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`(12) United States Patent
`(10) Patent N0.:
`US 6,602,191 132
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`Quy
`(45) Date of Patent:
`Aug. 5, 2003
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`(54) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HEALTH
`AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT COMBINING
`PATIENT DATA MONITORING WITH
`WIRELESS INTERNET CONNECTIVITY
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`IHVCHIOIZ Roger J. Quy, M111 Valley, CA (US)
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`(75)
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`(73) Assignee: Q-tec Systems LLP, Wilmington, DE
`(US)
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`( * ) Notice:
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`Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 199 days.
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`(21) Appl. No.: 09/738,270
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`(22)
`(65)
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`Filed:
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`Dec. 15, 2000
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`US 2001/0047125 A1 Nov. 29, 2001
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`ABSTRACT
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`A method and apparatus for a wireless health monitoring
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`METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HEALTH
`AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT COMBINING
`PATIENT DATA MONITORING WITH
`WIRELESS INTERNET CONNECTIVITY
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`CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED
`APPLICATIONS
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`This application is a conversion of US. Provisional Patent
`Application Ser. No. 60/172,486 filed Dec. 17, 1999, entitled
`“Method and Apparatus for Health and Disease Manage-
`ment Combining Patient Data Monitoring with Wireless
`Internet Connectivity”.
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`REFERENCE TO GOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT
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`REFERENCE TO MICROFICHE APPENDIX
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`FIELD OF THE INVENTION
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`invention relates to monitoring of living
`The present
`subjects, and more particularly to health-monitoring of
`persons where measured or input health data is communi-
`cated by a wireless device to and from a software application
`running on an internet-connected server and where the same
`may be studied and processed by the software application, a
`health professional, or the subject.
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`Several attempts have been made in the past to achieve
`efficient interactive communication of medical or health
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`information between a subject or patient and a reviewer or
`provider of that information. In particular, communication
`of consumer physiological information has been a subject of
`such attempts. It is noted that in this regard the “reviewer or
`provider of medical or health information” is understood to
`include not only a physician but also a software application
`or algorithm that may analyze the information.
`Medical or health information has been made available on
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`a CD-ROM accessible by a home computer system. This
`passive approach had certain disadvantages. First, although
`the personal computer is prevalent is the United States, it is
`generally too expensive for a consumer physiological moni-
`toring system and there are many people who find it too
`complicated to set up and use for that purpose. High-risk,
`chronically ill patients, responsible for more than half of
`health care costs in the United States and forming the fastest
`growing segment of those requiring health care, are indeed
`the most likely not to be able to afford or use a system built
`around a personal computer. In addition, such systems are
`limited in their interactivity to the information stored on the
`CD.
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`Previous patents by the Inventor addressed both of these
`disadvantages, as well as the need to reduce health care costs
`through providing educational health care information and
`interactive physiological monitoring in the home environ-
`ment by means of a user-friendly, interactive system (see,
`e.g., US. Pat. Nos. 5,601,435, 6,144,837, and continuations
`thereof).
`These previous patents were based on a video game
`console, or a multimedia player using a conventional tele-
`vision screen as the display device to achieve a system
`which is simpler to use than systems based on a personal
`computer. An initial embodiment of the previous patents
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`utilized a compact disc to provide interactive information for
`disease management.
`Even with the advantages provided, these systems limited
`the user to location in which the device was located. Even
`where devices are portable, as in the case of a laptop
`computer with a modem, an ordinary POTS phone line must
`be found and used. Where the user’s computer employs a
`broadband connection, such as DSL or satellite, the choices
`of location are even more limited.
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`Attempts have been made to remedy this deficiency. For
`example, many telemetry systems allow a “wireless” dis-
`tance to be placed between a health measuring unit and a
`remote monitoring system. However, such systems are lim-
`ited in their range.
`Other systems have used cellular telephone technology to
`increase the wireless health monitoring range. However,
`these systems have several deficiencies, such as requiring
`significant modification of the mobile phone. For example,
`US. Pat. No. 5,772,586, issued Jun. 30, 1998 to Heinonon
`et al., discloses a method for monitoring the health of a
`patient. This system uses a specialized connection between
`the patient health measuring unit and the cellular phone,
`however. The patient health measuring unit is located in the
`battery space of the mobile phone and is connected to a
`communication bus of the mobile phone. Other systems
`have been proposed, but these suffer from similar deficien-
`cies in that they are not designed to be used with “off-the-
`shelf” wireless devices or health measuring equipment.
