System and Method for measuring progression of Parkinson's Disease using wearables
AssigneeJui Keskar
InventorJui Keskar
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system and method for tracking progression of Parkinson's Disease using a plurality of wearables worn by a patient. The real time data from the plurality of wearables is used to calculate a progression index for Parkinson's Disease based on Slowness/Stiffness, Tremor profiling, Gait changes and speech distortions. The progression index determines the stage of Parkinson's Disease based on intensity of symptoms mentioned above. The results are shared with a medical professional for evaluating current treatment strategies.
Claims16
A system for measuring progression of Parkinson's disease in a patient, the system comprising:
- a controller strapped onto the patient's body and configured to receive information from;
- an arm strap device strapped on to atleast one arm of the patient wherein the arm strap device is operable to record an arm movement of the patient;
- a leg strap device strapped on to atleast one leg of the patient wherein the leg strap device is operable to record a leg movement of the patient;
- a hand glove device strapped on to atleast one palm of the patient wherein the hand glove device is operable to record a palm movement during a tremulous activity experienced by the patient;
- a speech distortion unit operable to record to measure distortion in speech uttered by the patient;
- an application software communicable coupled with the controller through a data communication network;
- wherein the controller is operable to compute a disease progression index for the patient, the disease progression index depicting a stage of Parkinson's disease in the patient.
The system of claim wherein one or more DBS parameters are configured based on the disease progression index.
A method of measuring progression of Parkinson's disease in a patient, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a controller, information pertaining to an arm movement of the patient through an arm strap device, information pertaining to a leg movement of the patient through a leg strap device, information pertaining to a palm movement of the patient through the hand glove device and information pertaining to distortion in speech uttered by the patient;
- computing a stiffness index for the patient based on the information pertaining to the arm movement of the patient;
- computing a gait index for the patient based on the information pertaining to the leg movement of the patient;
- computing a tremor index for the patient based on the information pertaining to the palm movement of the patient;
- computing a speech index for the patient based on the information pertaining to the distortion in speech uttered by the patient;
- computing a disease progression index for the patient, the disease progression index depicting a stage of Parkinson's disease in the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.