Health monitoring system
DCFirst Claim
1. A portable personal health tracker comprising:
- a multiparametric physiological monitoring device which periodically and automatically measures and records from a subject a plurality of different physiological data pertinent to a plurality of different physiological systems;
a time base which tracks the time of recording of the physiological data;
a data storage unit in which the physiological data is stored with reference to the time base such as to provide a chronological health history of the subject;
a data logger which collects subjective data from the subject regarding the subject'"'"'s psychological condition and subjectively observed physiological condition; and
a data transmission device capable of connecting directly to a communication network to allow transmission of data to a destination site from points of access to the network that are remote to the destination site, wherein each of the components of the health tracker is part of a single, unified portable unit that may be used by an ambulatory patient.
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Abstract
A health monitoring system which tracks the state of health of a patient and compiles a chronological health history of the patient uses a multiparametric monitor which periodically and automatically measures and records a plurality of physiological data from sensors in contact with the patient'"'"'s body. The data collected is not specifically related to a particular medical condition but, instead, provides the information necessary to derive patterns which are characteristic of healthy patients as well as those who are ill. The data collected is periodically uploaded to a database in which it is stored along with similar health histories for other patients. The monitor is preferably self-contained in a chest strap which is located on the patient'"'"'s torso, and makes use of a controller which controls sampling of the desired data and storage of the data to a local memory device pending uploading to the database. The more voluminous data collected is reduced and compressed prior to storage in the local memory device. Preferably, much of the monitor circuitry is run intermittently to conserve power. The monitor data is supplemented with subjective data (such as psychological and environmental conditions) collected from the patient using a handheld data input device which runs a program to solicit information from the patient. The subjective data collected is chronologically aligned with the monitor data in the database such that the health history of a patient includes both objective and subjective medical data.
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48 Claims
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1. A portable personal health tracker comprising:
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a multiparametric physiological monitoring device which periodically and automatically measures and records from a subject a plurality of different physiological data pertinent to a plurality of different physiological systems; a time base which tracks the time of recording of the physiological data; a data storage unit in which the physiological data is stored with reference to the time base such as to provide a chronological health history of the subject; a data logger which collects subjective data from the subject regarding the subject'"'"'s psychological condition and subjectively observed physiological condition; and a data transmission device capable of connecting directly to a communication network to allow transmission of data to a destination site from points of access to the network that are remote to the destination site, wherein each of the components of the health tracker is part of a single, unified portable unit that may be used by an ambulatory patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of tracking a medical subject'"'"'s state of health, the method comprising:
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periodically and automatically measuring and recording a plurality of different physiological data from a subject with a portable, multiparametric physiological monitoring device, tracking the time of recording of the physiological data with a time base; storing the physiological data in a data storage unit with reference to the time base such as to provide a chronological health history of the subject; collecting subjective data from the subject with a subjective data logger, said data logger being a data input device which records data input thereto by the subject; connecting directly to a communication network with a data transmission device that allows transmission of collected data to a destination site from points of access to the network that are remote to the destination site; and locating all of the components of the health tracker together as a portable unit that may be used by an ambulatory patient. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A portable personal health tracker comprising:
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a data logger that collects and records subjective data from a subject regarding the subject'"'"'s psychological condition and subjectively observed physiological condition; a time base which tracks a time of recording of the data; a data storage unit in which the data is stored with reference to the time base such as to provide a chronological health history of the subject; and a data transmission device capable of connecting directly to a communication network to allow transmission of data to a destination site from points of access to the network that are remote to the destination site, wherein each of the components of the health tracker is part of a single, unified portable unit that may be used by an ambulatory patient. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A portable personal health tracker comprising:
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a multiparametric physiological monitoring device which periodically and automatically measures and records from a subject a plurality of different physiological data pertinent to a plurality of different physiological systems; a time base which tracks the time of recording of the physiological data; a data storage unit in which the physiological data is stored with reference to the time base such as to provide a chronological health history of the subject; and a data transmission device capable of connecting directly to a communication network to allow transmission of data to a destination site from points of access to the network that are remote to the destination site, wherein each of the components of the health tracker is part of a single, unified portable unit that may be used by an ambulatory patient. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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34. A personal health tracking system comprising:
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a portable unit having a data logger that collects and records subjective data from a subject regarding the subject'"'"'s psychological condition and subjectively observed physiological condition; a time base of the portable unit which tracks a time of recording of the data; a data storage location remote from the portable unit in which the data is stored with reference to the time base such as to provide a chronological history of the subject'"'"'s psychological condition; and a data transmission device of the portable unit that transmits data to the data storage location via a digital data network. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A personal personal health tracking system comprising:
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a portable unit having a data logger that collects and records subjective data from a subject regarding the subject'"'"'s psychological condition and subjectively observed physiological condition; a time base of the portable unit which tracks a time of recording of the data; a data storage location in which the data is stored with reference to the time base such as to provide a chronological history of the subject'"'"'s psychological condition; and a tactile input device of the portable unit on which the subject may write and the subject'"'"'s writing is detected, said tactile input device generating a digitized representation of the detected writing. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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