Health monitoring appliance
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsBao Tran, Ha Tran
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Abstract
A heart monitoring system for a person includes one or more wireless nodes; and wearable appliance in communication with the one or more wireless nodes, the appliance monitoring vital signs.
Claims24
A wearable device for use in a wireless body area network which comprises one or more additional devices, wherein said network is configured as a mesh network and said wearable device and said one or more additional devices are placed on one or more parts of a user's body and each of said wearable device and said one or more additional devices each comprise a sensor for monitoring a vital parameter related to the health of the user, and wherein at least one of said sensors is woven into a garment worn by the user and coupled to the network using optical fibers.
A method for maintaining wellness in a user comprising the following steps:
- a. using one or more sensors physically coupled to the user and connected to a network, to monitor one or more vital parameters, providing data representative of the user's physical condition;
- b. analyzing the one or more vital parameters using a statistical analyzer, trained with training data representing physiological conditions determined to be undesirable for the user to analyze the vital parameters to determine if the physiological conditions are undesirable;
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- c. generating a warning indication when the user's physical condition is undesirable.
A method for remotely monitoring a user's health comprising the steps of:
- a. using one or more sensors, physically coupled to a user and connected to a mesh body area network, to monitor one or more vital parameters related to the user's health;
- b. making a microphone and a speaker connected to the mesh network accessible to the user;
- c. using a statistical analyzer trained with training data representing physiological conditions determined to be undesirable for the user, to analyze the vital parameters to determine if the physiological conditions are undesirable;
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- d. using a transceiver coupled to the one or more sensors and the microphone to communicate the vital parameters to a remotely located healthcare provider when the user's physiological conditions are undesirable.
A method for maintaining wellness in a user comprising the following steps:
- a. using one or more sensors physically coupled to the user and connected to a mesh network, to monitor one or more behaviors affecting the user's health,
- b. analyzing the one or more behaviors while the user participates in day to day activities and providing data representative of the user's behavior;
- c. using a statistical analyzer trained with training data representing behavioral conditions determined to be undesirable for the user to analyze the vital parameters to determine if the behavioral conditions are undesirable and
- d. generating a warning indication when the user's behavior is undesirable.
A system for monitoring the physical condition of a user's heart comprising:
- a. one or more sensors for sensing one or more vital parameters related to the user's cardiovascular condition wherein at least one of the sensors is positioned on the user's wrist;
- b. one or more transceivers each respectively coupled with a sensor to form one or more wireless nodes;
- wherein said nodes are connected together as a mesh network;
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- c. a statistical analyzer trained with training data representing cardiovascular conditions determined to be undesirable for the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.