# US 11,992,288 B2 · Systems and methods for quantification of, and prediction of smoking behavior

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- Number: US 11,992,288 B2
- Document ID: US11992288B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/650,750
- Filed: 2022-02-11
- Published: 2022-07-28
- Granted: 2024-05-28
- Earliest claimed: 2017-10-10
- Assignees: Pivot Health Technologies Inc.
- Applicants: Carrot, Inc.
- Inventors: David S. Utley; Allen Jameson; Jennifer Marler
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11992288B2

## CPC

- A61B 5/0022: {Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet}
- A61B 5/02405: {Determining heart rate variability}
- A61B 5/02438: {with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient}
- A61B 5/082: {Evaluation by breath analysis, e.g. determination of the chemical composition of exhaled breath (A61B5/083, A61B5/091 take precedence)}
- A61B 5/4836: {Diagnosis combined with treatment in closed-loop systems or methods (A61B5/0036 takes precedence)}
- A61B 5/4839: {combined with drug delivery}
- A61B 5/6833: {Adhesive patches}
- A61B 5/7242: {using integration}
- 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}
- G16H 40/67: for remote operation
- A61B 5/0205: Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
- A61B 5/021: Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels
- A61B 5/024: Measuring pulse rate or heart rate
- A61B 5/0533: Measuring galvanic skin response
- A61B 5/0816: {Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency (measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00)}
- A61B 5/0833: {Measuring rate of oxygen consumption}
- 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 5/1112: {Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS}
- A61B 5/14542: {for measuring blood gases (A61B5/14551 takes precedence)}
- A61B 5/14551: {for measuring blood gases}
- A61B 5/335: using integrated circuit memory devices
- 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

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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method identifying a smoking behavior of an individual, the method comprising:
electronically displaying a reward associated with a unique behavioral data of the individual;
recording a plurality of behavioral data from the individual;
obtaining a plurality of biologic data from the individual;
quantifying a smoking exposure of the individual using the plurality of biologic data;
compiling a behavior summary, where the behavior summary includes a combination of at least one of the plurality of behavioral data and the smoking exposure and providing the reward to the individual if the plurality of behavioral data from the individual includes the unique behavioral data; and
visually displaying at least a portion of the behavior summary to the individual to inform the individual about the smoking behavior.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein visually displaying at least the portion of the behavior summary comprises displaying a trend of the plurality of behavioral data or a trend of the smoking behavior.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, where obtaining the plurality of behavioral data from the individual comprises tracking a number of cigarettes smoked by the individual.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, where obtaining the plurality of behavioral data from the individual further comprises obtaining a geographic location of the individual during a smoking event.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, where compiling the behavior summary includes determining a time between cigarettes smoked.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, where compiling the behavior summary includes estimating a cost of cigarettes smoked.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, visually displaying at least the portion of the behavior summary comprises displaying a running total of the plurality of biologic data.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 further comprising graphically displaying an informational smoking-related subject matter.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, where displaying the informational smoking-related subject matter occurs during a first program phase.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, where displaying the informational smoking-related subject matter repeats each day during the first program phase.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising facilitating interactive communication between a counselor and the individual.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, where the counselor is provided with access to the behavior summary.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising providing interactive activities to engage the individual.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, where providing interactive activities comprises obtaining a plurality of responses to a plurality of solicitations related to the smoking behavior of the individual.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The method of claim 14, further comprising compiling an individual's story and displaying the individual's story, where the individual's story comprises the plurality of responses in association with the plurality of biologic data.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein compiling the behavior summary occurs over at least a first time span.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The method of claim 16, where the first time span comprises a first program phase, and further displaying a plurality of smoking cessation skills in a second program phase after the first program phase.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The method of claim 17, further comprising a third program phase after the second program phase, where the third program phase displays informational subject matter to prepare the individual to quit smoking.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The method of claim 18, further comprising a fourth program phase after the third program phase, where a fourth program provides support to the individual during smoking cessation where the support includes facilitating interactive communication with a counselor, facilitating a peer support interactive communication, displaying informational subject matter to support smoking cessation, or a combination thereof.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The method of claim 19, further comprising a fifth program phase after the fourth program phase, where the fifth program phase displays informational subject matter focused on preventing relapse of the smoking behavior.

### Claim 21 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, where obtaining the plurality of biologic data comprises obtaining a plurality of samples of exhaled air from the individual over a period of time and recording a collection time associated with each sample of exhaled air;
measuring an amount of exhaled carbon monoxide for each of the plurality of samples of exhaled air;
compiling a dataset comprising the amount of exhaled carbon monoxide and the collection time for each sample of exhaled air from the plurality of samples of exhaled air;
identifying an exposure of exhaled carbon monoxide over an interval of time within the period of time and assigning an exhaled carbon monoxide load to the interval of time using the dataset;
and displaying the exhaled carbon monoxide load.

### Claim 22 (depends on 21)

The method of claim 21, where obtaining the plurality of samples of exhaled air from the individual over the period of time and recording the collection time of each sample of exhaled air comprises sequentially obtaining the plurality of samples of exhaled air.

### Claim 23 (depends on 21)

The method of claim 21, where identifying the exposure of exhaled carbon monoxide comprises correlating a function of exhaled carbon monoxide versus time.

### Claim 24 (depends on 23)

The method of claim 23, further comprising obtaining an area of exhaled carbon monoxide and time under a curve defined by the function over the interval of time.

### Claim 25 (depends on 21)

The method of claim 21, further comprising generating a signal to the individual to provide at least one sample of exhaled air.

### Claim 26 (depends on 21)

The method of claim 21, further comprising alerting the individual on a repeating basis to provide the plurality of samples of exhaled air over the period of time.

### Claim 27 (depends on 21)

The method of claim 21, further comprising receiving an input data from the individual and recording a time of the input data.

### Claim 28 (depends on 27)

The method of claim 27, where the input data comprises a behavioral information of the individual.

### Claim 29 (depends on 21)

The method of claim 21, where measuring the amount of exhaled carbon monoxide comprises using a portable sensor.

### Claim 30 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising integrating the behavior summary into a program where the individual is prompted to use a nicotine replacement, where the nicotine replacement is provided from a non-smoke generating product, and providing the program to the individual via an electronic interface.