient pain symptoms, patient physiological measurements, patient demographics, and other information is received at a pain therapy device. The patient information is compared with pain analytics data compiled on a plurality of individuals to determine a personalized pain management therapy. The personalized pain management therapy is applied via a combination of thermoceuticals, electroceuticals, ultrasound, and several other forms of physical medicine. Sensors coupled to the pain therapy device measure changes in physiological data resulting from the pain management therapy. The personalized pain management therapy can be adjusted based on the changes in the physiological data and/or patient feedback. The patient information, information about the applied therapy, and therapy outcome information is added to the analytics database.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a pain therapy device comprising;

a touchscreen display;

at least one applicator device collectively capable of providing thermoceuticals, electroceuticals, and ultrasonic therapies;

a sensor;

a processor communicatively coupled to the touchscreen display, the at least one applicator device, and the sensor; and

a memory communicatively coupled to the processor and comprising instructions configured to be executed by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to receive the instructions from the memory and to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising;

receiving patient information comprising patient pain symptoms by receiving at least a selection of an area of a body displayed on the touchscreen display to indicate localized pain by a patient in the area of the body;

determining a personalized pain management therapy for the patient based on the patient information and pain analytics data compiled on a plurality of prior patients stored in a database, the personalized pain management therapy corresponding to a prior satisfactory outcome for prior patients with similar characteristics as the patient as indicated by the patient information;

applying the personalized pain management therapy to the patient by delivering one or more of thermoceuticals, electroceuticals, or ultrasonic therapy to the patient as specified by the personalized pain management therapy via the at least one applicator device;

receiving updated patient information in response to the applied personalized pain management therapy via the sensor; and

storing the updated patient information and the personalized pain management therapy in the database to add to the pain analytics data compiled on the plurality of prior patients.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to execute instructions included in the memory to perform operations further comprising:

adjusting, in response to the updated patient information, the personalized pain management therapy by adjusting one or more of the electroceuticals, the thermoceuticals, or the ultrasonic therapy; and

storing the adjusted personalized pain management therapy in the database to add to the pain analytics data.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the updated patient information comprises physiological data corresponding to the patient including one or more of patient vital signs, blood flow rate, blood oxygen levels, or body tissue density received via the sensor.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the personalized pain management therapy is applied by transmitting electronic signals from the processor to the at least one applicator device to deliver the one or more of thermoceuticals, electroceuticals, or ultrasonic therapy to the patient as specified by the personalized pain management therapy.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the database is remote from the pain therapy device, and wherein the pain therapy device further comprises a communication interface configured to communicate with the database.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein determining the personalized pain management therapy for the patient comprises:

identifying a subset of prior patients from the plurality of prior patients stored in the database that have the similar characteristics as the patient as indicated by the patient information; and

identifying, from the pain analytics data on the subset of prior patients, a stored applied therapy associated with a stored therapy outcome indicating reduced pain symptoms, wherein the identified stored applied therapy corresponds to the personalized pain management therapy.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the pain therapy device comprises a communication interface, and wherein the processor is configured to execute instructions included in the memory to perform operations further comprising:

transmitting the patient information and the personalized pain management therapy to a physician computing device via the communication interface.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the personalized pain management therapy for the patient comprises a hot stimulation, a cold stimulation, an electrical stimulation, and ultrasonic pulses.

9. A medical device for the application of a pain management therapy, comprising:

a processing device configured to;

determine a personalized pain management therapy for a patient based on patient information corresponding to the patient and pain analytics data compiled on a plurality of prior patients, the personalized pain management therapy corresponding to a prior satisfactory outcome for prior patients with similar characteristics as the patient as indicated by the patient information;

drive inputs to a plurality of switches in the medical device to control thermoceutical, electroceutical, and ultrasonic characteristics, wherein the processor drives at least one input to at least one switch from the plurality of switches to control at least one of a thermoceutical characteristic, an electroceutical characteristic, or an ultrasonic characteristic as specified by the personalized pain management therapy;

an applicator coupled to the plurality of switches, the applicator configured to apply the at least one of the thermoceutical characteristic, the electroceutical characteristic, or the ultrasonic characteristic as specified by the personalized pain management therapy based on the at least one input to the at least one switch;

one or more sensors coupled to the processing device, the one or more sensors configured to

     1) detect physiological parameters responsive to the application of the at least one of the thermoceutical characteristic, the electroceutical characteristic, or the ultrasonic characteristic as specified by the personalized pain management therapy and

     2) provide the physiological parameters to the processing device; and

a patient feedback interface communicatively coupled to the processing device, the patient feedback interface configured to receive user inputs indicating patient feedback information responsive to the application.

10. The medical device of claim 9, wherein the at least one of the thermoceutical characteristic, the electroceutical characteristic, or the ultrasonic characteristic comprises an intensity level and a time duration.

11. The medical device of claim 10, further comprising:

a therapy analysis engine executing in a memory communicatively coupled to the processing device, the therapy analysis engine comprising program code that, upon execution by the processing device, causes the processing device to adjust the intensity level and the duration based on the patient feedback information.

12. The medical device of claim 9, wherein the physiological parameters comprise one or more of patient vital signs, body tissue or temperature, blood flow rate, blood oxygen levels, or body tissue thickness or density.