# US 2026/0066113 A2 · A system and method for identifying success of a physiological measurement

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- Number: US 2026/0066113 A2
- Document ID: US20260066113A2
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A2
- Application number: 19/190,842
- Filed: 2025-04-28
- Published: 2026-03-05
- Earliest claimed: 2016-05-11
- Assignees: Tyto Care Ltd.
- Applicants: Tyto Care Ltd.
- Inventors: Eyal BYCHKOV; David GILAD-GILOR; Uri DUBIN; Elad LACHMANOVICH; Dov DANON; Eyal BAUM
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260066113A2

## CPC

- G16H 50/20: for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
- G06F 16/901: Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures (for retrieval from the web G06F16/951)
- G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
- G16H 15/00: ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

A system for physiological measurement of a physiological process of a body of a patient, the system comprising: at least one physiological sensor operable to collect, at a plurality of different times during a physiological measurement, physiological data from the body of the patient, the physiological data resulting at least from the physiological process; a processor operable to: determine many-valued quality scores for the collected physiological data, each indicative of a suitability of the respective physiological data for the analysis of the physiological process; provide an indication that the physiological measurement was successful in response to determining that an accumulative amount of times, out of the plurality of different times, for which the determined many-valued quality score fulfilled a predetermined criterion, exceeded a predetermined amount; and provide at least part of the physiological measurement to a diagnosing entity.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system for physiological measurement of a physiological process of a body of a patient, the system comprising:
at least one physiological sensor operable to collect, at a plurality of different times during a physiological measurement, physiological data from the body of the patient, the physiological data resulting at least from the physiological process;
a processor operable to:
determine many-valued quality scores for the physiological data collected at the plurality of different times, each indicative of a suitability of the respective physiological data for the analysis of the physiological process;
provide an indication that the physiological measurement was successful in response to determining that an accumulative amount of times, out of the plurality of different times, for which the determined many-valued quality score fulfilled a predetermined criterion, exceeded a predetermined amount, wherein the indication includes at least one of: (a) a visual indication provided via a user interface of the system; (b) a sound indication provided via a speaker of the system; or (c) a vibration indication provided via a vibrating element of the system; and
provide at least part of the physiological measurement to a diagnosing entity, so as to enable the diagnosing entity to diagnose the medical condition of the patient.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the physiological data results also from additional sources other than the physiological process; and wherein the processor is further operable to execute at a plurality of different times during a physiological measurement
identifying parts of the physiological data resulting from the physiological process;
based on the physiological data and on results of the identification, determining for the physiological data a many-valued quality score indicative of a suitability of the physiological data for analysis of the physiological process; and
providing, by the user interface, many-valued quality-feedback information which is based on the many-valued quality score.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The system according to claim 2, wherein the processor is further operable to generate analysis source data for the analysis, based on physiological data collected by the physiological sensor and on at least one of the many-valued quality scores.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The system according to claim 2, wherein the processor is operable to identify the parts of the physiological data which result from the physiological process based on identification of effects of a plurality of different physiological processes on the physiological data.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the user interface is operable to present instructions to a user for performing the physiological measurement, wherein the processor determines the instructions based on at least one of the many-valued quality scores.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The system according to claim 3, wherein the processor is configured to compress for the analysis source data different parts of the physiological data based on different many-valued quality scores determined for the different parts.

### Claim 7 (depends on 2)

The system according to claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to stop the physiological measurement in response to determining that an accumulative amount of times out of the plurality of different times for which the determined many-valued quality score fulfilled a predetermined criterion exceeded a predetermined amount.

### Claim 8 (depends on 2)

The system of claim 2, wherein the additional sources include an ambient signal and wherein the analyze includes identifying the ambient signal and alerting the user if the ambient signal exceeds a threshold.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to determine a cause of the ambient signal and provide the user with an indication of the determined cause.

