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US 2017/0245793 A1Published application
Systems and Methods for Collecting and Displaying User Orientation Information on a User-Worn Sensor Device
AssigneeLeaf Healthcare, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Z. Shen, Barrett J. Larson, Mark V. Weckwerth
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Abstract
A system for determining the location of patients uses a patient-associated communicator which wirelessly communicates with a network of environmental reference communicators arranged at fixed or otherwise known locations. A camera can be used to monitor or detect pressure ulcers and relay the information to a host system. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
Claims24
1-14. (canceled)
A system for monitoring a user, the system comprising:
- a user-wearable sensor device configured to be directly or indirectly secured to the user or to an article worn by the user;
- the user-wearable sensor device including at least one sensor configured to collect sensor data associated with an orientation of the user;
- a display unit of the user-wearable sensor device including at least one LED or other visual indicator;
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- a data analysis system comprising a processor configured to:
- receive sensor data collected by the at east one sensor;
- and
- analyze the sensor data to determine the orientation of the user;
- and
- wherein the display unit of the user-wearable sensor device is configured to display information regarding or based on the determined orientation of the user during at least one period prior to a current time.
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A user-wearable sensor device configured to be directly or indirectly secured to a user or to an article worn by the user, the user-wearable sensor device comprising:
- at least one sensor configured to collect sensor data associated with an orientation of the user;
- a display unit including at least one LED or other visual indicator;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- monitor the orientation of the user over time based on sensor data collected by the at least one sensor:
- determine an amount of time spent in at least one defined user orientation based on the monitored orientation of the user over time;
- and
- determine a user orientation status based on the determined amount of time spent in the at least one defined user orientation and a predefined turning protocol for the user;
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- control the display unit to display information indicating the determined user orientation status.
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A method of monitoring a user, the method comprising:
- collecting, by at least one sensor of a user-worn sensor device directly or indirectly secured to a user or to an article worn by the user, sensor data associated with an orientation of the user;
- monitoring, by a processor, the orientation of the user over time based on the sensor data collected by the at least one sensor;
- determining, by the processor, an amount of time spent in at least one defined user orientation based on the monitored orientation of the user over time;
- determining, by the processor, at least one user orientation status based on the determined amount of time spent in the at least one defined user orientation and a predefined turning protocol for the user;
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- displaying, via a display unit a the user-worn sensor device, information indicating the determined user orientation status, wherein the display unit includes at least one LED or other visual indicator.
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A system for monitoring a user, the system comprising:
- a user-wearable sensor device configured to be directly or indirectly secured to the user or to an article worn by the user;
- the user-wearable sensor device including at least one sensor configured to collect sensor data associated with an orientation of the user;
- a display unit of the user-wearable sensor device including at least one LED or other visual indicator;
- and
- a data analysis system comprising a processor configured to:
- receive sensor data collected by the at least one sensor;
- and
- analyze the sensor data to determine the orientation of the user;
- and
- wherein the display unit of the user-wearable sensor device is configured:
- to display information regarding or based on the determined orientation of the user during at least one period prior to a current time;
- and
- to display information indicating a current orientation of the user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.