ENVIRONMENTAL AND PATIENT MONITOR FOR PROVIDING ACTIVITY RECOMMENDATIONS

• US 20140142456A1
• Filed: 04/29/2013
• Published: 05/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Control A Plus LLC
• Original Assignee: Control A Plus LLC
• Inventors: Fischer, Matthew Eric, DiMarco, Anthony, Kirk, Daniel Nicholas, Kuppusamy, Rajakumaran, Rogers, Jacqueline Nicole, Swift, Jesse Scott
• Application Number:
  US13/873,077
• Publication Number:
  US 20140142456A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/538
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0871 Peak expiratory flowmeters
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/091 Measuring volume of inspired or expired gases, e.g. to determine lung capacity
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7275 Determining trends in physiological measurement data; Predicting development of a medical condition based on physiological measurements, e.g. determining a risk factor
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

A patient manager provides activity recommendations to a patient based on monitored data. The patient manager monitors personal, environmental, and external data to identify baseline and personal best thresholds to determine appropriate activity recommendations for a patient that is trying to manage a disease such as asthma. A personal monitor measures a peak flow rate by having the patient blow through the personal monitor. An environmental monitor measures ambient conditions in a room and communicates the conditions with the patient manager. The patient manager also pulls in third-party regional weather information, and generates activity recommendations based on the personal, environmental, and regional information.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving lung capacity information of a patient;

receiving environmental condition information for an inside area proximal to the patient; and

presenting, via a processor, an activity recommendation to the patient based on a comparison of the lung capacity information and the environmental condition information with baseline conditions.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving environmental condition information for an outside region proximal to the patient.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising generating a risk score based on the lung capacity information, and the environmental condition information for the inside area and the outside area.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising comparing the risk score with a baseline risk score and generating a percent change value, and further determining if the percent change value exceeds an acceptable threshold value.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the acceptable threshold value is selected according to a patient profile.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising notifying a caretaker when the percent change value exceeds the acceptable threshold value.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the lung capacity information comprises a volume of air inspired and expired by lungs of the patient, and wherein the method further comprises updating a maximum volume of air value when the patient increases the volume of air.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the percent change value is based on the baseline conditions and the maximum volume of air value.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform a method comprising:

receiving lung capacity information of a patient;

receiving environmental condition information for an inside area proximal to the patient; and

presenting an activity recommendation to the patient based on a comparison of the lung capacity information and the environmental condition information with baseline conditions.

10. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises receiving environmental condition information for an outside region proximal to the patient.

11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises generating a risk score based on the lung capacity information, and the environmental condition information for the inside area and the outside area.

12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises comparing the risk score with a baseline risk score and generating a percent change value, and further determining if the percent change value exceeds an acceptable threshold value.

13. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the acceptable threshold value is selected according to a patient profile.

14. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises notifying a caretaker when the percent change value exceeds the acceptable threshold value.

15. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the lung capacity information comprises a volume of air inspired and expired by lungs of the patient, and wherein the method further comprises updating a maximum volume of air value when the patient increases the volume of air.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the percent change value is based on the baseline conditions and the maximum volume of air value.

17. A computing apparatus comprising:

a memory to store instructions for providing a patient manager; and

a computing device, coupled to the memory, wherein the computing device is configured to;

receive lung capacity information of a patient;

receive environmental condition information for an inside area proximal to the patient; and

present, via a processor, an activity recommendation to the patient based on a comparison of the lung capacity information and the environmental condition information with baseline conditions.

18. The computing apparatus of claim 17, wherein the computing device is further configured to receive environmental condition information for an outside region proximal to the patient.

19. The computing apparatus of claim 18, wherein the computing device is further configured to generate a risk score based on the lung capacity information, and the environmental condition information for the inside area and the outside area.

20. The computing apparatus of claim 19, wherein the computing device is further configured to compare the risk score with a baseline risk score and generating a percent change value, and further determining if the percent change value exceeds an acceptable threshold value.