### Claim 10

A computer-implemented method for providing feedback indicative of a suitability of data collected during a physiological measurement for analysis of a physiological process of a body of a patient, the method comprising executing on a processor:
obtaining physiological data collected from the body of the patient at a plurality of different times during a physiological measurement, the physiological data resulting at least from the physiological process;
determining many-valued quality scores for the physiological data collected at the plurality of different times;
providing an indication that the physiological measurement was successful in response to determining that an accumulative amount of times, out of the plurality of different times, for which the determined many-valued quality score fulfilled a predetermined criterion exceeded a predetermined amount, wherein the indication includes at least one of: (a) a visual indication provided via a user interface of the system; (b) a sound indication provided via a speaker of the system; or (c) a vibration indication provided via a vibrating element of the system; and
providing at least part of the physiological measurement to a diagnosing entity, so as to enable the diagnosing entity to diagnose the medical condition of the patient.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The method according to claim 10, further comprising executing on the processor at a plurality of different times during a physiological measurement the steps of:
obtaining physiological data collected from the body of the patient, the physiological data resulting from: (a) the physiological process and from (b) additional sources;
identifying parts of the physiological data resulting from the physiological process;
based on the physiological data and on results of the identification, determining for the physiological data a many-valued quality score indicative of a suitability of the physiological data for the analysis of the physiological process; and
providing, by the user interface, many-valued quality-feedback information which is based on the quality score.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The method according to claim 11, further comprising generating, based on at least one of the many-valued quality scores and on the physiological data obtained at at least one of the plurality of different times, analysis source data for the analysis of the physiological process

### Claim 13 (depends on 10)

The method according to claim 10, wherein the plurality of different times comprises at least a first time and a second time which is later than the first time, wherein the obtaining of the physiological data at the second time is affected by changes of the physiological measurement by the user as a result from providing by the user interface of the many-valued quality feedback information resulting from many-valued determined for physiological data obtained at the first time

### Claim 14 (depends on 11)

The method according to claim 11, wherein the physiological data is collected by a physiological measurement device; wherein the suitability of the physiological data changes as a result of changes in operating of the physiological measurement device by a user which perceives the quality feedback information presented by the user interface.

### Claim 15 (depends on 11)

The method according to claim 11, further comprising presenting by the user interface instructions to a user for performing the physiological measurement.

### Claim 16 (depends on 11)

The method according to claim 11, further comprising selecting, based on the quality scores, a proper part of the physiological data collected during the physiological measurement, and generating a physiological measurement preview based on the proper part for presenting by a user interface.

### Claim 17 (depends on 12)

The method according to claim 12, wherein the generating of the analysis source data comprises compressing different parts of the physiological data based on different many-valued quality scores determined for the different parts.

### Claim 18 (depends on 11)

The method according to claim 11, further comprising stopping the physiological measurement in response to determining that an accumulative amount of times out of the plurality of different times for which the determined many-valued quality score fulfilled a predetermined criterion exceeded a predetermined amount.

### Claim 19 (depends on 11)

The method according to claim 11, wherein the additional sources include an ambient signal and wherein the method further comprises identifying the ambient signal and alerting the user if the ambient signal exceeds a threshold.

### Claim 20

A non-transitory computer-readable medium for providing feedback indicative of a suitability of data collected during a physiological measurement for analysis of a physiological process of a body of a patient, comprising instructions stored thereon, that when executed on a processor, perform on the processor at a plurality of different times during a physiological measurement the steps of:
obtaining physiological data collected from the body of the patient at a plurality of different times during a physiological measurement, the physiological data resulting at least from the physiological process;
determining many-valued quality scores for the physiological data collected at the plurality of different times;
providing an indication that the physiological measurement was successful in response to determining that an accumulative amount of times, out of the plurality of different times, for which the determined many-valued quality score fulfilled a predetermined criterion exceeded a predetermined amount, wherein the indication includes at least one of: (a) a visual indication provided via a user interface of the system; (b) a sound indication provided via a speaker of the system; or (c) a vibration indication provided via a vibrating element of the system; and
providing at least part of the physiological measurement to a diagnosing entity, so as to enable the diagnosing entity to diagnose the medical condition of the patient.
