Patient monitoring systems and messages that send alerts to patients

• US 9,999,351 B2
• Filed: 07/04/2016
• Issued: 06/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2013
• 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:
  US15/201,589
• Publication Number:
  US 20160310004A1
• Time in Patent Office: 715 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0214 of power generation or supply
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/08 Sensors provided with means for identification, e.g. barcodes or memory chips
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0015 characterised by features of the telemetry system
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
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• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6831 Straps, bands or harnesses
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• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/23 The load being a medical device, a medical implant, or a life supporting device
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
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• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/70 : involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 : involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 : Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 : specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 : User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 : using third party service providers
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• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 : Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 : User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 : for social networking applications
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/20 : Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/30 : Smart metering, e.g. specially adapted for remote reading

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 comprising:

a monitoring device that includes a microphone for detecting movement sounds of an individual, an RF transmitter, and at least two sensors selected from sensors to;

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

an accelerometer configured to detect a movement information of the individual and generate movement data used in part to determine one or more conditions of the individual, the accelerometer and the monitoring device configured to provide information configured to assist to determine sleep information of the individual, the monitoring device including ID circuitry with an ID storage that contains a unique individual ID of the individual, the accelerometer configured to cause the microphone to stop recording the individual'"'"'s movement sounds when the movement sounds are not associated with the one or more conditions of the individual, and generate sound data based on recorded sounds directed to the sleep information of the individual, and

a telemetry system with a database of individual ID'"'"'s and in communication with the monitoring device and the accelerometer.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a feedback control system or subsystem at the telemetry system.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the feedback control system or subsystem is standalone.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the feedback system or subsystem in operation detects an amplitude or frequency of a measured sensor signal.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the feedback system or subsystem in operation recognizes an intended alert pattern based on a morphology of a measured sensor signal.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the feedback system or subsystem in operation analyzes a frequency power band of a measured sensor signal for correspondence to frequency and amplitude.

7. The system of claim 2, wherein the feedback system or subsystem in operation evaluates a measured sensor signal waveform for correspondence to a frequency or amplitude.

8. The system of claim 2, wherein the feedback system or subsystem in operation terminates a feedback signal or alert if a predetermined maximum alert duration has expired.

9. The system of claim 2, wherein the feedback system or subsystem maintains a feedback signal or alert until a maximum feedback signal or alert duration is reached.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a feedback control system or subsystem at the monitoring device.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the monitoring device communicates a feedback signal or alert to the individual.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

at least one of a audio device or display at the monitoring device to communicate the feedback signal or alert to the individual.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a closed-loop system that provides control data to the monitoring device.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the telemetry system in operation compares a measured sensor signal from the at least two sensors to a threshold level.

15. A monitoring device, comprising:

a microphone for detecting movement sounds of an individual;

a sensor configured to determine air quality, sound level/quality, light quality and ambient temperature near an individual and generate environmental data;

an accelerometer configured to detect one or more movements of the individual and generate movement data of the individual, the movement data used, at least in part, to determine a condition of the individual, the accelerometer configured to provide information configured to assist to determine sleep information of the individual, wherein the monitoring device further including ID circuitry with an ID storage that contains a unique individual ID of the individual, the accelerometer further configured to cause the microphone to stop recording the individual'"'"'s movement sounds when the movement sounds are not associated with the condition of the individual, and generate sound data based on recorded sounds directed to the sleep information of the individual; and

a transmitter configured to transmit monitoring data to a telemetry system, the monitoring data including an identifier uniquely associated with the monitoring device and one or more of the environmental data, the movement data, or the sound data.

16. The monitoring device of claim 15, further comprising:

an audio output device or display configured to emit feedback in the form of an alert of notification.