Method and system for ischemic pre-conditioning using exercise
AssigneeFOURTH FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES, Pvt. Ltd.
InventorsManav Bhushan, Sandeep Sibal
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Abstract
The various embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for a fully mobile, non-invasive, continuous system for monitoring the cardiovascular and musculoskeletal health of an individual during exercise, and for administering a protocol for ischemic pre-conditioning. The system includes a wearable devices affixed on the user with a chest strap, coupled with an application running on a computing device (smartphone/smartwatch), which performs various computations on the wearable device, and allows the user to get real time alerts during exercise, by way of vibrations or audio messages or notifications on the gateway device, to guide them through a protocol for ischemic pre-conditioning.
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A wearable device configured to be affixed to a body of a user for ischemic pre-conditioning (IPC) of the user, the wearable device comprising:
- a plurality of physiological sensors, including an ECG sensor and at least one of a skin impedance sensor;
- a PPG sensor;
- an accelerometer;
- and a temperature sensor;
- a vibration motor;
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- a computing device configured to record data from any subset of the sensors, said computing device further configured to execute an IPC protocol, the IPC protocol comprising computer-readable instructions to repeatedly:
- determine one or more cardiac health parameters from the plurality of physiological sensors in substantially real-time, including a value of ST-depression for a predetermined time period of an ECG signal,
- access first or second thresholds of the one or more cardiac health parameters, including at least ST-depression, which respectively define lower and upper limits of cardiac strain for the user during IPC,
- compare, in substantially real-time, one or more respective real-time cardiac health parameters, including at least ST-depression, to respective first or second thresholds, and
- generate an alert signal based on the comparison of the real-time cardiac health parameters to the first or second thresholds, wherein the computing device is operable to activate the vibration motor based upon the generated alert signal to provide a tactile output corresponding to an increase, a maintaining, or a decrease of an exercise level, so as to guide the user through IPC based on cardiac strain at varying exercise levels.
A system for monitoring the health of a human user in a mobile setting, the system comprising:
- one or more PCBs including an ECG sensor;
- a computing device configured to record data from the ECG sensor, flash memory, and a wireless communication module operable to communicate wirelessly with a gateway device;
- the one or more PCBs being affixed to a chest strap or clothing so as to maintain the one or more PCBs near the user's chest;
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- the one or more PCBs or gateway device further including one or more of a vibration motor for tactile outputs, a speaker or headphone interface for auditory outputs, and a display or one or more LEDs for visual outputs;
- wherein the system is operable to, by the computing device or gateway device, execute computer-readable instructions of an IPC protocol, the IPC protocol operable to repeatedly:
- process ECG signals in substantially real-time to calculate a value of ST-depression for a predetermined time period of an ECG signal,
- access, from the flash memory or gateway device, first or second thresholds of ST-depression respectively defining the lower and upper limits of cardiac strain for the user during IPC,
- compare the real-time value of ST-depression to the first or second thresholds, and
- generate an alert signal based on the comparison of the real-time value of ST-depression to the first or second thresholds, wherein the computing device is operable to produce a tactile, auditory, and/or visual output, based upon the generated alert signal, corresponding to an increase, a maintaining, or a decrease of an exercise level, so as to guide the user through IPC based on cardiac strain at varying exercise levels.
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