WO2015188287A1

WO2015188287A1 - Portable device for measuring biometric and non-biometric data

Info

Publication number: WO2015188287A1
Application number: PCT/CL2014/000025
Authority: WO
Inventors: Pedro Pablo MUÑOZ MIRO
Original assignee: INNOVACIÓN TECNOLÓGICA INTEGRAL HEALTH SpA
Priority date: 2014-06-11
Filing date: 2014-06-11
Publication date: 2015-12-17

Abstract

The invention relates to a portable device for measuring biometric and non-biometric data, comprising: one or more microcontrollers or microprocessors; an internal communications transceiver module; multiple sensors for recording biometric and non-biometric data; and an internal power source for powering same. The invention also relates to the system associated with the portable device, comprising: at least one of the portable devices; an external communications transceiver module; and a computer centre including resident software. The invention also relates to the method for operating the system associated with the portable device.

Description

PORTABLE DEVICE THAT MEASURES BIOMETRIC AND NON-BIOMETRIC DATA, SYSTEM THAT HAS AT LEAST A DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATION.

DESCRIPTION

Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a transportable device, for the control of a person suffering from some type of disease such as diabetes, hypertension, Alzheimer's.

The present invention also comprises a system associated with the device and the method of operation of the device.

Background of the Invention

The purpose of this invention is to provide the different patients (user) and their stakeholders (relatives, caregivers, etc.) with a support mechanism to monitor their biometric signs in real time, as well as information related to their physical position ( geolocation), their trajectory and some other elements that allow them to help them stay under control, as well as assist them in an exceptional situation such as, a hypertensive crisis, an outrage, or a loss.

If we take diabetes as an example, avoid the punctures of the use of test strips (massively used in the market for patient control), we can improve control adherence and monitoring frequency. This immediately translates into the possibility of managing said data in a preventive manner. This would allow "predicting" a crisis and taking measures to avoid or mitigate it, for the direct benefit of both the patient and his support network (usually his family). In US2011295085 a portable device is described that receives the data provided by one or more sensors and shows the statistical data related to the sensor data, corresponding to the data of the related person. The data is handled statistically and is related to the physiological signs and parameters such as blood pressure, heart rate, body temperature, electrocardiogram, glucose level, substances and / or the presence or level of any chemical, etc. The portable device can also display these measurements. The portable device can calculate the statistical data, with or without the help of a remote computer and / or store the statistical data, and / or a remote device can calculate and / or store the statistical data. The portable device can communicate with a remote computer through a wireless link from the portable device. For its part, US2012041276 describes a portable medical monitoring device designed for personal use to measure a variety of physical parameters, such as heart rate, blood pressure, oximetry, and blood sugar (glucose). The device is connected to a band of a belt or with a bracelet on the arm of an individual, it is also equipped with a display screen, test selection switches, an optical module and a processing module that analyzes the data generated by The optical module

Also in document US2008139899 a device is disclosed that helps caregivers of patients with dementia, such as people suffering from Alzheimer's disease, in order to monitor and safeguard the well-being of patients. The device is attached to the wrist or leg of the patients, the device monitors the movement and behavior of the patient and informs the caregivers whenever unexpected or alarming incidents occur. The device can identify if the patient has fallen or is inactive for long periods of time. The device records have the patient's daily behavior patterns, in this way unexpected events can be identified. The device is equipped with sensors that allow you to control the location, behavior and condition of the patient. In addition, the device can be programmed to identify both particular and alarming behaviors. The device is specially equipped to operate with low battery consumption.

Therefore, the objective of the present invention is to provide a device that has multiple sensors (blood pressure monitor, heart rate monitor, accelerometer, non-invasive glucometer) in the form of a bracelet or watch or other form that allows direct communication with the user's skin , with the ability to communicate data to a data processing center. Furthermore, another objective of the present invention is to have a system associated with the device that can collect and preserve the data obtained to apply predefined rules according to said data, which allow support to the user or responsible users. This system must be available every day, 24 hours a day and must be accessible to users via the Internet regardless of the device they use for it.

The purpose of this system is to provide, through the two components described above, a tool for stabilization of the patient (understood as permanence in a stable state) and real support in crisis situations, both for him and his family.

