Electronically initiating an administration of a neuromodulation treatment regimen chosen in response to contactlessly acquired information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9697336-B2
Application number	US-46212409-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2009
Priority date	Jul 28, 2009
Publication date	Jul 4, 2017
Grant date	Jul 4, 2017

Abstract

In an embodiment, a method includes acquiring electronic data indicative of a property of a mammal without making physical contact with the mammal. The method also includes extracting digital information indicative of a physiological characteristic of the mammal from the electronic data indicative of the property of the mammal. The method further includes choosing from an electronically accessible treatment database a neuromodulation treatment regimen for administration to the mammal in response to the information indicative of a physiological characteristic of the mammal. The method also includes electronically initiating an administration of the chosen neuromodulation treatment regimen to a nervous system component of the mammal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
acquiring electronic data indicative of a property of a mammal without making physical contact with the mammal;
extracting digital information indicative of a physiological characteristic of the mammal from the electronic data indicative of the property of the mammal;
choosing from an electronically accessible treatment database a neuromodulation treatment regimen for administration to a patient mammal based on the information indicative of a physiological characteristic of the mammal;
determining that the mammal and the patient mammal have a substantial probability of being the same mammal; and
electronically initiating an administration of the chosen neuromodulation treatment regimen to a nervous system component of the mammal only if it is determined that the mammal and the patient mammal have the substantial probability of being the same mammal.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein acquiring electronic data indicative of a property of a mammal without making physical contact with the mammal includes:
acquiring the electronic data indicative of the property of the mammal present in a space without making physical contact with the mammal; and
wherein extracting digital information indicative of a physiological characteristic of the mammal from the electronic data indicative of the state of the mammal includes
in an operation performed at a location remote from the space, extracting the digital information indicative of the physiological characteristic of the mammal from the electronic data indicative of a state of the mammal.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein acquiring electronic data indicative of a property of a mammal without making physical contact with the mammal includes:
acquiring electronic data indicative of the property of the mammal present in a space without making physical contact with the mammal; and
wherein choosing from an electronically readable treatment database a neuromodulation treatment regimen for administration to a patient mammal in response to the information indicative of a physiological characteristic of the mammal includes in an operation performed at a location remote from the space, choosing from the electronically readable treatment database the neuromodulation treatment regimen for administration to the patient mammal in response to the information indicative of the physiological characteristic of the mammal.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein acquiring electronic data indicative of a property of a mammal without making physical contact with the mammal includes:
acquiring the electronic data indicative of the property of the mammal present in a space without making physical contact with the mammal;
wherein extracting digital information indicative of a physiological characteristic of the mammal from the electronic data indicative of the property of the mammal includes
in an operation performed at a location remote from the space, extracting the digital information indicative of the physiological characteristic of the mammal from the electronic data indicative of the property of the mammal; and
wherein choosing from an electronically readable treatment database a neuromodulation treatment regimen for administration to a patient mammal in response to the information indicative of a physiological characteristic of the mammal includes
in another operation performed at another location remote from the space, choosing from the electronically readable treatment database the neuromodulation treatment regimen for administration to the patient mammal in response to the information indicative of the physiological characteristic of the mammal.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein extracting digital information indicative of a physiological characteristic of the mammal from the electronic data indicative of the property of the mammal includes:
at least one of distilling, inferring, or deriving the digital information indicative of the physiological characteristic of the mammal from the electronic data indicative of the property of the mammal.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein extracting digital information indicative of a physiological characteristic of the mammal from the electronic data indicative of the property of the mammal includes:
extracting using an artificial intelligence tool the digital information indicative of the physiological characteristic of the mammal from the electronic data indicative of the property of the mammal.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein extracting digital information indicative of a physiological characteristic of the mammal from the electronic data indicative of the state of the mammal includes:
in an operation performed in a space, extracting the digital information indicative of the physiological characteristic of the mammal from the electronic data indicative of the property of the mammal; and
wherein choosing from an electronically readable treatment database a neuromodulation treatment regimen for administration to a patient mammal in response to the information indicative of a physiological characteristic of the mammal includes
in another operation performed at a location remote from the space, choosing from the electronically readable treatment database the neuromodulation treatment regimen for administration to the patient mammal in response to the information indicative of the physiological characteristic of the mammal.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein choosing from an electronically readable treatment database a neuromodulation treatment regimen for administration to a patient mammal in response to the information indicative of a physiological characteristic of the mammal includes:
choosing from the electronically readable treatment database the neuromodulation treatment regimen for administration to the patient mammal in response to a selected outcome and the information indicative of the physiological characteristic of the mammal.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein choosing from an electronically readable treatment database a neuromodulation treatment regimen for administration to a patient mammal in response to the information indicative of a physiological characteristic of the mammal includes:
choosing from a digitally maintained treatment decision table the neuromodulation treatment regimen for administration to the patient mammal in response to the information indicative of the physiological characteristic of the mammal.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein choosing from an electronically readable treatment database a neuromodulation treatment regimen for administration to a patient mammal in response to the information indicative of a physiological characteristic of the mammal includes:
choosing from a digital library correlating physiological characteristics and neural stimuli the neuromodulation treatment regimen for administration to the patient mammal in response to the information indicative of the physiological characteristic of the mammal.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein choosing from an electronically readable treatment database a neuromodulation treatment regimen for administration to a patient mammal in response to the information indicative of a physiological characteristic of the mammal includes:
deciding if treatment is indicated in response to the information indicative of the physiological characteristic of the mammal, and if treatment is indicated choosing from the electronically readable treatment database the neuromodulation treatment regimen for administration to the patient mammal in response to the information indicative of the physiological characteristic of the mammal.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein elec

Assignees

• Hyde Roderick A
• Ishikawa Muriel Y
• Leuthardt Eric C
• Rivet Dennis J
• Sweeney Elizabeth A
• Wood Jr Lowell L
• Wood Victoria Y H
• Gearbox Llc

Inventors

• Hyde Roderick A
• Ishikawa Muriel Y
• Leuthardt Eric C
• Rivet Dennis J
• Sweeney Elizabeth A
• Wood Jr Lowell L
• Wood Victoria Y H

Classifications

• A61B5/0044

  for the heart · CPC title

• A61B5/05

  Detecting, measuring or recording for diagnosis by means of electric currents or magnetic fields; Measuring using microwaves or radio waves (measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof A61B5/11; detecting, measuring or recording bioelectric or biomagnetic signals of the body or parts thereof A61B5/24) · CPC title

• A61B5/02411

  of foetuses · CPC title

• A61B5/02416

  using photoplethysmograph signals, e.g. generated by infrared radiation (A61B5/14552 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F19/3481 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic