Systems and methods for quantification of, and prediction of smoking behavior
AssigneeCarrot, Inc.
InventorsDavid S. Utley, Allen Jameson, Jennifer Marler
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Abstract
Systems and methods for monitoring of biometric and contextual variables to assist in screening for, quantification of, and prediction of smoking behavior, and for assisting in smoking cessation are described.
Claims23
A method of preparing a program to cease smoking for a patient who smokes, the method comprising:
- measuring at least one biological indicator determinative of whether the patient smoked;
- capturing a plurality of patient data, where the patient data comprises information correlated in time to when the patient smoked;
- combining at least one of the plurality of patient data and at least one biological indicator to assess a smoking behavior of the patient during a first testing period, where the first testing period occurs while the patient is smoking as usual prior to a quit attempt;
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- integrating the smoking behavior into a quit program;
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- providing a report of the quit program.
The method of 1, where measuring at least one biological indicator comprises capturing a plurality of samples of exhaled air from the patient over the first testing period.
The method of 1, where assessing the smoking behavior comprises correlating a function of exhaled carbon monoxide versus time over a period of time.
The method of 3, further comprising obtaining an area of exhaled carbon monoxide and time under a curve defined by the function over the first testing period.
The method of 1, where capturing the plurality of patient data further comprising alerting the patient on a repeating basis to provide the sample of exhaled air over the first testing period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.