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US 12,702,319 B2Granted
Multi-sensor device for monitoring health
AssigneeAnalog Devices, Inc.
InventorsVenugopal Gopinathan, James Doscher, Tony J. Akl
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods for non-invasively detecting and monitoring medical conditions using multiple modalities of sensing include at least two electrodes configured to be positioned on a subject, an acoustic sensor configured to be positioned on a subject, a thoracic impedance measurement module connected to the electrodes, for measuring a first impedance between the electrodes, and a heart acoustic measurement module connected to the acoustic sensor, for detecting and measuring a heart sound from the acoustic sensor.
Claims19
A device for non-invasively detecting and monitoring medical conditions, comprising:
- a first electrode pair configured to he positioned on a subject and further configured to measure a disturbance along a first vector;
- a second electrode pair configured to be positioned on the subject and further configured to measure a disturbance along a second vector;
- a sensor configured to be positioned on a torso of the subject and further configured to detect a change in an orientation of the device, the orientation of the device indicating an orientation of the torso of the subject;
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- a thoracic impedance measurement module coupled to the first electrode pair and the second electrode pair, wherein the thoracic impedance measurement module is configured to:
- adjust a first frequency of a first current for performance of a first set of impedance measurements and a second frequency of a second current for performance of each impedance measurement of a second set of impedance measurements to scan varying depths of the subject,
- determine the first set of impedance measurements at a first depth of the subject along the first vector and along the second vector when the device is in a first orientation, and
- determine the second set of impedance measurements at a second depth of the subject along the first vector and along the second vector in response to detecting that the orientation of the device has changed from the first orientation to a second orientation,
- wherein physiologic information for the subject is determined based on a change between the first set of impedance measurements and the second set of impedance measurements.
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A system for non-invasively detecting and monitoring medical conditions, comprising:
- a sensor configured to be positioned on a torso of a subject and further configured to detect a change in an orientation of the sensor, the orientation of the sensor indicating an orientation of the torso of the subject;
- a thoracic impedance measurement module configured to:
- adjust a first frequency of a first current for performance of a first measurement of a first impedance and a second frequency of a second current for performance of a second measurement of a second impedance to scan varying depths of the subject;
- determine the first impedance at a first depth along a first vector from a first force electrode configured to be positioned on the subject to a first sense electrode configured to be positioned on the subject;
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- determine the second impedance at a second depth along a second vector from a second force electrode configured to be positioned on the subject to a second sense electrode configured to be positioned on the subject;
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- a data analyzer coupled to the thoracic impedance measurement module and the sensor, the data analyzer configured to perfbrrn data analysis, data trending, or data reduction with the first impedance along the first vector and the second impedance along the second vector, wherein the first impedance and the second impedance are measured when the sensor detects that the sensor is in a first orientation, and a third impedance along the first vector and a fourth impedance along the second vector, wherein the third impedance and the fourth impedance are measured in response to detecting that the orientation of the sensor has changed from a first orientation to a second orientation.
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A method for non-invasively detecting and monitoring medical conditions, comprising:
- determining, by a device having a sensor positioned on a torso of a subject and an electrode pair that is positioned on the subject, that the device is in a first orientation;
- adjust a first frequency of a first current for performance of a first measurement of a first thoracic impedance;
- determining, by the device, the first thoracic impedance at a first depth for the subject when the device is in the first orientation;
- detecting, by the device, a change in an orientation of the device from the first orientation to a second orientation;
- adjust a second frequency of a second current for performance of a second measurement of a second thoracic impedance to scan varying depths of the subject;
- determining, by the device, the second thoracic impedance at a second depth for the subject when the device is in the second orientation;
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- determining, based on a change between the first thoracic impedance and the second thoracic impedance, physiologic information for the subject.
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