Emergency Medical Diagnosis and Communications Device

• US 20110014954A1
• Filed: 01/07/2010
• Published: 01/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Clifford H. Kraft, Lady C. Dy, Vasilios Demetriou Dossas
• Original Assignee: Clifford H. Kraft, Lady C. Dy, Vasilios Demetriou Dossas
• Inventors: Dossas, Vasilios D., Dy, Lady C., Kraft, Clifford
• Application Number:
  US12/683,912
• Publication Number:
  US 20110014954A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse, heart rate, blood pressure or blood flow; Combined pulse/heart-rate/blood pressure determination; Evaluating a cardiovascular condition not otherwise provided for, e.g. using combinations of techniques provided for in this group with electrocardiography or electroauscultation; Heart catheters for measuring blood pressure
• 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 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0531 Measuring skin impedance
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0537 Measuring body composition by impedance, e.g. tissue hydration or fat content
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14539 for measuring pH
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14542 for measuring blood gases A61B5/14551 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14546 for measuring analytes not otherwise provided for, e.g. ions, cytochromes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150022 for capillary blood or interstitial fluid
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150221 Valves
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150229 Pumps for assisting the blood sampling
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150251 Collection chamber divided into at least two compartments, e.g. for division of samples injection syringes having more than one chamber A61M5/19; syringes for injection of two or more media A61M5/2448, A61M5/284; sample preparation for further analysis A61B5/150755
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150328 by aseptic fluid
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150358 Strips for collecting blood, e.g. absorbent optical reagent test strips G01N21/8483; chemical reagent test strips G01N33/4875, G01N33/52
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150389 : Hollow piercing elements, e.g. canulas, needles, for piercing the skin
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150503 : Single-ended needles hollow piercing element tip design A61B5/150396, needle sets for catheters A61M25/06, needles for bringing media into the body A61M5/32
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150748 : Having means for aiding positioning of the piercing device at a location where the body is to be pierced means for aiding positioning of devices for bringing media into the body A61M5/427, locating blood vessels A61B5/489
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150763 : with identification means identification means for surgical instruments A61B90/90
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150854 : long distance, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/151 : Devices specially adapted for taking samples of capillary blood, e.g. by lancets , needles or blades
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15125 : comprising a vacuum or compressed fluids
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1519 : comprising driving means, e.g. a spring, for propelling the piercing unit
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/157 : Devices characterised by integrated means for measuring characteristics of blood
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 : Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/415 : the glands, e.g. tonsils, adenoids or thymus
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/418 : lymph vessels, ducts or nodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/443 : Evaluating skin constituents, e.g. elastin, melanin, water
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 : Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7264 : Classification of physiological signals or data, e.g. using neural networks, statistical classifiers, expert systems or fuzzy systems neural networks per se G06N3/00; expert systems per se G06N5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/741 : using synthesised speech
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/749 : Voice-controlled interfaces

Abstract

A portable emergency medical device capable of communicating with a remote location preferably as a cellular telephone that can measure one or more human vital parameters such as pulse rate, body temperature, skin moisture, blood pressure, ECG or blood chemistry and can receive symptoms from a user either by voice recognition or by keypad and can provide an expert medical diagnosis. The device can store a complete medical history for one or more users and can use an expert system to make the diagnosis. The device can make an emergency medical call either on command or automatically requesting help and optionally supplying medical information and/or GPS location information.

Claims

1. A cellular telephone comprising:

a housing;

a radio antenna attached to said housing;

a microphone and earphone or speaker mounted on said housing;

a GPS receiver in said housing;

a cellular telephone electrical module contained in said housing in electrical communication with said radio antenna, said GPS receiver and said microphone and earphone or speaker, said cellular telephone electrical module adapted to communicate over a cellular telephone network by placing voice calls or data calls;

a processor in said housing;

a display on said housing;

a keypad on said housing;

a medical expert system run-able on said processor, said medical expert system adapted to read keyed-in data from said keypad and write graphical or text data upon said display;

a blood pressure sensor in or deployable from said housing;

a pulse rate sensor in or deployable from said housing;

a body temperature sensor in or deployable from said housing;

an ECG interface in or deployable from said housing;

a memory in said housing containing one or more particular individuals'"'"' medical history;

a blood analysis module in said housing, said blood analysis module in fluid communication with a blood drawing module;

