Integrated Mobile Healthcare System for Cardiac Care

• US 20100160746A1
• Filed: 02/08/2010
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HMicro Inc.
• Original Assignee: HMicro Inc.
• Inventors: Venkatraman, Mahesh, Magar, Surendar
• Application Number:
  US12/702,127
• Publication Number:
  US 20100160746A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0816 Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6833 Adhesive patches
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A distributed sensor based mobile/remote monitoring system for the management of various types of disease is disclosed. The system is capable of continuously monitoring a variety of parameters relating to the state of various diseases. The parameter monitoring can be continuous, periodic or episodic. A system to manage particular types of diseases can be defined by selecting appropriate parameters for that disease. A cardiac care product, based on the distributed sensor based mobile/remote monitoring system, is also disclosed. The product comprises a distributed sensor system including at least one patch for wirelessly monitoring a physiological parameter; and a biostrip for providing analysis of the blood of a person. The product further includes a mobile device for receiving signals from the distributed sensor system. The mobile device has one mechanism that includes a real-time wireless monitoring of the physiological parameter and a second mechanism that monitors the analysis of the blood.

Claims

1. A cardiac care product comprising:

a distributed sensor system, the distributed sensor system comprising at least one patch for wirelessly monitoring a physiological parameter or physical activity; and

a sensor for reading a biostrip for providing an analysis of the blood of a person; and

a mobile device for receiving signals from the distributed sensor system, wherein the mobile device includes a first mechanism to perform real-time wireless monitoring of a physiological parameter based on at least one wireless patch and a second mechanism to perform the analysis of the blood.

2. The cardiac care product of claim 1 wherein physiological signal is ECG;

and biostrip/sensor is designed to perform blood anticoagulation PT/INR analysis for drug therapy for the treatment of arrhythmia.

3. The cardiac care product of claim 1 wherein mobile device also has a sensor to perform local ECG without the use of patches.

4. The cardiac care product of claim 1 wherein the distributed sensors monitors any or any combination of the following parameters:

ECG signals;

pulse and respiration;

blood pressure;

patient'"'"'s physical movement;

EEG signals;

EMG signals and blood anticoagulation PT/INR analysis for drug therapy for the treatment of arrhythmia.

5. The cardiac care product of claim 1 wherein the analysis of the blood comprise any or any combination of the glucose monitoring analysis, cholestrol monitoring analysis and anticoagulation analysis.

6. The cardiac care product of claim 1 wherein the first mechanism monitors movement of the user via a patch.

7. The cardiac care product of claim 1 wherein the second mechanism comprises a microfluidics card.

8. The cardiac care product in claim 1 wherein each of the first and second mechanisms of the mobile device is built using add-in cards for the mobile device.

9. The cardiac care product of claim 8 wherein physiological signal is ECG;

and the biostrip/sensor is designed to perform blood anticoagulation PT/INR analysis for drug therapy for the treatment of arrhythmia.

10. The cardiac care product of claim 9 wherein mobile device also has a sensor to perform local ECG without the use of patches.

11. The cardiac care product of claim 8 wherein the distributed sensors monitors any or any combination of the following parameters:

ECG signals;

pulse and respiration;

blood pressure;

patient'"'"'s physical movement;

EEG signals;

EMG signals and blood anticoagulation PT/INR analysis for drug therapy for the treatment of arrhythmia.

12. The cardiac care product of claim 8 wherein the analysis of the blood comprise any or any combination of the glucose monitoring analysis, cholesterol momitoring analysis and anticoagulation analysis.

13. The cardiac care product of claim 8 wherein the first mechanism monitors movement of the user via a patch.

14. The cardiac care product of claim 8 wherein the second mechanism comprises a microfluidics card.