`The deployment of the above systems also currently lacks
`employment of full back-end server functionality with
`which to provide a wide range of interactive communication
`with the patient. Instead, such systems, if internet-enabled,
`are often limited to mere one-way non-interactive data
`transfer via a modem. While some systems are more
`enhanced, including that disclosed in US. Pat. No. 5,357,
`427, issued Oct. 18, 1994 to Langen, et al., and entitled
`“Remote Monitoring of High-Risk Patients using Artificial
`Intelligence”, these systems are limited by the wired tele-
`communications infrastructure.
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`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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`Embodiments of the present invention overcome one or
`more of the disadvantages of the prior art by providing a
`full-feature health-monitoring system that may wirelessly
`connect to a back-end server application via the internet. The
`invention allows wireless access to and from a wide variety
`of present medical or health-related instruments and devices,
`while maintaining the capability of connecting to future such
`devices.
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`In particular, the invention may be embodied in several
`systems. Two complementary such systems are described
`herein, although extensions to other such systems can be
`envisioned. First, an embodiment of the invention may be
`employed to manage the disease state or condition of a
`patient. In this embodiment, the patient may employ a health
`monitoring device (“HMD”), in particular a medical device,
`and a wireless connection provides data from the medical
`device for processing via the internet including a review by
`a physician or other health care professional if required.
`In the second embodiment, a health or lifestyle manage-
`ment plan may be implemented. Various health parameters,
`such as those relating to nutrition or exercise, may be
`entered into a health monitoring device,
`in this instance
`termed an “exercise machine”, and the same may be wireless
`communicated to a server. An application may process and
`store the health parameters, and a health specialist may
`optionally review the same.
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`Wireless internet connectivity has many advantages. For
`example, in the first embodiment, a diabetic could connect
`a blood glucose meter to an internet-enabled wireless web
`device (“WWD”) away from home and download data to a
`Diabetes Management Company’s server and, in response,
`receive guidance displayed on the screen (or by voice) about
`choices for the next meal.
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`Alternatively, in the second embodiment, a person inter-
`ested in tracking an exercise program may take the WD to
`the local health club and attach the same to an exercise
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`machine, send data output from various exercise machines
`over the Internet, and receive a personalized response from
`the server of a company specializing in Health & Lifestyle
`Management. The individual may input caloric content of
`foods eaten, and may further input caloric content of exer-
`cise performed. In this way, e.g., a person in a weight-loss
`program may see in great detail whether they are expending
`more calories in the form of exercise than the same indi-
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`vidual is consuming in the form of food.
`In general, in the health management embodiment, the
`system may be employed to monitor the physiologic status
`of a healthy subject while eating, exercising, or performing
`other activities. For clarity, such devices are termed herein
`“exercise machines”. These may include an electronic body
`weight scale, a body fat gauge, biofeedback devices, phys-
`iotherapy or chiropractic equipment, blood pressure
`recorders, or the like, or any type of exercise machine or
`monitor, including a heart rate monitor, treadmill, rowing
`machine, stepper, or the like.
`In more detail, the present invention provides a method
`and system for assisting patients to manage a disease or
`maintain healthy lifestyle by collecting health-related data
`and providing information in response to those data by
`means of a WWD designed to display interactive informa-
`tion through a connection to the Internet. The present
`invention may be connected to various HMDs, both medical
`and exercise-related in nature, and may communicate infor-
`mation via a wireless connection such as a wireless Internet
`connection.
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`A major advantage of embodiments of the invention is
`that the same frees the patient from the constraints of wired
`systems. The same allows users with consumer “off-the-
`shelf” wireless devices to significantly extend the range of
`connectivity over that of wired computer, television, or even
`wireless telemetry systems.
`In a first embodiment of the present invention, the WD
`is a web-enabled cellular phone. Here it is noted that the
`term “web” or “internet” are used interchangeably to refer to
`the internet in general. In a second embodiment, the WD
`is a palm, handheld, or laptop computer, or a PDA, equipped
`with a wireless modem. In a third embodiment, the WD
`may be a hybrid device that combines the functions of a
`computer, PDA and telephone.
