US 7,311,665 B2Granted

Bio-information sensor monitoring system and method

AssigneeAlcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc.

InventorsJeffrey Scott Hawthorne, Michael Leonard Iiams, Glenn Charles Tubb, Richard A. Stoll, Gary Alan Shoffner

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Abstract

A bio-information monitoring system passively monitors a patient with a remote portable bio-information unit that takes various bio-information measurements at selected time intervals as well as at random times without patient intervention. The measurements are converted to digital signals which are transmitted from the bio-information unit to a modem when the bio-information unit is in proximity to the modem. The signals are stored in the modem and uploaded to a central monitoring network. Automatic alerts may be sent from the central monitoring network to a treatment provider. The treatment provider may also access the information through secured dedicated websites via the Internet.

Claims47

Dependent claims

A system for continuous passive monitoring of bio-information of a human subject comprising:

a bio-information unit adapted to be attached to the human subject, wherein said bio-information unit takes a plurality of bio-sensor readings at predetermined time intervals according to a first schedule stored in a first memory in said bio-information unit without active participation by the human subject, wherein said plurality of bio-sensor readings are stored in said first memory;
a bio-information modem in communication with said bio-information unit, wherein said plurality of bio-sensor readings stored in said first memory are communicated from said bio-information unit to said bio-information modem at predetermined time intervals according to said first schedule through radio frequency signals without active participation by the human subject, wherein said plurality of bio-sensor readings are stored in a second memory in said bio-information modem;
a bio-information network in communication with said bio-information modem, wherein said plurality of bio-sensor readings stored in said second memory are communicated from said bio-information modem to said bio-information network at predetermined time intervals according to a second schedule stored in said second memory through a first communication link without active participation by the human subject, and further wherein said bio-information network analyzes said plurality of bio-sensor readings to determine if an alert condition exists;
and
a treatment provider facility in communication with said bio-information network, wherein said bio-information network communicates an alert to said treatment provider facility through a second communication link when said alert condition exists.

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A method for continuous passive monitoring of bio-information of a human subject comprising the steps of:

(a) attaching a bio-information unit to the human subject;
(b) taking a plurality of bio-sensor readings by said bio-information unit at predetermined time intervals according to a first schedule stored in a first memory in said bio-information unit without active participation by the human subject;
(c) storing said plurality of bio-sensor readings in said first memory;
(d) communicating said plurality of bio-sensor readings stored in said first memory from said bio-information unit to a bio-information modem at predetermined time intervals according to said first schedule through radio frequency signals without active participation by the human subject;
(e) storing said plurality of bio-sensor readings in a second memory in said bio-information modem;
(f) communicating said plurality of bio-sensor readings stored in said second memory from said bio-information modem to a bio-information network at predetermined time intervals according to a second schedule stored in said second memory through a first communication link without active participation by the human subject;
(g) analyzing said plurality of bio-sensor readings by said bio-information network to determine if an alert condition exists;
and
(h) communicating an alert to a treatment provider facility through a second communication link when said alert condition exists.

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A bio-information system for continuous passive remote monitoring of a human subject comprising:

a bio-information unit having a processing means and a first memory;
a configurable sensor array connectable to and controlled by said processing means for taking a plurality of bio-sensor readings of the human subject at predetermined time intervals according to a first schedule stored in said first memory without active participation by the human subject, wherein said plurality of bio-sensor readings are stored in said first memory;
a radio frequency transceiver means connectable to and controlled by said processing means for transmitting said plurality of bio-sensor readings through radio frequency signals;
a bio-information modem having a second memory in communication with the bio-information unit, wherein said bio-information unit communicates said plurality of bio-sensor readings stored in said first memory to said bio-information modem at predetermined time intervals according to said first schedule through said radio frequency signals through said radio frequency transceiver without active participation by the human subject, wherein said plurality of bio-sensor readings are stored in said second memory;
and
a communication means within said bio-information modem for transmitting said plurality of bio-sensor readings received from said bio-information unit stored in said second memory at predetermined time intervals without active participation by the human subject.

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A method for continuous remote bio-information monitoring of a human subject with a bio-information unit, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) taking a plurality of bio-sensor readings with a configurable sensor array of the bio-information unit at predetermined time intervals according to a first schedule stored in a first memory in said bio-information unit without active participation by the human subject;
(b) storing said plurality of bio-sensor readings in said first memory;
(c) transmitting with a radio frequency transceiver of the bio-information unit through radio frequency signals said plurality of bio-sensor readings stored in said first memory and diagnostic data without active participation by the human subject;
(d) communicating said plurality of bio-sensor readings stored in said first memory to a bio-information modem at predetermined time intervals according to said first schedule through said radio frequency signals through said radio frequency transceiver without active participation by the human subject;
and
(e) storing said plurality of bio-sensor readings in a second memory in said bio-information modem;
(f) transmitting from said bio-information modem at predetermined time intervals according to a second schedule stored in said second memory said plurality of bio-sensor readings stored in said second memory without active participation by the human subject.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/441,960Filed 19 May 2003
Published: US 2004/0236189 A125 Nov 2004
Granted: 25 Dec 2007
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

A61B 5/0022
Characterised by features of the telemetry system: monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
G16H 40/40
ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or…:…
G16H 40/67
For the operation of medical equipment or devices: for remote operation
Y10S 128/92
Surgery: computer assisted medical diagnostics