# US 11,896,874 B1 · Physical rehabilitation method, controller, and system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,896,874 B1 - Document ID: US11896874B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 18/315,653 - Filed: 2023-05-11 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2022-12-07 - Assignees: Telesair, Inc. - Applicants: Telesair, Inc. - Inventors: Qing Wang; Yong Liu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11896874B1 ## CPC - A61M 16/024: {including calculation means, e.g. using a processor} - A63B 24/0075: {Means for generating exercise programmes or schemes, e.g. computerized virtual trainer, e.g. using expert databases} - A63B 71/0622: {Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user} - G16H 20/30: relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising - G16H 40/63: for local operation - G16H 40/67: for remote operation - G16H 50/30: for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment - A61M 16/101: {using an oxygen concentrator} - A61M 2016/0039: {in the inspiratory circuit} - A61M 2016/1025: {the O2 concentration} - A61M 2205/056: with active exercise - A61M 2205/18: with alarm - A61M 2205/505: Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches - A61M 2205/6009: for matching patient with his treatment, e.g. to improve transfusion security - A61M 2205/609: Biometric patient identification means - A61M 2230/06: Heartbeat rate only - A61M 2230/205: partial oxygen pressure (P-O2) - A63B 2024/0068: {Comparison to target or threshold, previous performance or not real time comparison to other individuals} - A63B 2071/0625: {Emitting sound, noise or music} - A63B 2213/005: with respiratory gas delivering means, e.g. O2 - A63B 2220/807: Photo cameras - A63B 2225/20: with means for remote communication, e.g. internet or the like - A63B 2230/065: within a certain range - A63B 2230/207: P-O2, i.e. partial O2 value - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA ## Abstract A method for assisting a patient in physical rehabilitation, the method being executed by a controller, and the controller being configurable with at least one physical rehabilitation strategy and being communicatively connected with a respiratory device and an exercise device. The method includes controlling at least one of a device setting of the respiratory device and a device setting of the exercise device, based on a target physical rehabilitation strategy among the at least one physical rehabilitation strategy. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for assisting a patient in physical rehabilitation, wherein the method is executed by a controller configurable with at least one physical rehabilitation strategy, the controller is communicatively connected with a respiratory device, and the method comprises: controlling, based on a target physical rehabilitation strategy among the at least one physical rehabilitation strategy, a device setting of the respiratory device; and outputting a reminder signal at a start time of the physical rehabilitation, wherein the start time is comprised in the target physical rehabilitation strategy, and the reminder signal is used to remind the patient that it is time for physical rehabilitation. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: receiving a physiological parameter of the patient transmitted by at least one measurement device associated with the patient; and adjusting, based on the physiological parameter and the target physical rehabilitation strategy, the device setting of the respiratory device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the physiological parameter comprises a heart rate of the patient; the adjusting, based on the physiological parameter and the target physical rehabilitation strategy, the device setting of the respiratory device comprises: determining whether the heart rate of the patient exceeds an upper limit of a target heart rate range comprised in the target physical rehabilitation strategy; and when the heart rate of the patient exceeds the upper limit of the target heart rate range, modifying the device setting of the respiratory device to increase supplemental oxygen output by the respiratory device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the physiological parameter comprises SpO2 of the patient; the adjusting, based on the physiological parameter and the target physical rehabilitation strategy, the device setting of the respiratory device comprises: determining whether a value of the SpO2 is lower than a first preset threshold comprised in the target physical rehabilitation strategy; and when the value of the SpO2 is lower than the first preset threshold, modifying the device setting of the respiratory device to increase supplemental oxygen output by the respiratory device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein when the value of the SpO2 is lower than the first preset threshold, the method further comprises: determining whether the value of the SpO2 is lower than a second preset threshold comprised in the target physical rehabilitation strategy, wherein the second preset threshold is lower than the first preset threshold; and outputting an alarm signal in a case that the SpO2 of the patient is lower than the second preset threshold. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further communicatively connected with an exercise device, and the method comprises: controlling, based on the target physical rehabilitation strategy among the at least one physical rehabilitation strategy, at least one of the device setting of the respiratory device and a device setting of the exercise device, comprising: determining whether the device setting of the respiratory device exceeds a third preset threshold, wherein the third preset threshold is comprised in the target physical rehabilitation strategy; and modifying the device setting of the exercise device to reduce an exercise intensity of the patient, in a case that the device setting of the respiratory device exceeds the third preset threshold. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: setting the target physical rehabilitation strategy based on at least one input of a user, wherein the at least one input corresponds to a rehabilitation decision determined by the user. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein before the setting the target physical rehabilitation strategy based on at least one input of a user, the method further comprises: receiving authentication information input by the user; and determining, according to the authentication information, whether the user has an authority for accessing the at least one physical rehabilitation strategy. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further communicatively connected with an exercise device, and the method comprises: receiving a stop instruction, wherein the stop instruction is input by the patient by pressing a stop button on the controller, or the stop instruction is transmitted by the user through a remote terminal; and controlling the exercise device to stop running. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, further comprising: outputting an exercise guidance for the physical rehabilitation through at least one of a display screen and a speaker, wherein the display and the speaker are communicatively connected with the controller, and the exercise guidance is comprised in the target physical rehabilitation strategy and is used to provide a guidance for exercise to the patient. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: receiving an image of the patient from a camera communicatively connected with the controller and disposed in front of the patient; and transmitting the image of the patient to a remote terminal. ### Claim 12 A controller configurable with at least one physical rehabilitation strategy and communicatively connected with a respiratory device, the controller comprising: at least one processor; and a memory communicatively connected with the at least one processor; wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the at least one processor, and the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: control a device setting of the respiratory device, based on a target physical rehabilitation strategy among the at least one physical rehabilitation strategy; and output a reminder signal at a start time of the physical rehabilitation, wherein the start time is comprised in the target physical rehabilitation strategy, and the reminder signal is used to remind the patient that it is time for physical rehabilitation. ### Claim 13 A system for assisting a patient in physical rehabilitation, comprising a controller configurable with at least one physical rehabilitation strategy and communicatively connected with a respiratory device; wherein the controller comprises at least one processor, and a memory communicatively connected with the at least one processor, the memory stores instructions executable by the at least one processor, and the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: control a device setting of the respiratory device, based on a target physical rehabilitation strategy among the at least one physical rehabilitation strategy; and output a reminder signal at a start time of the physical rehabilitation, wherein the start time is comprised in the target physical rehabilitation strategy, and the reminder signal is used to remind the patient that it is time for physical rehabilitation. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system according to claim 13, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: receive a physiological parameter of the patient transmitted by at least one measurement device associated with the patient; and adjust, based on the physiological parameter and the target physical rehabilitation strategy, the device setting of the respiratory device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The system according to claim 13, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: set the target physical rehabilitation strategy based on at least one input of a user, wherein the at least one input corresponds to a rehabilitation decision determined by the user. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system according to claim 15, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: receive authentication information input by the user; and determine, according to the authentication information, whether the user has an authority for accessing the at least one physical rehabilitation strategy. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The system according to claim 13, further comprising an exercise device, a display screen and a speaker, wherein the exercise device, the display screen and the speaker are communicatively connected with the controller; wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: output an exercise guidance for the physical rehabilitation through at least one of the display screen and the speaker, wherein the exercise guidance is comprised in the target physical rehabilitation strategy and is used to provide a guidance for exercise to the patient. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The system according to claim 13, further comprising a camera communicatively connected with the controller and disposed in front of the patient; wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: receive an image of the patient from the camera; and transmit the image of the patient to a remote terminal.