Anxiety detection apparatus, systems, and methods
AssigneeThe Texas A&M University System
InventorsFarzan Sasangohar, Anthony D. McDonald
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Abstract
Patients suffering from a stress- or anxiety-related disorder such as PTSD may utilize wearable/portable sensor and computing technology, e.g., implemented with a smartwatch or smartphone augmented by heartbeat sensors, to continuously monitor their heartbeat data to automatically detect high-stress episodes and take some mitigating action (e.g., alerting the patient, contacting designated persons, or providing stress-reducing exercises and/or content).
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A method for managing a stress- or anxiety-related (SAR) disorder in a patient, the method comprising:
- acquiring time-series heartbeat data from the patient using one or more wearable heartbeat sensors;
- processing the heartbeat data in real time, using a machine-learning classification algorithm to detect a SAR clinical event in the acquired heartbeat data, the machine-learning classification algorithm trained on heartbeat data for one or more patients having a SAR disorder in conjunction with temporally associated indications of SAR clinical events reported by the one or more patients;
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- performing a mitigating action in response to detecting the SAR clinical event.
A system for managing a stress- or anxiety-related (SAR) disorder in a patient, the system comprising one or more portable devices that include:
- one or more wearable heartbeat sensors to acquire time-series heartbeat data from a patient;
- a computational facility to process the heartbeat data in real time, using a machine-learning classification algorithm to detect a SAR clinical event in the acquired time-series heartbeat data, the machine-learning classification algorithm trained on time-series heartbeat data for one or more patients having a SAR disorder in conjunction with temporally associated indications of SAR clinical events reported by the one or more patients;
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- a user interface to perform a mitigating action in response to detecting the SAR clinical event.
A system for managing a stress- or anxiety-related (SAR) disorder in a patient, the system comprising:
- one or more portable devices that include:
- one or more wearable heartbeat sensors to acquire time-series heartbeat data from a patient;
- a network interface to send the acquired heartbeat data in real time to a computational facility for real-time processing and to receive a signal indicative of a SAR clinical event detected in the time-series heartbeat data from the processing facility in real time;
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- a user interface to perform a mitigating action in response to the signal indicative of the SAR clinical event.
One or more computer-readable media storing instructions for execution by one or more processors of a machine, the instructions, when executed, causing the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- in response to receipt of time-series heartbeat data acquired from a patient, processing the heartbeat data in real time, using a machine-learning classification algorithm to detect a SAR clinical event in the acquired time-series heartbeat data, the machine-learning classification algorithm trained on time-series heartbeat data for one or more patients having a SAR disorder in conjunction with temporally associated indications of SAR clinical events reported by the one or more patients;
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- generating an output indicative of the detected SAR clinical event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.