Method and apparatus for integrated medical services using a multi-purpose sensor for remote monitoring of a patient
AssigneeGestInTime, Inc.
InventorsSuresh SUBRAMANIAM, Krishna GARIMELLA
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for remote monitoring of a medical patient is described. A sensor device is placed in physical contact with the patient. The sensor communicates with a computing device using Bluetooth or another wireless communication protocol. The computing device then communicates with a remote server that compiles data regarding the patient. The system can gather data such as the patient's temperature, the amount of exercise undertaken by the patient, the amount of sleep by the patient, and whether the patient has physically fallen.
Claims20
A server for providing interactive medical services, comprising:
- a web server for generating a first web portal and a second web portal;
- a risk classification engine for generating risk classification information for a patient based on medical device data captured by a remote sensor and received through the first web portal;
- and
- a notification engine for providing the risk classification information through the second web portal.
A method of monitoring a patient, comprising:
- detecting, by a gyroscope, lateral movement of a patient;
- transmitting data regarding the lateral movement to a computing device over a wireless connection;
- transmitting, by the computing device, data regarding the lateral movement to a server;
- generating, by the server, a report indicating the distance that the patient has moved.
A method of detecting a fall by a patient, comprising:
- sensing, by an accelerometer, acceleration;
- transmitting data regarding the acceleration to a computing device;
- transmitting, by the computing device, data regarding the acceleration to a server
- determining, by the server, that the degree of acceleration exceeds a predetermined threshold T1;
- and
- generating, by the server, an alert indicating that the patient has fallen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.