The present disclosure generally relates to the field of medical devices. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a medical device and method for assessing, predicting and operating the user's health by capturing the user's history, vital signs and other data in real time.
Health care providers offer services to the patients on daily basis. As users grow older, chronic conditions develop and fall ill to serious health conditions, and require more frequent access to the health care providers (e.g., doctors, nurses, hospitals etc.). According to the report of World Health Organization (WHO) heart stroke, lower lung respiration sounds and brain strokes have topped the charts in causing deaths. However, these deaths can be avoided if the symptoms are identified at an early stage. This failure in the healthcare system is due to lack of awareness among the patients, expensive medical services, and infrastructure. Some medical devices are available to diagnose the patients but those come with a lot of expenditure and infrastructure.
Various medical devices are known in the field of medical instrumentation for monitoring, recording, and reporting the user's vital signs. It is a challenge to work towards regular improvement in sustaining the user's health. The users communicating with the healthcare providers are facing difficulties in emergency situations. Unfortunately, there has been no cost-effective model or user-friendly solutions in place at present for monitoring the user's vital signs. Those devices cannot be used to monitor, as they cannot function without having the user alongside them. This constraint makes it almost impossible for the users to have regular health evaluations. Thus, paving the way for the increase of chronic disease and untimely deaths due to the same.
In the light of the aforementioned discussion, there exists a need for a system with novel methodologies that would overcome or ameliorate the above-mentioned disadvantages.
The following presents a simplified summary of the disclosure in order to provide a basic understanding to the reader. This summary is not an extensive overview of the disclosure and it does not identify key/critical elements of the invention or delineate the scope of the invention. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts disclosed herein in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.
A complete appreciation of the present invention and the scope thereof can be obtained from the accompanying drawings which are briefly summarized below and the following detailed description of the presently preferred embodiments.
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a medical device and method for assessing, and monitoring the user's health by capturing the user's vital signs in real time.
An objective of the present disclosure is directed towards measuring user's vital signs in real time.
Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards monitoring the health of the users continuously without hindering their daily activities.
Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards a medical device that gives an opportunity to save and improve the quality of life of those suffering from long-term chronic health conditions and contributes to the increased medical awareness of the individuals.
Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards replacing gel based single usage electrodes by non-sticky multiple usage touch electrodes.
Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards performing gestures to capture the electrical potentials and vital signs.
Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards utilizing a charger of the wearable device as the ECG leads.
Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards operating the medical device to secure the user like the seat belt for the user in the seat of a motor vehicle.
According to an exemplary aspect, the medical device comprises a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of sensors positioned on a various finger sheaths, the various finger sheaths configured to allow the plurality of electrodes to detect a plurality of electrical potentials on different surfaces of a user's body parts and the plurality of sensors to collect the plurality of vital signs on different surfaces of a user's body parts.
According to another exemplary aspect, the medical device further comprises at least one processing device configured to contact with the plurality of electrodes and the plurality of sensors.
According to another exemplary aspect, the plurality of electrodes and the plurality of sensors configured to transmit the detected plurality of electrical potentials and the plurality of vital signs from the different surfaces of the user's body parts to the at least one processing device and the at least one processing device configured to store the plurality of electrical potentials and process the detected plurality of electrical potentials and the plurality of vital signs to assess a user's health.
According to another exemplary aspect, the medical device further comprises at least one end user device configured to receive the plurality of processed electrical potentials and the plurality of vital signs from the at least one processing device through a network.
Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals have been used to designate like elements, and wherein:
It is to be understood that the present disclosure is not limited in its application to the details of construction and the arrangement of components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The present disclosure is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced or of being carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology used herein is for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
The use of “including”, “comprising” or “having” and variations thereof herein is meant to encompass the items listed thereafter and equivalents thereof as well as additional items. The terms “a” and “an” herein do not denote a limitation of quantity, but rather denote the presence of at least one of the referenced item. Further, the use of terms “first”, “second”, and “third”, and the like, herein do not denote any order, quantity, or importance, but rather are used to distinguish one element from another.
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The wearable device 102 may include but is not limited to, a medical glove, wearable apparatus, wearable sensors, wearable bands, a wearable watch, and the like. The end-user device 104 may include a system such as a server, a mobile phone, a personal computer, a workstation, a personal digital assistant, a mobile station, computing tablets, and the like. The network 106 may include, but is not limited to, an Ethernet, a wireless local area network (WLAN), or a wide area network (WAN), a Bluetooth low energy network, a ZigBee network, a WIFI communication network e.g., the wireless high speed internet, or a combination of networks, a cellular service such as a 4G (e.g., LTE, mobile WiMAX) or 5G cellular data service and IOT.
