Method and apparatus for classification of movement states in Parkinson's disease
First Claim
1. A method for automatically classifying the movement states in a Parkinson'"'"'s patient, the method comprising the steps of:
- creating an algorithm capable of predicting the movement states of a current patient based upon information collected from prior patients;
collecting information as to the movements of the current patient over time; and
processing the information collected from the current patient using the prediction algorithm to classify the movement states of the current patient over time; and
recording the movement states of the current patient over the given time period.
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Abstract
For Parkinson'"'"'s patients to function at their best, their medications need to be optimally adjusted to the diurnal variation of symptoms. For this to occur, it is important for the managing clinician to have an accurate picture of how the patient'"'"'s bradykinesia/hypokinesia and dyskinesia and the patient'"'"'s perception of movement state fluctuate throughout the normal daily activities. The present invention uses wearable accelerometers coupled with computer implemented learning and statistical analysis techniques in order to classify the movement states of Parkinson'"'"'s patients and to provide a timeline of how the patients fluctuate throughout the day.
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1. A method for automatically classifying the movement states in a Parkinson'"'"'s patient, the method comprising the steps of:
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creating an algorithm capable of predicting the movement states of a current patient based upon information collected from prior patients;
collecting information as to the movements of the current patient over time; and
processing the information collected from the current patient using the prediction algorithm to classify the movement states of the current patient over time; and
recording the movement states of the current patient over the given time period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for automatically classifying the movement states of patients with Parkinson'"'"'s disease comprising the steps of:
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creating an algorithm capable of predicting the movement states of a current patient based upon sensed data representative of the movement of the body parts of the current patient without ongoing observational or self-assessment data from the current patient;
obtaining sensed data representative of the movement states of the body parts of the current patient over time; and
processing the sensed data with the algorithm to provide an output. - View Dependent Claims (32, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49)
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33. A method for automatically classifying the patient'"'"'s self-assessment of movement states of patients with Parkinson'"'"'s disease comprising the steps of:
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creating an algorithm capable of predicting the patient'"'"'s self-assessment of movement states of a current patient based upon sensed data representative of the movement of the body parts of the current patient without ongoing observational or self-assessment data from the current patient;
obtaining sensed data representative of the movement states of the body parts of the current patient over time; and
processing the sensed data with the algorithm to provide an output. - View Dependent Claims (34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50)
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51. Apparatus for automatically classifying the movement states in a Parkinson'"'"'s patient comprising means for creating an algorithm capable of predicting the movement states of a current Parkinson'"'"'s patient based upon information collected from prior patients;
- means for collecting information as to the movements of the current patient over time;
means for processing the information collected from the current patient using the prediction algorithm to classify the movement states of the current patient over time; and
means for recording the movement states of the current Parkinson'"'"'s patient over the given time period. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80)
- means for collecting information as to the movements of the current patient over time;
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81. Apparatus for automatically classifying the movement states of patients with Parkinson'"'"'s disease comprising means for creating an algorithm capable of predicting the movement states of a current patient based upon sensed data representative of the movement of the body parts of the current patient without any prior information about the current patient;
- means for obtaining sensed data representative of the movement states of the body parts of the current patient over time; and
means for processing the sensed data with the algorithm to provide an output. - View Dependent Claims (82, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99)
- means for obtaining sensed data representative of the movement states of the body parts of the current patient over time; and
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83. Apparatus for automatically classifying the patient'"'"'s self-assessment of movement states of patients with Parkinson'"'"'s disease comprising means for creating an algorithm capable of predicting the self-assessment of movement states of a current patient based upon sensed data representative of the movement of the body parts of the current patient without any prior information about the current patient;
- means for obtaining sensed data representative of the movement states of the body parts of the current patient over time; and
means for processing the sensed data with the algorithm to provide an output. - View Dependent Claims (84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100)
- means for obtaining sensed data representative of the movement states of the body parts of the current patient over time; and
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