Patient monitoring systems and messages that send alerts to patients only when the patient is awake

• US 9,993,197 B2
• Filed: 04/13/2016
• Issued: 06/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fitbit, Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Fitbit, Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Proud, James
• Primary Examiner(s): Benlagsir, Amine
• Application Number:
  US15/097,840
• Publication Number:
  US 20160220177A1
• Time in Patent Office: 790 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0252 using ambient temperature
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• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0204 Acoustic sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/08 Sensors provided with means for identification, e.g. barcodes or memory chips
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• 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
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• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/08 Detecting, measuring or recording devices for evaluating the respiratory organs A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1126 using a particular sensing technique
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/165 Evaluating the state of mind, e.g. depression, anxiety
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4806 Sleep evaluation A61B5/4821 takes precedence; devices for inducing sleep A61M21/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4809 Sleep detection, i.e. determining whether a subject is asleep or not
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4812 : Detecting sleep stages or cycles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4815 : Sleep quality
• 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 5/6823 : Trunk, e.g., chest, back, abdomen, hip
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7285 : for synchronising or triggering a physiological measurement or image acquisition with a physiological event or waveform, e.g. an ECG signal A61B6/5205, A61B6/541, A61B8/5207, A61B8/543 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7405 : using sound
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 : using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 : Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 : User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 : for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/002 : with telemetering systems telemetering in general G08C
• 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

A system for is provided for using telemetry data based on patient habit information or patient monitoring. One or more patient monitoring devices has a unique patient ID. The one or more monitoring devices acquire patient information selected from of at least one of, a patient'"'"'s activities, behaviors and habit information, and patient monitoring. ID circuitry is at the patient monitoring device. The ID circuitry includes ID storage, a communication system that reads and transmits the unique ID from an ID storage, a power source and a pathway system to route signals through the circuitry. An alarm is at the patient monitoring device that provides an alert only when the patient is in a wake-state. A telemetry system is in communication with the patient monitoring device. The telemetry system includes a database of patient ID'"'"'s.

Claims

1. A system for using telemetry data relative to individual sleep information and sleep behavior information of an individual, comprising:

a monitoring device that includes a microphone, a transmitter and at least two sensors, the at least two sensors selected from at least sensors that in combination determine;

air quality, sound level/quality, light quality, and ambient temperature near the individual;

an accelerometer or other movement detecting device configured to detect a movement information for the individual relative to the individual sleep information and the sleep behavior information of the individual, wherein the accelerometer, or the other movement detecting device, and the monitoring device are configured to assist in determining the individual sleep information and the sleep behavior information, and a recording by the at least sensors being disabled in response to the detection of the movement information for the individual by the accelerometer or the other movement detecting device;

an alarm at the monitoring device or the accelerometer or the other movement detecting device that in operation only provides an alert corresponding to a detected sleep parameter of the individual with respect to the movement information detected for the individual; and

a telemetry system in communication with the monitoring device, the telemetry system including a database of identifiers.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein an awake status of the individual is determined by the monitoring device, the accelerometer or the other movement detecting device and the telemetry system.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the alarm is selected from a group consisting of visual, motion, audio, and vibratory alarms.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a visual display at the monitoring device.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the visual display is a touch screen display.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the monitoring device further includes a processor.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a control system at the monitoring device to orchestrate communication between different systems.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a noise reduction element at the monitoring device to reduce signal noise.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein conditioning electronics clean a signal for processing by a central processing unit (CPU) of the telemetry system.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the CPU evaluates historical data.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the telemetry system in operation creates different classifications for data received from the monitoring device.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the telemetry system in operation provides firmware updates to the monitoring device.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein streams of information are sent from at least one sensor at the monitoring device to the telemetry system.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the streams of information are capable of including both encrypted information and non-encrypted information.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the streams of information are sent from the monitoring device to a mobile device or a computer.