According to non-limiting exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the wearable device 102 may be worn on any one hand. The wearable device 102 may be configured to capture the user's health. The wearable device 102 may be configured to transmit the captured health data to the end user device 104 through the network 106. The health data may be recorded in the end-user device 104 by using the wearable device 102. The health data may be captured after contacting the user's body (e.g., the chest part) in a specific gesture by the wearable device 102. The wearable device 102 may comprise a processing device 108. The processing device 108 includes, but is not limited to, a microcontroller (for example ARM 7 or ARM 11), a microprocessor, a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable gate array, a programmable logic device, a state machine or a logic circuitry.
The wearable device 102 may comprise electrodes (not shown) and sensors (not shown) positioned on various finger sheaths, wrist portions, and hand portions. The various finger sheaths, the wrist portions, and the hand portions may be configured to allow the electrodes (not shown) to detect electrical potentials on different surfaces of user's body parts and the sensors to collect vital signs on different surfaces of the user's body parts. The sensors (not shown) may be configured to detect the vital signs and transmit the detected vital signs to the end user device 104 through the network 106. The sensors (not shown) may include but are not limited to, a electrocardiograph (ECG) sensor, a pulse oximetry sensor, a phonocardiogram sensor, a temperature sensor, an emotion sensor, a hydration sensor, a blood pressure sensor, a respiratory sounds and patterns sensor, an angular and acceleration sensor, a fingerprint sensor, an electroencephalography (EEG) sensor, a glucometer, a ultrasound imaging sensor, an air quality and pollen sensor, a galvanic sensor, calorie count GPS locator, and the like. The end user device 104 may be configured to store the detected and analyzed health data of the user. The processing device 108 may be configured to store the electrical signals and other non-electrical signals and process the detected electrical potentials and other non-electrical signals and the collected vital signs to assess the user's health. The wearable device 102 which is gesture controlled using the electrodes (not shown) and collects the user's health information using the sensors (not shown).
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The electrodes 218a-218f may be configured to be electronically coupled to (e.g., detects the electrical activity) a heart of the user. The electrical potential detected by the electrodes 218a-218f may include directly detecting the electrical potential at the surface or indirectly detecting the electrical potential at the surface by detecting electrical characteristics of the surface that may be used to calculate the electrical potential. The calculated electrical potential may provide information about the electrical repolarization and depolarization of the heart during each heartbeat. In an example, the left thumb sheath 206 having the electrode 218a may be configured to contact the fourth intercostal space to the right of the sternum.
The left index finger sheath 208 having the electrode 218b configured to contact at the fourth intercostal space to the left of the sternum. The left ring finger sheath 212 having the electrode 218d configured to contact at the fifth intercostal space at a midclavicular line. The left middle finger sheath 210 having the electrode 218c configured to contact between the fourth intercostal space to the left of the sternum and the fifth intercostal space at the midclavicular line. A flexible joint having the electrode 218e made between the left ring finger sheath 212 and the left little finger sheath 214. The flexible joint may be configured to contact a left anterior axillary line.
The left little finger sheath having the electrode 218f may be configured to contact at the mid-axillary line at the same level as the electrode 218d and the electrode 218e. A finger (for e.g., right-hand finger) is drawn towards the top of the device or on to the edge of the extended left thumb sheath 206. A slot may be provided along with a sensor to receive the voltage from the right-hand. In an example, the left leg voltage can be taken by the specific gesture where the user can sit on a wooden chair or sofa fold his leg up and contact some part of the thigh with the elbow. Alternatively, there may be an elongated charging cable which may have a sensor embedded in the plug which can be attached to the left leg by placing it in the popliteal fossa, i.e., back of the knee joint and folding the leg for recording the left foot value. The right leg in contact with the floor completes the circuit as an earthing. The left middle finger sheath 210 further comprises an SPO2 and temperature sensor 218h configured to detect the temperature and the estimation of the oxygen saturation level usually measured with a pulse oximeter device.
