System for the detection and acquisition of physiological and motor parameters through wearable sensors

A system for the acquisition of physiological and motor parameters, said system comprising:

• at least one inertial motion sensor, comprising at least one mono-axial accelerometer and/or one mono-axial gyroscope and/or one mono-axial magnetometer, at least one power source and an integrated circuit including at least one antenna to enable radio communication;
• at least one wearable physiological parameter detector, comprising the at least one power source and the integrated circuit including the at least one antenna to enable the radio communication, capable of detecting and transmitting at least one heart rate datum of a patient;
• at least one remote data collection unit, comprising hardware components and software modules, capable of electronically communicating with said at least one inertial motion sensor and said at least one wearable physiological parameter detector, and of securely storing and processing the data transmitted to the at least one remote data collection unit by said at least one physiological parameter detector and by said at least one inertial motion sensor;
• and
• at least one operator interface, connected via radio to said at least one inertial motion sensor, to said at least one physiological parameter detector, and to said at least one remote data collection unit;
• wherein said at least one inertial motion sensor comprises connection means for the connection to a respective footwear of the patient;
• wherein said at least one inertial motion sensor and said at least one physiological parameter detector exchange information via radio both with each other and with said at least one remote data collection unit and with said at least one operator interface;
• wherein said at least one remote data collection unit and said at least one operator interface also exchange information directly with each other, again via radio;
• wherein said system further comprises:
• a plurality of said inertial motion sensors, each connectable to the footwear of said patient;
• and
• a plurality of said wearable physiological parameter detectors, each wearable by said patient;
• wherein said at least one remote data collection unit includes one or more of:
• a plurality of distributed units, each configured to store and process the data transmitted to said plurality of distributed units by the motion sensor and by the plurality of said wearable physiological parameter detectors worn by said patient;
• and
• at least one centralized unit configured to store and process the data transmitted to said at least one centralized unit by the motion sensors and by the plurality of said wearable physiological parameter detectors worn by said patient;
• wherein said distributed units and said at least one centralized unit are configured to share data with each other;
• wherein:
• said at least one inertial motion sensor is configured to detect at least one motor datum of the patient wearing said at least one inertial motion sensor;
• said at least one wearable physiological signal parameter is configured to detect at least one physiological datum of the patient wearing said at least one wearable physiological parameter detector;
• and
• said remote data collection unit is configured to receive, store, and process at least one of said at least one motor datum and said at least one physiological datum so as to determine at least one risk datum defining the risk of said patient of experiencing a motor and/or physiologic complication depending on at least one of said at least one motor datum and said at least one physiological datum;
• and
• wherein the at least one operator interface is configured to carry out at least one of the following operations in cooperation with the at least one remote data collection unit:
• set configuration data in the system defining said at least one risk datum;
• set a list of parameters that defines said at least one risk datum and that is used by the remote data collection unit to determine said at least one risk datum;
• set a threshold value for each parameter in the list that defines said at least one risk datum;
• and/or
• set a rule that defines said at least one risk datum for use by the remote data collection unit in determining said at least one risk datum.