The device and associated system are structured in three main elements: the patient and his pathology, the sensor / controller device and the data processor.

Summary of the Invention

The present invention describes a system comprising at least one portable device, an external receiver / transmitter communications module and a computer center. The portable device contains one or more microprocessors formed by one or more processors, an internal receiver / transmitter communications module, which allows the reception and sending of data to a computer center, a screen, multiple sensors to record pulse, blood pressure, blood glucose level, among other biomedical data and an internal source of power to supply it with energy. Additionally, the device has a charging and discharge control and regulation subsystem for the internal power source (battery).

The present invention also comprises the operation procedure of the portable device and system.

Brief Description of the Drawings

The invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 represents a general perspective view of the portable device of the present invention, in the wristwatch mode.

Figure 2 represents a diagram of the system of the present invention.

Figure 3 represents a logical communication diagram of the portable device of the present invention.

Detailed description of the invention

The present invention describes a system comprising at least one portable device, an external receiver / transmitter communications module and a computer center. The portable device contains one or more microprocessors or microcontrollers, formed by one or more processors; an internal communications receiver / sender module, which allows the reception and sending of data to a computer center; a screen; Multiple sensors to record biometric and non-biometric data and an internal source of power to power it. Additionally, the device has a charging and discharge control and regulation subsystem for the internal power source (battery). Within the biometric sensors are included pulse, blood pressure, blood glucose level sensors, among some possible biometric data sensors. Sensors such as RTC (real time clock), magnetometer (compass), accelerometers, gyroscope (3D spatial position) among some possible non-biometric data sensors are included within the non-biometric sensors.

The purpose of the screen is to allow the user-patient to visualize recommendations from the computer center and provide information for everyday use, the screen is for example a screen of the low-consumption type e-ink or oled.

In its usual state the screen should display a clock, or calendar, or alarm, some image or visual appearance similar to a digital wristwatch. In general, functionalities that may be interesting to the user-patient may be added, in order to use said device not only for its intrinsic value of care but also because it provides information that is relevant to it, such as gambling results, horoscope, etc.

The screen of the device, in its state of support to the user-patient, should allow guidance on what to do with the monitored data set, according to a pattern resident in the computer center, becoming a guidance and support tool .

In a preferred embodiment, the portable device is a wrist watch, the body of which can be manufactured based on plastic or metallic materials and its strap can be made of metallic, plastic, silicone, leather or textile materials. These different materiality options will be related to the type of user-patient who will use it considering material and color versions according to, for example, the age group.

The system internally, as already said, comprises at least one device, such as that of the present invention, and in turn comprises a web-resident software, which is accessible from any device with access to the web, such as tablet, Smartphone, notebook, netbook, pe, mac, etc) and that allows you to interact with the user or users through a set of recommendations that the system delivers to said users.

The system allows interaction between a user and the system, between two users and the system or between at least two users, the system being the communication link.

A schematic diagram of the method of using the system of the present invention can be seen in Figure 2, where the user-patient (1) requiring a portable device, the portable device (2) of the present invention, the administrator of the global configuration of the system (3), the user responsible for the user-patient (4) and the central data processor (5), resident in the computer center (software).

Functional Detail Component

Portable device, which • Must have a unique identifier

thanks to its • Associate device with patient

technical characteristics • Register information related to acts as a diagnostic device (s) associated with the device.

sensor / controller or Alzheimer

o Diabetes

o Hypertension

• Send captured data to the central server with a frequency wirelessly.

o Geo location

o Diabetes clinical data

o HTA clinical data

• Display information on screen.

o Normal state

o Predefined alert according to diagnosis

o Contact information by responsible

• Patient identification

User module, • Must have one or more responsible corresponds to the module • Associated with a device

access to the device • Select one or more diagnoses to portable, is the module to be monitored