The left ring finger sheath 212 further comprises a left arm sensor 218i. The left arm sensor 218i may be configured to detect the left arm voltage. The Phonocardiogram sensor (PCG) 218j may be positioned on the palm portion 202. The Phonocardiogram sensor (PCG) 218j may be configured to record the high-fidelity sounds and murmurs made by the heart and the breath sounds. The blood pressure sensor 218k may be positioned on the left hand wrist crease 216. The blood pressure sensor 218k may be configured to monitor the ambulatory blood pressure levels of the user. For e.g., the blood pressure sensor 218k monitors the ambulatory blood pressure levels for thirty days (30 days), 60 days and 90 days and so on. The blood pressure electrode 218k further comprises an air quality (p2.5 size particulate sensor) and pollen sensor 220. The air quality and pollen sensor 220 may also be configured to analyze the air quality of the surroundings. The ultrasound sensor 222 may be positioned between the index finger sheath 208 and the middle figure sheath 210. The ultrasound sensor 222 may be configured to capture the images and to diagnose any structural and functional disorders in the organs. The processing device 108 may be configured to record and assess the user's health and compare the existing data in the end user device 104. The Display unit and controls 224 may be positioned in the middle of the dorsum portion 204. The display and controls 224 may be configured to display the user's health data by capturing the user's vital signs in the real time. The sensor 218g may include an eye pressure sensor tonometer. The tonometer may be configured to measure intraocular pressure on a daily basis just with a gesture of touching the eyeball over the closed eye lid. Sensors 225 may be positioned on the dorsum portion 204. The sensors 225 may include but are not limited to, an ultraviolet radiation sensor, pollution sensor, pollen sensor, ultrasound probe, fatty liver recognition, domestic gas sensor, hydration sensor, emotional levels through piloerection and sweating, tremor, calorie count GPS locator, and the like.
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The region of boomerang-shaped rod 302 which the inner finger 308a-308e touches, the region of boomerang-shaped rod 302 which the outer finger 308a-308e touches, the region of boomerang-shaped rod 302 exterior to the region which the inner fingers 308a-308e touch, and the region of boomerang-shaped rod 302 exterior to the region which the outer fingers touch. These regions may be effectively used to capture the vital signs by using the region of boomerang-shaped rod 302 exterior to the region which the inner fingers touch. The boomerang-shaped rod 302 having the electrodes 312a-312f placed at different positions of the body. The electrical potential detected by the electrodes 312a-312f may include directly detecting the electrical potential at the surface or indirectly detecting the electrical potential at the surface by detecting electrical characteristics of the surface that may be used to calculate the electrical potential. The wearable device 102 may further comprise the right arm sensor 314, a USB port 316 the blood pressure sensor 318a, and the air quality and pollen sensor 318b. The right arm sensor 314 may be configured to detect the right arm. The blood pressure sensor 318a may be configured to monitor the ambulatory blood pressure levels of the user. The air quality and pollen sensor 318b may be configured to analyze the air quality of the surrounding. A USB charger that plugs into the USB port 316 to charge the wearable device 102. The elastic wristband 306 may be configured to secure around the wrist of the user for ensuring a secure comfortable fit. The elastic wristband 306 may be a blood pressure cuff. The index finger sheath 308d may be connected to the boomerang-shaped rod 302 having the electrode 312d (V3) and the electrode 312d (V3) midway between the electrode 312e (V2) and the electrode 312c (V4). The middle finger sheath 308c may be connected to the boomerang-shaped rod 302 having the electrode 312c (V4) configured to contact the fifth intercostal space at the midclavicular line. The boomerang-shaped rod 302 having the electrode 312e (V2) between the thumb sheath 308e and the index finger sheath 308d. The electrode 312e (V2) may be configured to contact the fourth intercostal space on the left of the sternum. The ring finger sheath 308b may be connected to the boomerang-shaped rod 302 having the electrode 312b (V5) configured to contact the anterior axillary line at the same level as the electrode 312c (V4). Here, the electrode 312b (V5) may be positioned under the breast in women. The little finger sheath 308a may be connected to the boomerang-shaped rod 302 having the electrode 312a (V6) configured to touch the midaxillary line at the same level as the electrode 312c (V4) and electrode 312b (V5). The thumb finger sheath 308e may be connected to the boomerang-shaped rod 302 having the electrode 312f (V1) configured to contact the fourth intercostal space, right of the sternum.
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The blood pressure sensor 418 may be positioned on the left-hand wrist crease 416a configured to monitor ambulatory blood pressure levels of the user. The phonocardiographic (PCG) sensor 420 may be configured to record the high-fidelity sounds and murmurs made by the heart and breath sounds. The fingerprint sensor 422 may be configured to collect the authentication of the user. The ultrasound sensor 426 may be configured to capture images and to diagnose any structural and disorders in the organs of the user's body. The ultrasound sensor 426 may be positioned above the knuckles for four fingers on the left-hand sheath or within a mechanical ridge provided between the index finger sheath 408a and the middle finger sheath 410a. In an example, a female user contacts her breast with the ultrasound sensor 426 to check for any swellings or abnormal growth and seeks surgeons' opinion may be obtained. The ultrasound sensor 426 may also be configured to perform a liver self-examination. Wherein the user can contact the surface around the liver to capture the structural images of the fatty liver and gallstones and any other growth in liver area. The ultrasound sensor 426 may further be configured to monitor fatty liver and gal stones and any other growth in the liver area.
