# US 10,368,810 B2 · Method and apparatus for monitoring a functional capacity of an individual

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- Number: US 10,368,810 B2
- Document ID: US10368810B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/278,212
- Filed: 2016-09-28
- Published: 2017-01-26
- Granted: 2019-08-06
- Earliest claimed: 2015-07-14
- Assignees: Welch Allyn, Inc.
- Applicants: Welch Allyn, Inc.
- Inventors: David E. Quinn; Kristen Stebbins; Craig M. Meyerson
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10368810B2

## CPC

- 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}
- A61B 3/14: Arrangements specially adapted for eye photography
- A61B 5/0022: {Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet}
- A61B 5/02055: {Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature}
- A61B 5/11: Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb {(A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721)}
- A61B 5/18: for vehicle drivers {or machine operators}
- A61B 5/4803: {Speech analysis specially adapted for diagnostic purposes}
- A61B 5/6801: {specially adapted to be attached to or worn on the body surface}
- A61B 5/7278: {Artificial waveform generation or derivation, e.g. synthesizing signals from measured signals}
- A61B 5/7282: {Event detection, e.g. detecting unique waveforms indicative of a medical condition (cough events A61B5/0823; seizures A61B5/4094; sleep apnoea A61B5/4818)}
- A61B 5/746: {Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms}
- G16H 40/67: for remote operation
- G16H 50/30: for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment
- A61B 5/01: Measuring temperature of body parts {; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue} (clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20)
- A61B 5/021: Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels
- A61B 5/024: Measuring pulse rate or heart rate
- A61B 5/0816: {Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency (measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00)}
- A61B 5/14542: {for measuring blood gases (A61B5/14551 takes precedence)}
- A61B 5/4266: {sweat secretion}
- A61B 5/7214: {using signal cancellation, e.g. based on input of two identical physiological sensors spaced apart, or based on two signals derived from the same sensor, for different optical wavelengths}
- A61B 2503/40: Animals
- A61B 2560/0266: for monitoring or limiting apparatus function
- A61B 2560/0276: Determining malfunction
- A61B 2562/08: Sensors provided with means for identification, e.g. barcodes or memory chips
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA

## Abstract

Described is a system for detecting a wearable device worn by a monitored individual, notifying a system of the detecting of the wearable device worn by the monitored individual, receiving provisioning information from the system, and provisioning the wearable device according to the provisioning information. The provisioning information can configure the wearable device to provide information associated with the monitored individual to a monitoring device to enable the monitoring device to provide healthcare services to the monitored individual.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method, comprising:
receiving, by a system including a processor, sensor data associated with a monitored individual;
determining, by the system, from the sensor data a biological trend of the monitored individual;
determining, by the system, that the biological trend is an adverse trend;
in response to determining that the biological trend is the adverse trend, causing, by the system, a device operated by the monitored individual to generate a prompt;
receiving, from at least one first sensor in communication with the system, a signal indicative of a response to the prompt;
detecting, based at least in part on the signal, an incapacity of the monitored individual;
generating, by the system, an alert indicating the incapacity of the monitored individual; and
sending the alert to the device to disable use of the device by the monitored individual.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein
the response is generated by the monitored individual.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor data comprises first sensor data generated by a first sensor and second sensor data generated by a second sensor, and wherein the determining comprises:
generating a comparative measurement according to the first sensor data and the second sensor data; and
determining the biological trend of the monitored individual according to the comparative measurement.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor data comprises behavioral data, and wherein the determining of the biological trend comprises:
detecting an adverse behavior according to the behavioral data; and
determining the biological trend of the monitored individual according to the adverse behavior.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, wherein the adverse behavior comprises lack of performance by the monitored individual of a first action associated with hygiene, lack of performance by the monitored individual of a second action associated with communicating with another person, or any combinations thereof.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, wherein the adverse behavior comprises a lack of performance by the monitored individual of an action over a range of time that exceeds a threshold.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein the adverse behavior comprises lack of performance by the monitored individual of a second action associated with a consumption of food, or lack of performance by the monitored individual of a third action associated with an exercise, or any combinations thereof.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor data comprises movement data, and wherein the determining of the biological trend comprises:
detecting an adverse movement of the monitored individual; and
determining the biological trend of the monitored individual according to the adverse movement of the monitored individual.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor data is associated with speech of the monitored individual, and wherein the determining of the biological trend comprises:
detecting an adverse speech condition from the sensor data; and
determining the biological trend of the monitored individual according to the adverse speech condition.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor data comprises images associated with one or more eyes of the monitored individual, and wherein the determining of the biological trend comprises:
detecting an adverse visual condition from the sensor data; and
determining the biological trend of the monitored individual according to the adverse visual condition.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor data is generated by at least one second sensor coupled to a body part of the monitored individual.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor data is generated by at least one second sensor coupled to the device operated by the monitored individual.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the device operated by the monitored individual comprises a vehicle.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising provisioning a wearable device, worn by the monitored individual, with information associated with the incapacity associated with the monitored individual.

### Claim 15

A system, comprising:
a system including a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
obtaining, from at least one first sensor, sensor data associated with a monitored individual;
determining from the sensor data a biological trend of the monitored individual;
determining that the biological trend is an adverse trend;
in response to determining that the biological trend is the adverse trend, causing a device operated by the monitored individual to output a prompt;
receiving, from at least one second sensor in communication with the system, a signal indicative of a response to the prompt;
detecting, based at least in part on the signal, an inability of the monitored individual to perform a functional state to achieve a target health profile;
in response to detecting the inability, generating an alert; and
sending the alert to the device to disable use of the device by the monitored individual.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The system of claim 15, wherein the functional state comprises a state of nutrition, a state of physical ability, or any combinations thereof.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more sensors are coupled to a body part of the monitored individual, the device operated by the monitored individual, or a combination thereof.

### Claim 18

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
determining from sensor data a biological trend of a monitored individual;
determining that the biological trend is an adverse trend;
in response to determining that the biological trend is the adverse trend, causing a device operated by the monitored individual to output a prompt;
receiving, from at least one first sensor in communication with the system, a signal indicative of a response to the prompt;
detecting, based at least in part on the signal, an ineffectiveness of the monitored individual to achieve a target health profile;
in response to detecting the ineffectiveness, generating an alert; and
sending the alert to the device to disable use of the device by the monitored individual.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the target health profile comprises a cognitive profile, a cleanliness profile, a nutrition profile, a physical skill profile, a communicability profile, or any combinations thereof.

### Claim 20 (depends on 18)

The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the performance of operations further comprises obtaining the sensor data from at least one second sensor coupled to a body part of the monitored individual, the device operated by the monitored individual, or a combination thereof.