said processor adapted to control said blood pressure sensor, said pulse rate sensor, said body temperature sensor, said ECG interface, said blood analysis module, said memory and said blood drawing module;

wherein said expert system accepts notice from a user of a possible emergency medical condition, and if said user is an individual with a medical history stored in said memory, accesses said user'"'"'s medical history;

and wherein, said processor activates at least one of;

the blood pressure sensor, the pulse rate sensor, the body temperature sensor or the ECG interface, the blood drawing module in order to measure a human medical parameter, said processor reporting said human medical parameter to said expert system;

and wherein said expert system communicates a diagnosis to said user via at least said display along with particular instructions;

and wherein said processor causes said cellular telephone module to place a cellular telephone call if said user fails to respond to said particular instructions, said cellular telephone module also reporting location data of said cellular telephone obtained by said processor from said GPS.

2. The cellular telephone of claim 1 further comprising a voice synthesis module.

3. The cellular telephone of claim 1 further comprising a voice recognition module.

4. The cellular telephone of claim 1 wherein said blood drawing module contains a lance and wash station.

5. The cellular telephone of claim 1 wherein said blood analysis module contains a plurality of capillary reaction chambers.

6. The cellular telephone of claim 1 further comprising a finger insert that includes pulse rate sensor and said body temperature sensor.

7. The cellular telephone of claim 1 further comprising an ECG analysis program.

8. A cellular telephone comprising:

a housing;

a radio antenna attached to said housing;

a microphone and earphone or speaker mounted on said housing;

a cellular telephone radio communications module contained in said housing in electrical communication with said radio antenna and said microphone and earphone or speaker, said cellular telephone electrical module adapted to communicate over a cellular telephone network by placing voice calls or data calls;

a processor in said housing;

a display on said housing;

a keypad on said housing;

a medical expert system program executable on said processor, said medical expert system adapted to read keyed-in data from said keypad and write graphical or text data upon said display;

a blood pressure sensor in or deployable from said housing;

a pulse rate sensor in or deployable from said housing;

a body temperature sensor in or deployable from said housing;

an ECG interface in or deployable from said housing;

a memory in said housing adapted to contain one or more particular individuals'"'"' medical history;

said processor adapted to control said blood pressure sensor, said pulse rate sensor, said body temperature sensor, said ECG interface and said memory;

wherein said expert system accepts notice from a user of a possible emergency medical condition, and if said user is an individual with a medical history stored in said memory, accesses said user'"'"'s medical history;

and wherein, said processor activates at least one of;

the blood pressure sensor, the pulse rate sensor, the body temperature sensor or the ECG interface in order to measure a human medical parameter, said processor reporting said human medical parameter to said expert system;

and wherein said expert system communicates a diagnosis to said user via at least said display along with particular instructions;

and wherein said processor causes said cellular telephone module to place a cellular telephone call if said user fails to respond to particular instructions.

9. The cellular telephone of claim 8 further comprising a blood drawing module and a blood analysis module.

10. The cellular telephone of claim 9 wherein said blood drawing module contains a lance and wash station.

11. The cellular telephone of claim 9 wherein said blood analysis module contains a plurality of capillary reaction chambers.

12. The cellular telephone of claim 8 further comprising a GPS receiver electrically coupled to said processor.

13. The cellular telephone of claim 12 wherein, when said processor causes said cellular telephone module to place a cellular telephone call if said user fails to respond to said particular instructions, said cellular telephone module also reporting location data of said cellular telephone obtained by said processor from said GPS.

14. The cellular telephone of claim 8 further comprising a finger insert that includes pulse rate sensor and said body temperature sensor.

15. The cellular telephone of claim 8 further comprising an ECG analysis program.

16. A cellular telephone with emergency medical diagnosis comprising a cellular telephone module in a housing, said cellular telephone module adapted to make and receive cellular telephone calls;

a medical expert system program stored in a memory in said cellular telephone and executable on a processor in said cellular telephone, said expert system interactively receiving symptoms from a user via a keypad on said cellular telephone, said expert system giving specific instructions to the user based upon said symptoms, said cellular telephone placing a cellular telephone call based on some or all of said symptoms.

17. The cellular telephone of claim 16 further comprising a GPS electrically coupled to said processor, said cellular telephone also reporting GPS location information with said cellular telephone call.