SYSTEM TO ASSESS PATIENT FUNCTION

• US 20170235921A1
• Filed: 02/13/2017
• Published: 08/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Modus Health LLC
• Original Assignee: Modus Health LLC
• Inventors: COLEMAN BOONE, Kim Lisa, BOONE, David Alan
• Granted Patent: US 10,733,269 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A pedometer that records the number of steps over a defined period of time and a moment sensor that records the moments experienced by a prosthesis are used in a networked computer environment to assess the functional activity level and instability of a user. The networked environment may include a user computer and a server computer in communication through the Internet. Both the user computer and the server computer include a functional assessment tool and a stability assessment tool. The tools on the user computer and server computer cooperate in assessing the activity level and the instability of a user. The server computer may further host a Website and a secure online database that provides support to the user including the managing of users and their medical records.

Claims

1. A system for assessing an activity level of a user, comprising:

a sensor configured to determine a metric of the user;

a memory configured to store the metric of the user;

a processor coupled to a server, wherein the processor is configured to adjust the sensor to determine the metric of the user, and configured to receive from the memory the stored metric of the user;

the server being in communication with the processor, and the server being configured to;

receive the metric from the processor; and

process the metric to provide a value determinative of a functional ability of a user, wherein the value of the functional ability of the user is an average derived from at least two values obtained from a group consisting of;

a value representing cadence variability, a value representing potential movement of the user, a value representing a movement threshold, and a value representing a clinical observation of the user.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the server hosts a Website that provides at least one selected from a group consisting of a service for determining the value of the functional ability level of the user, a client manager tool, and an online database.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the server comprises a remote functional assessment tool.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the server determines, based on the metric, the value representing the cadence variability as a variance in an amount of time that the user spends at a plurality of levels of a step rate in a defined period of time.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the server determines, based on the metric, the value representing the potential movement of the user as a number of steps taken by the user in a defined period of time.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the server determines, based on the metric, the value representing the movement threshold as a maximum number of steps taken by the user in a defined period of time.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a docking station configured to couple the processor with the sensor, wherein the docking station communicates with the sensor.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the functional ability value is usable to determine a prescription of components for a prosthesis.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the determination of the value representing the cadence variability or the value representing the potential movement of the user includes a comparison of the metric for a sample of users.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the metric is at least one selected from a group consisting of step tracking, step activity, step rate, time activity, and time tracking.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the server receives the metric from the processor via a wireless connection.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is cloud computing.