Health monitoring bolus

A bolus for insertion in a fluid in a body cavity, the bolus comprising:

• a chamber configured to admit fluid therein;
• a transducer configured to:
• induce a signal through the fluid admitted into the chamber;
• detect one or more parameters of the signal that has passed through the fluid, the one or more parameters of the signal indicative of a pH level and/or temperature of the fluid;
• and
• detect ambient vibrations originating from outside the bolus, the vibrations indicative of one or more physiological parameters;
• a control subsystem configured to activate the transducer to induce the signal through the fluid and the control subsystem configured to receive the one or more parameters of the signal and/or the ambient vibrations;
• a data processing subsystem responsive to the control subsystem, the data processing subsystem configured to analyze the one or more parameters of the signal and/or the ambient vibrations to produce diagnosis data;
• and
• a transmitter configured to transmit the diagnosis data.

A method of determining the health of a subject, the method comprising:

• inserting a bolus into the subject, the bolus comprising a transducer and a chamber admitting fluid therein from the subject;
• actuating the transducer to induce a signal through the fluid admitted into the chamber;
• detecting one or more parameters of the signal that has passed through the fluid, the one or more parameters of the signal detected by the transducer;
• analyzing the one or more parameters of the signal detected by the transducer to measure a pH level and/or a temperature of the fluid;
• detect ambient vibrations originating from outside the bolus, the vibrations the ambient vibrations detected by the transducer;
• and
• analyzing the ambient vibrations to detect one or more physiological parameters.

A health monitoring system comprising a bolus for use inside of a subject and a base station for use outside of the subject, the system comprising:

• the bolus for insertion in a body fluid in a body cavity of the subject, the bolus comprising:
• a housing;
• a chamber in the housing configured to admit body fluid therein;
• a transducer in the housing, the transducer configured to:
• induce a signal through the body fluid admitted into the chamber;
• detect one or more parameters of the signal that has passed through the body fluid, the one or more parameters of the signal indicative of a pH level and/or temperature of the body fluid;
• and
• detect ambient vibrations originating from outside the bolus, the vibrations indicative of one or more physiological parameters;
• a data processing subsystem in the housing, the data processing subsystem configured to analyze the one or more parameters and/or the ambient vibrations to produce diagnosis data;
• and
• a transmitter in the housing, the transmitter configured to transmit the diagnosis data;
• and
• the base station, the base station comprising:
• a receiver configured to receive the diagnosis data.