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The electrodes (V1, V2) 446a-446b and the electrodes (V3, V4, V5, V6) 434-440 may be configured to detect the problems in the electrical activity of the head that may be associated with certain brain disorders. The gesture of keeping the hand over the head with same electrodes 434-440 and 446a, 446b nothing more. The SPO2 and temperature sensors 428b may be positioned on the middle portion of the right middle finger sheath 410b. The right-hand glove 400b may be worn whole day and the left-hand glove 400a may be stay at home. The right thumb finger sheath 406b and right index finger sheath 408b having the electrodes (V1, V2) 446a-446b and also the left finger sheaths 406a, 408a, 410a, 412a and 414a having the electrodes (V3, V4, V5, V6) 434-440 may be configured to place on the user's head to identify the electrical activity of the brain (e.g., electroencephalogram). The right thumb finger sheath 406b having the electrode 446b configured to contact at the fourth intercostal space to a right of the sternum of the heart and detect the electrical potentials from the fourth intercostal space. The right index finger sheath 408b having the electrode 446a configured to contact at the fourth intercostal space to the left of the sternum of the heart and detect the electrical potentials from the fourth intercostal space to the left of the sternum. The right index finger sheath 408b also having the right arm sensor 444 configured to capture the right arm. The left middle finger sheath 410a having the electrode 436 configured to contact the fifth intercostal space at the midclavicular line and detect the electrical potentials from the fifth intercostal space. The left middle finger sheath 410a also having the SPO2 and temperature sensor 428a configured to detect the temperature of the body and the blood oxygen levels. The left index finger sheath 408a having the electrode 434 configured to contact midway between the fourth intercostal space left of the sternum and the fifth intercostal space at the midclavicular line and detect the electrical potentials generated by heart from that angle. The left index finger sheath 408a further having the eye pressure sensor 424 configured to work as tonometer to measure intraocular pressure on a daily basis just with a gesture of touching the eye ball over the closed eye lid. The left little finger sheath 414a having the electrode 440 configured to contact at the midaxillary line at the same level as electrode 436 and 438 contact and detecting the electrical potentials of heart from the mid axillary line. The left ring finger sheath 412a having the electrode 438 configured to contact anterior axillary line at the same level as electrode 436 contact. The left ring finger sheath 412a having the voltage or potential sensor 430 configured to detect the voltage of the left-hand.
The SPO2 and temperature sensors 428a may be configured to detect the temperature and the estimation of the oxygen saturation level usually measured with a pulse oximeter device. The right-hand dorsum portion 404b further comprises a display unit and audio player 442b. The Display unit and audio player 442b may be configured to display the health data of the user and to motivate the user to achieve the set activity targets. The air quality and pollen sensor 432a may be positioned on the left-hand wrist crease 416a and the air quality and pollen sensor 432b positioned on the right wrist crease 416b. The air quality and pollen sensor 432a or 432b may be configured to analyze the air quality of the surrounding. The Display unit and audio player 442b may further include step and calorie count GPS locator 448. The step and calorie count GPS locator 448 may be configured to provide the GPS location of the user and upon the use of a panic button which may transmit the user locations to the end user device 104.
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The diagram 500c depicting the mannequin 502 having the wearable device 102. The mannequin 502 having the various finger gestures and/or finger movements. The various finger sheaths having the various electrodes 312a-312f (e.g., V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, and V6) and boomerang-shaped rod 302. The electrodes 312a-312f (e.g., V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, and V6) may be positioned on the boomerang-shaped rod 302. The electrodes 312a-312f (e.g., V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, and V6) may be configured to capture the recordings from the mannequin (user's body parts, for e.g.) by just change in the gesture.
The diagrams 500b-500c further depicts the charging cables 508b-508c embedded in a plug (not shown) which may be attached to the left leg 506 by placing it in the popliteal fossa, i.e., back of the knee joint and folding the leg 506 for recording the left foot value. The right leg in contact with the floor completes the circuit as an earthing. The charging cables 508b-508c on one end may have the plug (not shown) which is embedded with a voltage sensor and on the other end branches into the USB cables 508b-508c which may attach to the wearable device 102 (left gloves, for e.g.) respectively for charging.
