Wearable monitor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9597004-B2
Application number	US-201514929121-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 30, 2015
Priority date	Oct 31, 2014
Publication date	Mar 21, 2017
Grant date	Mar 21, 2017

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a wearable monitor device and methods and systems for using such a device. In certain embodiments, the wearable monitor records cardiac data from a mammal and extracts particular features of interest. These features are then transmitted and used to provide health-related information about the mammal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wearable device for monitoring data, the device comprising:
a sensor and circuit configured to detect or derive cardiac signals from a user, the circuit configured to estimate a heartbeat time series from the cardiac signals;
a transmitter, the transmitter configured to transmit the heartbeat time series to a computing device when the user triggers the device based on a perceived cardiac event, the computing device configured to infer a likelihood of an occurrence of past cardiac arrhythmia from the heartbeat time series; and
wherein the computing device is configured to provide a report, the report comprising the likelihood of the occurrence of past cardiac arrhythmia.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the computing device is a server.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the computing device is a smartphone.

4. The device of claim 2 , wherein the computing device communicates with the transmitter through a smartphone intermediary.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the report comprises indications for the presence of atrial fibrillation.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the indications for the presence of atrial fibrillation comprise detecting at least 1000 beats.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the computing device infers a plurality of most probable cardiac rhythms by filtering the heartbeat time series according to a predetermined threshold.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the circuit is further configured to estimate a signal amplitude from the cardiac signals and the transmitter is further configured to transmit the signal amplitude to the computing device.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the circuit is further configured to estimate a noise level from the cardiac signals and the transmitter is further configured to transmit the noise level to the computing device.

10. The device of claim 1 , wherein the circuit is configured to collect a secondary signal and transmit the secondary signal to the computing device.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the secondary signal is accelerometer data.

12. The device of claim 10 , wherein the secondary signal is electrode contact quality data.

13. A wearable device for monitoring cardiac data, the device comprising:
a sensor and circuit configured to record a plurality of heart beat signals from a user;
a transmitter, the transmitter configured to transmit a segment of the heart beat signals to a server when the user uses a trigger, the server configured to analyze the segment and infer a likelihood of an occurrence of past cardiac arrhythmia; and
wherein the server is configured to prepare a report from the likelihood of cardiac arrhythmia and transmit the report to the user, the report comprising the likelihood of the occurrence of past cardiac arrhythmia.

Assignees

• Irhythm Tech Inc

Inventors

• Hughes Nicholas
• Day Mark
• Tamura Yuriko

Classifications

• G16H50/20

  for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems · CPC title

• A61B5/0006 Primary

  ECG or EEG signals · CPC title

• G16H80/00

  ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring · CPC title

• A61B5/0022

  Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet · CPC title

• A61B2560/0412

  Low-profile patch shaped housings · CPC title