Apparatus and method for recording and analysing lapses in memory and function
AssigneeNeuroVision Imaging LLC
InventorsSteven Verdooner, Rodney Sparks
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for sensing, recording and analyzing data representative events of memory lapses and function uses a wearable device (e.g., wrist, armband, pendant) having sensors to detect user gestures and vital signs for transmission and analysis by a computation unit to predict the onset of cognitive impairment related diseases.
Claims45
A wearable sensor device, for sensing and recording data representative of events of memory lapses and function, comprising:
- a wearable sensor device;
- at least one gesture sensor in the wearable sensor device capable of sensing a gesture by the wearer, the gesture being representative of events of memory lapses and function;
- at least one vital sign sensor for sensing at least one vital sign condition being experienced by a wearer of the device;
- a memory for storing gesture data representing the sensed data from the gesture sensor, and for storing vital sign data sensed by the vital sign sensor;
- wherein the gesture data and vital sign data is adapted for transmission to a computation unit for analyzing the gesture data and vital sign data, comparing it to a reference database of normative data of age-matched subjects and for producing diagnosis data which predicts onset of cognitive impairment related diseases.
A method for sensing and recording data representative of events of memory lapses and function, comprising:
- providing a wearable sensor device worn by a subject;
- sensing a gesture by the wearer using a gesture sensor in the wearable sensor device, the gesture being representative of events of memory lapses and function;
- sensing at least one vital sign condition being experienced by a wearer of the device using a vital sign sensor in the wearable sensor device;
- storing vital sign gesture data representing the sensed data from the gesture sensor, and storing vital sign data sensed by the vital sign sensor;
- transmitting the gesture data and vital sign data to a computation unit;
- comparing the gesture data and vital sign data to a reference database of normative data of age-matched subjects;
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- producing diagnosis data which predicts onset of cognitive impairment related diseases of the subject.
The method according to claim 42, including generating population risk factors for advancing disease.
A non-transitory storage medium for storing instructions for sensing and recording data representative of events of memory lapses and function of a subject wearing a wearable sensing device, wherein the instructions perform the steps of:
- sensing a gesture by the wearer using a gesture sensor in the wearable sensor device, the gesture being representative of events of memory lapses and function;
- sensing at least one vital sign condition being experienced by a wearer of the device using a vital sign sensor in the wearable sensor device;
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- storing vital sign gesture data representing the sensed data from the gesture sensor, and storing vital sign data sensed by the vital sign sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.