INGESTIBLE EVENT MARKER DATA FRAMEWORK

• US 20110009715A1
• Filed: 07/02/2009
• Published: 01/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Proteus Digital Health, Inc. (Otsuka Holdings Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Proteus Digital Health, Inc. (Otsuka Holdings Company Limited)
• Inventors: Moon, Gregory, Arne, Lawrence, Beaulieu, Patrick, Behzadi, Yashar, Karplus, Erika, Savage, George, Thompson, Andrew, O' Reilly, David, Robertson, Timothy, Zdeblick, Mark
• Application Number:
  US12/522,249
• Publication Number:
  US 20110009715A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/302
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/07 Endoradiosondes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/117 Identification of persons methods or arrangements for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints, G06F18/00, G06V40/00; identification of persons by analysing their voice or speech G10L17/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4833 Assessment of subject's compliance to treatment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/00 ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/40 relating to drugs, e.g. their side effects or intended usage
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G16Y 20/40 relating to personal data, e.g. biometric data, records or preferences
• CPC Class Codes: G16Y 40/10 Detection; Monitoring

Abstract

The ingestible event marker data framework provides a uniform, comprehensive framework to enable various functions and utilities related to ingestible event marker data (IEM data). The functions and utilities include data and/or information having an aspect of data derived from, collected by, aggregated by, or otherwise associated with, an ingestion event.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

ingestible event marker data;

a hub to receive the ingestible event marker data; and

at least one ingestible event marker data system to receive, directly or indirectly, the ingestible event marker data from the hub.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the ingestible event marker data comprises information about an ingestion event.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the ingestible event marker data comprises information about a response to an ingestion event.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the ingestible event marker data is generated by an ingestible event marker device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the ingestible event marker device comprises an ingestible event marker and a receiver.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiver comprises a personal signal receiver.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the ingestible event marker data is associated with a unique identifier of an individual.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the hub comprises at least one element selected from a group consisting essentially of a base station, a personal communication device, and a mobile telephone.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the base station comprises at least one element selected from a group consisting essentially of a desktop computer, a laptop computer, and an intelligent device/appliance.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the personal communication device comprises a mobile computer.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one ingestible event marker data system comprises at least one element selected from a group consisting essentially of:

a feedback loop system, a decision support system, an auto refill system, patient tools, a behavioral medicine system, an incentive system, personalized commercial products/services, an auto billing system, a tracking system, an interdiction system, a subscription system, an ingestible event marker data collection, an approval system, a forecasting system, a financial system, an ingestible event marker data phone system, and a social network system.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one ingestible event marker data system comprises at least one element selected from a group consisting essentially of a computer, a receiver, a transmitter, an application, a data storage medium, a processor, a memory component, a personal communication device, software, and a mobile telephone.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

an ingestible event marker data source to at least one of generate at least a portion of the ingestible event marker data and transmit at least a portion of the ingestible event marker data.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the ingestible event marker data source is selected from a group consisting essentially of an ingestible event marker data source device, a product, an event, a patient specific parameter, an ingestible event marker data algorithm, and a storage repository.

15. The system of claim 1, further comprising at least one commercial system associated with at least one of the ingestible event marker data, the hub, and at least one of the ingestible event marker data systems.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the commercial system comprises at least one element selected from a group consisting essentially of a healthcare system, a pharmacy system, a pharmaceutic system, a university system, a financial transaction system, a physician system, a family caregiver system, a web community, a regulatory agency system, and a wholesaler/retailer system.

17. A method comprising:

receiving, via a hub, ingestible event marker data; and

communicating, via the hub, at least a portion of the ingestible event marker data to at least one ingestible event marker data system.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the ingestible event marker data comprises information about an ingestion event.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the ingestible event marker data comprises information about a response to an ingestion event.

20. The method of claim 17 in a form of a machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform the method of claim 17.

21. An article comprising:

a storage medium having instructions, that when executed by a computing platform, result in execution of a method communicating ingestible event marker data via an ingestible event marker framework, comprising;

receiving, via a hub, the ingestible event marker data; and

communicating, via the hub, at least a portion of the ingestible event marker data to at least one ingestible event marker data system.

22. The article of claim 21, wherein the ingestible event marker data comprises information about an ingestion event.

23. The article of claim 21, wherein the ingestible event marker data comprises information about a response to an ingestion event.

24. A system comprising:

a receive module to receive, via a hub, ingestible event marker data; and

a communicate module to communicate, via the hub, at least a portion of the ingestible event marker data to at least one ingestible event marker data system.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the ingestible event marker data comprises information about an ingestion event.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the ingestible event marker data comprises information about a response to an ingestion event.