`An adaptor is used if necessary to convert the output
`signal of the medical monitoring device to a suitable input
`signal for the WD. The adaptor allows connection of the
`WD to a medical device, exercise machine or other variety
`of health care equipment, and the connection may be made
`via several techniques. As for wired techniques, a standard
`parallel bus or serial cable may be used if the input/output
`ports between the HMD and the WWD are appropriate.
`Otherwise, a suitable separate adaptor may be employed.
`The connection may also be an input such as a disk drive
`or other media input for input of data, a USB port or phone
`jack or other such wired input, again employing an adaptor
`if required.
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`As for wireless techniques, infrared (IR), microwaves,
`radio frequency (RF), e.g., Bluetooth® or 802.11 protocols,
`optical techniques including lasers, and other such tech-
`niques may be used. The patient or subject may also input
`data manually, such as by a stylus, keypad, synchronization
`from a PC, or by various other techniques discussed below.
`A major advantage of the invention is that by use of an
`optional adaptor, the system is compatible with current and
`prior HMDs as well as maintaining a capability of adapting
`to future such systems.
`Other advantages of the invention may include one or
`more of the following. An embodiment of the invention may
`be used when a patient is traveling or otherwise away from
`their “wired” means of communication. The invention
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`allows wireless health-monitoring to the level of accuracy
`previously achieved only by desktop so-called “wired”
`computer systems. The invention is protocol-independent.
`The interaction between a WWD and a back-end server
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`may provide a major additional advantage in certain
`embodiments of the invention. In particular, the relatively
`small amount of memory currently provided on a WWD as
`compared to a back-end server severely limits the function-
`ality of applications running on the WD, especially in
`terms of computing capacity, processing power, and user
`interface. By providing significant application functionality
`on the back-end, less memory and processing capabilities
`become necessary on the WD (i.e., on the “front-end”).
`Thus, memory may be used in the WD for an enhanced
`user interface or for other purposes, according to the user
`requirements.
`In a method according to an embodiment of the invention,
`the patient connects to a specific Internet site and a software
`program, resident on a remote server located on the Internet,
`downloads an interactive user interface for that patient and
`an application for the measurement of the physiological
`data. The software may also be downloaded to the WWD
`from a personal computer via a synchronization operation in
`known fashion. The software provides a personalized dis-
`play for the user and configures the WWD to control and
`monitor devices connected via a generic input/output port to
`the WD. The software may be designed to suit
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`constraints of the small display screens of WWDs. The
`software, as well as inputs from the patient or other inputs,
`can control the manner, content, and display of information
`presented to the patient, and measured or input data can be
`stored for review by a health care provider or by a software
`algorithm or application. The algorithm may be of varying
`complexity, from a simple program that merely acknowl-
`edges receipt of information to an artificial
`intelligence
`algorithm, such as an expert system, collaborative filtering
`system, rules based system, case-based reasoning system, or
`other such artificial intelligence application.
`Further information may be provided to or from the
`patient, including information entered manually. The patient
`may input this information via a personal computer, which
`then may download the input information to the WD via
`a synchronization operation using standard protocols, such
`as those for Palm PDA devices.
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`The user may also input supplemental information via a
`PC connected independently to the server via the internet.
`Such supplemental information may include data that is
`difficult or inconvenient to input on the WWD. In this way,
`the patient may be afforded a more convenient environment
`in which to manipulate data to supplement the data input to
`the WWD. The deployment of voice processing technology
`may be used to enable an even more convenient user
`interface: i.e., one to which patients can talk.
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`In all of these respects, the portable aspect of the WD
`is important:
`to wit, the user may conveniently carry the
`WD on their person wherever they may go, allowing data
`entry at the time needed.
`Other aspects, features, and advantages will be apparent
`from the summary above, as well as from the description
`that follows, including the figures and the claims.