View the user- • Define parameters according to patient diagnosis on the Alzheimer's screen:

your portable device ^■ Location map based on Google Maps

o Diabetes and AHT

^■ Base values

^■ Higher values

^■ Lower values

^■ Sample Rate

• Patients are not deleted, are discharged or discharged

Responsible user, • Is a user of the system

corresponds to the user • It has one or more patients associated who is responsible for • Configure the patient file one or more users- • View patient status online patients using one or Data registered in portable device range, such as time

the present or Graph of values and trend invention. o Geographic location

• Receive alerts according to protocol, indicating abnormalities in the patient's condition

Administrator • Define the general parameters of the global system configuration system, corresponds to the sampling frequency person in charge of standard

achieve communication or Critical sampling frequency between the user (s) - • Register patient message templates and message (s) for responsible responsible user users

o Message for users-patients (devices)

• Extraction of usage reports

• Define the profiles of different users and access levels

• Control authentication of

Central processor of different users

data corresponds to the • Request parameters from the processor devices that reside in frequently defined

the computer center • Store data delivered by the system devices

• Analyze data with the parameters of each user-patient according to diagnosis

• Analyze trend of results

• Send alert to Responsible user (s)

• Send message to display on device (standard message)

• Join Google Maps for the geographical representation of devices

• Send information to devices wirelessly: internet and sms

Activities related to the administrator • Log in

■ Register user-patient

• Manage sample rate

• Manage message templates

· Manage profiles

• Manage roles

• Get reports

Activities related to the user responsible for the user-patient

· Log in

• List associated users-patients

Activities related to the portable device

• Receive information

• Analyze information

• Notify reception

• Display information on your screen

• Send Message

• Send alert

System related activities

• Send Message

Sensor sampling (glycemia, pulse, geolocation, accelerometer, magnetometer)

• Process information received at the computer center

• Receive / Send messages

A schematic diagram of the internal operation of the portable device of the present invention is shown in Figure 3, where the screen (6) can be displayed; the integrated display memory (7); biometric sensors (8, 9, 10), such as a glucometer (8); a heart rate monitor (9); a tensiometer (10); a processor to Bus (11) I2C and biometric sensors charge; four non-biometric sensors, such as RTC (real time clock) (13), magnetometer (compass) (14), accelerometer (15), gyroscope (3D spatial position) (16); a microprocessor in charge of communications (12) and non-biometric sensors (13, 14, 15, 16); a modem (7); and a charge controller (9) with a battery (18) and charge connector (20). All the interaction of these components is done through a certain software. As an example, it is noted that the use of the I2C bus is merely referential and makes it explicit that there is a data communication bus within the portable device carried by the user-patient, through which all internal communication activities are coordinated and data transport.

The system of the present invention is a user-patient monitoring system that has a diagnosis of chronic disease, susceptible to decompensation, memory loss and even fainting. The diseases considered within the scope of the system and that will be monitored by the application are: Alzheimer's, Diabetes and Arterial Hypertension, among others.

The software resident in the computer center allows to define the geographic coverage area of a user-patient, their basic vital signs, the normal frequency of monitoring, their user-managers, a list of those responsible and even the guidance / support messages ( what to do against a set of data obtained from the device). The main components of the software resident on the web, can be identified as the administration, the client and the configuration.

Activities related to the administration

Enter the data of the users responsible for the individuals (patient-users), such as their names, cell phone, mail, so that they can be contacted when events that require them occur.

Define lists of responsible users for each individual, such as siblings, wife, children, etc. and you can also link them. For those cases that merit it, users and related lists may be created, as in the case of a family that wants to monitor their grandparents, that is, two people monitored by multiple people.

At this level, in the menu you will also have access to a button identified, for example as "SEE LOCATION", which allows you to visualize on the screen the physical place where the user-patient is located, in order to track it on demand.

Activities related to the portable device

The system comprises at least one portable device operating at the same time and in connection with the software.

In this menu you can visualize the data received from the specific portable device being reviewed, among which are the information of antennas that we pass to GoogleApi® to obtain the estimated latitude and longitude of the geographical location of the user-patient, not excluding, that is, we can use this or another geolocation mechanism, based on either antennas, ip networks, Wi-Fi, etc., depending on what data is available.

You can also monitor the status of the portable device, checking the status of your battery and the different sensors.

As in the previous case, we can ask where a user-patient is located by pressing a button SEE LOCATION

User-patient (individual)

In this menu you can enter all the demographic and biometric data related to a user-patient. This user will be linked to the responsible user (s) and the pathologies he suffers. Responsible user

This represents the user who accesses the system, that is, who connects with a password and who has permissions. These authorizations are granted in this menu and passwords are changed.

Setting

They correspond to system parameters. Reserved for expert users of the system. It includes the detail of the support activities such as sending SMS or messages to the screen of the portable device, specifically. Pathologies

It is the database of pathologies supported by the system.

Protocol load per pathology

It is the set of steps to follow in front of a set of data for each pathology. It allows the system to compare a user-patient and their specific data at a time, with predetermined limits, which if exceeded, triggers support activities such as shipments to the screen of the portable device.

The main objective of the system is to capture information on the status and / or location of the user-patient, according to the defined frequency, in order to keep the users responsible for the user-patients (usually family members) informed.

The present invention also comprises the method of operation of the system, which comprises:

- have a system comprising a portable device, an external receiver / sender communications module and a computer center,

- enter monitoring frequency of biometric and non-biometric data,

- automatically obtain the control data (biometric and non-biometric data), using the sensors located inside the portable device, - compare in the computer center, the data obtained with the predefined stored data for each pathology,

- inform the user-patient (individual) and associated responsible users when the values obtained are outside the predefined ranges (higher or lower values), and

- inform the patient-user and associated responsible users procedure to apply

The method of operation also includes increasing the frequency of obtaining control data, when the result of the data comparison is outside the predefined range. In addition, the method comprises informing the associated responsible users, out-of-range values and the location of the user-patient. In the case, from which the values that are out of ranges persist, the system through its portable device, will deliver emergency instructions to the user-patient.

Examples

Mellitus diabetes

A user-patient in a diabetic coma looks and behaves very much like a drunk before falling asleep due to drunkenness. Then, he looks like a drunk sleeping.

The system of the present invention informs of its status to those who come to help it, through the screen of the portable device carried by the user-patient and notifies its responsible user, that the patient is unconscious and where he is, through an SMS, e-mail or communication technology to which you have access, according to the default in the computer center. Additionally, as the system is monitoring the biometric data, through the portable device, and sending said data to the software, a diabetic user-patient, close to suffering a decompensation, can be oriented to avoid reaching that state, with suggestions and questions Tending to confirm your status. In this sense, the system can indicate the consumption of a food rich in sugar due to a low glucose or, in contrast, can ask the patient to go to the nearest health center, indicating exact address and even references such as walk three blocks to the north and turn left. The monitoring rate (frequency with which biometric data is measured) may be increased according to pre-established protocols that consider trends and response (or lack thereof) to make suggestions based on statistical trends that are inferred from biometric data. .

Alzheimer's

The following description applies to Alzheimer's pathology, where the important thing is the timely location of a lost patient, notifying those responsible.

An Alzheimer's patient, when lost, experiences panic and is exposed to incalculable risks. His family suffers the anguish of not knowing his status, since they notice his absence. This stress is permanent in the family group.

The system informs its responsible user, as soon as he moves away from the preset radius to transit, he also delivers, by means of the portable device, a message to help reassure the user-patient, explaining his condition, the situation he is experiencing, facilitating his prompt location and immediate protection This also helps the responsible user, avoiding stress at the possible loss of their loved one. The portable device sends a message informing the status of all its sensors and software, before a sharp change in trends, reprograms it by applying clinical and support protocols that allow its responsible users to locate it graphically with the portable device they have at hand. Enter the data sent, there are those necessary to determine the physical position of the user-patient, so as to visually represent the responsible or responsible users.

This fact, in addition to the message that the portable device presents to the patient-user, allows it to calm down and guide it to receive the help it requires at that minute.

As an example, the screen of the portable device is of e-ink technology, so it does not have light or color, so the highlighting effect is done by inverting the color patterns from black to white and vice versa as shown then, with a difference of milliseconds, which makes one see an intermittency simultaneously to the color changes. Therefore, the information to be delivered on the screen can be of the type:

ATTENTION

YOU ARE SUFFERING A TEMPORARY CRISIS

ATTENTION

ATTENTION

YOUR HÜA JUANA WILL CALL YOU IN BRIEF

ATE CION

Arterial hypertension

Hypertension is a disease that afflicts a significant number of the population and its most common consequences are cardiovascular accidents, the consequences of which are difficult to manage and with very serious damage to the patient's life, such as hemiplegia or being completely prostrated and in full use of consciousness

The function of the portable device is essentially the same as in the previous cases, except that the most important variable to consider for the definition of the protocols of support for the patient and its responsible user, is his blood pressure.

To sensitize blood pressure, photosethysmography and micro-accelerometers are used, technology available since 2007 at the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

Other examples

Car accident

Through the interpretation of accelerometers, magnetometers and gyroscopes, we can determine when a patient-user has changed trajectory or position in a non-human way, that is, the product of a violent blow such as an outrage. Additionally, by monitoring your vital signs, you can determine how critical your condition is and transmit such data, along with its location to the software so that the corresponding alerts are triggered.

Fainting or loss of consciousness

Similar to the previous case, it can be determined when a user-patient is on the floor, fainted or unconscious, differentiating him from the same position inside his house or other places where this is reasonable, that is, if he detects that the user -patient lies 180 degrees parallel to the ground at home, no alert will be generated but if the same set of variables is determined in the middle of the street for more than a predetermined period of time, we would face a possible fainting or loss of consciousness.

Claims

1. Portable device for monitoring individuals who suffer from a previously identified pathology and are susceptible to decompensation, CHARACTERIZED because it comprises one or more microcontrollers or microprocessors, formed by one or more processors; an internal communications receiver / sender module, which allows the reception and sending of data to a computer center; a screen; Multiple sensors to record biometric and non-biometric data and an internal source of power to power it.

2. The portable device, according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED because the pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose level sensors are included within the biometric sensors.

3. The portable device, according to claim 2, CHARACTERIZED because sensors such as RTC (real time clock), magnetometer (compass), accelerometers and gyro (3D spatial position) are included within the non-biometric sensors.

4. The portable device according to claim 3, CHARACTERIZED because in addition, the portable device comprises a control and regulation subsystem for loading and unloading the internal power source.

5. The portable device according to claim 4, CHARACTERIZED because the screen is of the low-consumption type e-ink or oled.

6. The portable device according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED because the device is a wrist watch.

7. System associated with the portable device for monitoring individuals who suffer from a previously identified pathology and are susceptible to decompensation, CHARACTERIZED because it includes:

- at least one portable device as in claim 1;

- an external receiver / transmitter communications module; Y

- a computer center, which has a resident software.

8. The system, according to claim 7, CHARACTERIZED because within the multiple sensors possessed by the portable device, there are biometric sensors, which include the pulse, blood pressure and glucose level sensors in the blood.

9. The system, according to claim 8, CHARACTERIZED because within the multiple sensors possessed by the portable device, there are non-biometric sensors, which include sensors such as RTC (real time clock), magnetometer (compass), accelerometers and gyro (3D spatial position).

10. Method of operation of the system associated with the portable device for monitoring individuals suffering from a previously identified pathology and who are susceptible to decompensation, according to claims 7 to 9, CHARACTERIZED because it comprises:

- have the system comprising the portable device, an external receiver / sender communications module and a computer center; - enter monitoring frequency of control data;

- to automatically obtain the control data, through the multiple sensors located inside the portable device;

- compare in the computer center, the data obtained with the predefined stored data for each pathology; - inform the user and associated responsible users when the values obtained are outside the predefined ranges (higher or lower values); and

- Inform the user and associated users associated procedure to apply.

11. Method of operation of the system associated with the portable device, according to claim 10, CHARACTERIZED because the control data to be obtained are biometric and non-biometric data.

12. Method of operation of the system associated with the portable device, according to claim 11, CHARACTERIZED because the monitoring frequency of the control data is increased or decreased, according to the results obtained.

13. Method of operation of the system associated with the portable device, according to claim 12, CHARACTERIZED because the information to the responsible user is carried out via SMS, e-mail or some other communication technology.