Systems, methods, and devices for health monitoring

• US 20070232935A1
• Filed: 05/25/2007
• Published: 10/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Adamczyk, Maria
• Granted Patent: US 8,795,171 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/483
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7282 Event detection, e.g. detecting unique waveforms indicative of a medical condition A61B5/4094, A61B5/4818, A61B5/349, A61B5/0823 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2212/174 Telecommunications system
• 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: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• 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: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/904 Telephone telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/92 Computer assisted medical diagnostics

Abstract

A health monitoring system is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the health monitoring system includes a first server configured to receive a first set of information from a monitoring device, wherein the first set of information includes a health condition reading of a subscriber, and wherein the first server is configured to process the first set of information and transmit a second set of information to the monitoring device and/or a telecommunications device, wherein the second set of information includes medical treatment information and/or medical advice concerning the subscriber. The health monitoring system also includes a database in communication with the first server and configured to store a third set of information therein, wherein the third set of information includes emergency contact information, one or more health conditions of the subscriber, monitoring time intervals, and/or numerical ranges defining acceptable health conditions and medical alert conditions.

Claims

1. A health monitoring system, comprising:

a first server configured to receive a first set of information from a monitoring device, wherein the first set of information includes a health condition reading of a subscriber, and wherein the first server is configured to process the first set of information and transmit a second set of information to at least one of the monitoring device and a telecommunications device, wherein the second set of information includes at least one of medical treatment information and medical advice concerning the subscriber; and

a database in communication with the first server and configured to store a third set of information therein, wherein the third set of information includes at least one of emergency contact information, one or more health conditions of the subscriber, monitoring time intervals, and numerical ranges defining acceptable health conditions and medical alert conditions.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the monitoring device is attached to one of the person of the subscriber and the clothing of the subscriber.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the telecommunications device is associated with at least one of the subscriber and an emergency contact.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the telecommunications device is one of a wireless device and a wireline device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the telecommunications device is one of a wireless telephone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), personal computer, telecopier, pager, and a plain-old telephone service (POTS) telephone.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the first server is in communication with at least one of the Internet, a wireless network, a wireline network, and a second server.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the second server is associated with one of the subscriber'"'"'s home and workplace.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the second server includes a computer and a transceiver.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive a first signal from the monitoring device and transmit a second signal to the monitoring device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the first signal includes a health condition reading of a subscriber.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the second signal includes at least one of medical treatment information and medical advice concerning the subscriber.

12. A health monitoring system, comprising:

a server which receives a first set of information associated with at least one health condition of a subscriber; and

a database, in communication with the server and which stores a second set of information therein, wherein the second set of information includes;

(a) emergency contact information associated with said subscriber,

(b) one or more health conditions associated with said subscriber,

(c) monitoring time intervals associated with said subscriber, and

(d) a plurality of numerical ranges, for each of said at least one health conditions, defining (1) an acceptable health condition range, (2) a first alert range indicating a mild medical alert condition for one of said at least one health condition and (3) a second alert range indicating a more serious medical alert condition for said one of said at least one health condition,

wherein said server processes the first set of information using the second set of information from said database to determine if an alert condition is present,

and further wherein if said alert condition is present, said server transmits a third set of information toward a first device if said alert condition is within said first alert range within which said subscriber is to be informed of said alert condition via said monitoring device, and

transmits said third set of information toward a second device if said alert condition is within said second alert range, said second alert range being different from said first alert range.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein said health condition is at least one of pulse, blood pressure, blood sugar or cholesterol.

14. A method for monitoring health, comprising:

receiving a first set of information associated with at least one health condition of a subscriber;

storing a second set of information in a database wherein the second set of information includes;

(a) emergency contact information associated with said subscriber,

(b) one or more health conditions associated with said subscriber,

(c) monitoring time intervals associated with said subscriber, and

(d) a plurality of numerical ranges, for each of said at least one health conditions, defining (1) an acceptable health condition range, (2) a first alert range indicating a mild medical alert condition for one of said at least one health condition and (3) a second alert range indicating a more serious medical alert condition for said one of said at least one health condition;

processing the first set of information using the second set of information from said database to determine if an alert condition is present;

transmitting if said alert condition is present, a third set of information toward a first device if said alert condition is within said first alert range; and

transmitting said third set of information toward a second device if said alert condition is within said second alert range, said second alert range being different from said first alert range.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein said health condition is at least one of pulse, blood pressure, blood sugar or cholesterol.