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US 7,558,622 B2Granted
Mesh network stroke monitoring appliance
OwnerBao Traninventor
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Abstract
A health care monitoring system for a person includes one or more wireless nodes forming a wireless mesh network; a wearable appliance having a sound transducer coupled to the wireless transceiver; and a heart attack or stroke attack sensor coupled to the wireless mesh network to communicate patient data over the wireless mesh network to detect a heart attack or a stroke attack.
Claims19
A heart monitoring system for a patient, comprising:
- one or more wireless nodes forming a wireless mesh network;
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- a wearable appliance having a wireless transceiver adapted to communicate with the one or more wireless nodes;
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- an analyzer to determine heart attack or stroke attack, the analyzer coupled to the wireless transceiver to communicate patient data over the wireless mesh network, wherein the analyzer detects weakness in left half and right half of patient body;
- detects walking pattern for loss of balance or coordination;
- asks user to move hands/feet in a predetermined pattern and read accelerometer output in accordance with predetermined pattern;
- checks whether the person experienced dizziness or headache;
- displays a text image and asks the person to read back the text image one eye at a time;
- or uses a speech recognizer to detect confusion, trouble speaking or understanding and asks the person if numbness is felt in the body.
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A monitoring system for a person, comprising:
- one or more wireless nodes;
- a electromyography (EMG) sensor coupled to the person to determine a stroke attack, the EMG sensor coupled to the wireless nodes to transmit patient data;
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- an analyzer that detects weakness in left half and right half of patient body;
- detects walking pattern for loss of balance or coordination;
- asks user to move hands/feet in a predetermined pattern and read accelerometer output in accordance with predetermined pattern;
- checks whether the person experienced dizziness or headache;
- displays a text image and asks the person to read back the text image one eye at a time;
- or uses a speech recognizer to detect confusion, trouble speaking or understanding and asks the person if numbness is felt in the body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.