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The method commences at step 602 where positioning the wearable device to have contact with the electrodes and the sensors against the surfaces of the subject. Here, the subject may include but is not limited to, the user's skin, user's head, user's chest, user's leg arms, user's hand arms, and the like. Thereafter, the method continues to next step 604 by detecting the electrical potentials and vital signs at the surface of the subject by the electrodes and the sensors. Thereafter, at step 606, transmitting the detected electrical potentials and vital signs to the processing device. Thereafter, at step 608, processing the detected electrical potentials and the vital signs at the processing device to assess the user's health. Thereafter, at step 610 receiving the processed electrical potentials and the vital signs to the end user device from the processing device.
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The method commences at step 702 where collecting the authentication of the user by the fingerprint sensor positioned on the thumb finger sheath. Thereafter, at step 704, contacting the right finger sheath at the fourth intercostal space to a right of the sternum of the heart and detecting the electrical potentials from the fourth intercostal space and vital signs. Thereafter, at step 706, contacting the right finger sheath at the fourth intercostal space to the left of the sternum of the heart and detecting the electrical potentials from the fourth intercostal space to the left of the sternum and vital signs. Thereafter, at step 708, contacting the left finger sheath at the fifth intercostal space in midclavicular line and detecting electrical potentials from the fifth intercostal space in the midclavicular line and vital signs. Thereafter, at step 710, contacting the left finger sheath in the midway between the fourth intercostal space left of the sternum and the fifth intercostal space in midclavicular line and detecting electrical potentials. Thereafter, at step 712, contacting the left finger sheath at the midaxillary line and detecting the electrical potentials from the midaxillary line. Thereafter, at step 714, contacting the left finger sheath between the fifth intercostal space in midclavicular line and the midaxillary line and detecting the electrical potentials from there. In this process, capture various body vitals through the various sensors located within the embodiments and also capture the activity of the user and the ambient conditions where the user is present through these embodiments. Thereafter, 716, transmitting the detected electrical potentials and vital signs to the processing device. Thereafter, at step 718, storing the detected electrical potentials and vital signs and processing the detected electrical potentials and vital signs at the processing device. Thereafter, at step 720, receiving the processed electrical potentials and vital signs to the end user device from the processing device.
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The method commences at step 802 contacting the left finger sheath at the fourth intercostal space to the right of the sternum and detecting the electrical potentials from the fourth intercostal space and vital signs. Thereafter, at step 804, contacting the left finger sheath at the fourth intercostal space to the left of the sternum and detecting the electrical potentials from the fourth intercostal space and vital signs. Thereafter, at step 806, contacting the left finger sheath at the fifth intercostal space in the midclavicular line and detecting electrical potentials from the fifth intercostal space in the nipple line and vital signs. Thereafter, at step 808, contacting the left finger sheath between the fourth intercostal space left of the sternum and the fifth intercostal space in the midclavicular line and detecting electrical potentials between the fourth intercostal space and the fifth intercostal space and vital signs. Thereafter, at step 810, contacting the left finger sheath at the mid axillary line and detecting the electrical potentials from the mid axillary line and vital signs and contacting the left finger sheath at the anterior axillary line and detecting the electrical potentials from the anterior axillary line and vital signs. Thereafter, 812, transmitting the detected electrical potentials and vital signs to the processing device. Thereafter, at step 814, storing the detected electrical potentials and vital signs and processing the detected electrical potentials and vital signs at the processing device. Thereafter, at step 816, receiving the processed electrical potentials and vital signs to the end user device from the processing device.
More illustrative information will now be set forth regarding various optional architectures and uses in which the foregoing method may or may not be implemented, as per the desires of the user. It should be strongly noted that the following information is set forth for illustrative purposes and should not be construed as limiting in any manner. Any of the following features may be optionally incorporated with or without the exclusion of other features described.
Although the present disclosure has been described in terms of certain preferred embodiments and illustrations thereof, other embodiments and modifications to preferred embodiments may be possible that are within the principles and spirit of the invention. The above descriptions and figures are therefore to be regarded as illustrative and not restrictive.
Thus the scope of the present disclosure is defined by the appended claims and includes both combinations and sub-combinations of the various features described hereinabove as well as variations and modifications thereof, which would occur to persons skilled in the art upon reading the foregoing description.
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201841018540 | May 2018 | IN | national |
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PCT/IB2018/055282 | 7/17/2018 | WO |