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`FIG. 1 illustrates a general embodiment of a wireless
`health-monitoring system according to the present inven-
`tion;
`FIG. 2 illustrates an embodiment of a wireless health-
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`monitoring apparatus according to the present invention,
`showing the system of FIG. 1 up to a point of a wireless
`antenna;
`FIG. 3 illustrates an embodiment of a back end of a
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`health-monitoring system according to the present inven-
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`FIG. 4 illustrates a data flow diagram according to an
`embodiment of the present invention;
`FIG. 5 illustrates an embodiment of a method of use for
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`a wireless application and a server application according to
`the present invention, in which the same is implemented for
`disease and patient management;
`FIG. 6 illustrates an embodiment of a method of use for
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`a wireless application and a server application according to
`the present invention, in which the same is implemented for
`health management;
`FIG. 7 illustrates an embodiment of a wired connection
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`between a HMD and a WWD, also showing an optional
`adaptor; and
`FIG. 8 illustrates an embodiment of a wireless connection
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`between a HMD and a WWD, also showing an optional
`adaptor.
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`DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE
`PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
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`Various acronyms are used for clarity herein. Definitions
`are given below.
`The term “HMD” may encompass not only devices with
`physiologic sensors but also devices with a keypad,
`keyboard, mouse, pointer, pressure sensor, or other such
`inputs that the patient or user may employ to perform data
`entry of the desired parameters. In general, HMDs include
`some means for determining a health parameter.
`In a disease management embodiment, an HMD may be
`a blood glucose monitor, a blood pressure monitor, an
`ambulatory ECG recorder, a respiratory monitor, a tempera-
`ture or heart rate monitor, and so on.
`In a healthy lifestyle management embodiment, an HMD
`may be an exercise machine, including treadmills, rowers,
`steppers, exercise cycles, or other aerobic or anaerobic
`exercisers, or a monitor, include monitors for temperature,
`heart rate, blood pressure, amount of work or rate of work
`performed, etc.
`The term “subject” as used herein primarily indicates a
`human subject. The same may be a medical patient under
`physician care, a person interested in maintaining health via
`accurate recording of nutrition and exercise, and so on. The
`term “user” is generally used to refer to the user of the
`device, which may be synonymous with the subject or may
`alternatively be a caregiver of the subject, etc. The term
`“patient” is used, in addition to a person under the care of a
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`physician, to also refer to a “normal” or healthy individual
`who is interested in maintaining a healthy physiologic
`balance.
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`The term “signal communication” is used to mean any
`type of connection between components where the connec-
`tion is, e.g., electromagnetic, and where the connection
`allows information to be passed from one component to
`another. This term may be used in a similar fashion as
`“coupled”, “connected”, “information communication”,
`“data communication”, etc. The following are examples of
`signal communication schemes. As for wired techniques, a
`standard bus or serial cable may be used if the input/output
`ports are compatible and an optional adaptor may be
`employed if they are not. As for wireless techniques, IR,
`microwaves, RF, e.g., Bluetooth® or 802.11 protocols, opti-
`cal techniques including lasers, and other such techniques
`may be used. The patient or subject may even input data
`manually, such as by a stylus or keypad or by various other
`techniques discussed above and below.
`The term “generic input/output port” is used to mean any
`type of convention, standard, universal, stock, consumer, or
`“off-the-shelf” type of port for data input and output. These
`may include both wired and wireless ports. A further
`description is given below.
`Various embodiments of the invention are now described
`in more detail.
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`Referring to FIG. 1, a system of the present invention is
`shown for monitoring health data from a patient or subject
`38. The system includes a wireless health-monitoring appa-
`ratus (“WHMA”) 10 described in further detail below.
`WHMA 10 is linked in a wireless fashion to a wireless
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`connection point of presence (“POP”) 19, the same includ-
`ing at least a base station antenna 15 coupled to a server 17.
`Server 17 is in turn connected to the wired, or even a
`wireless (not shown) Internet 21, which may include the
`World Wide Web.
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`Referring to FIG. 2, an first embodiment of WHMA 10 is
`shown. WHMA 10 includes an HMD 11, which may include
`an optional monitor screen 40, coupled via an optional
`adaptor 42 to a WD 12. WD 12 connects wirelessly via
`an antenna 60 to base station 15 (see FIG. 1). One function
`of WWD 12 is to provide the user interface; other functions
`are described below.
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`As noted above, HMD 11 may include a physiologic
`sensor 24 or may include a manual system 36 for input of
`physiologic data via a connection 34. Manual system 36 may
`also be used to input data directly into WD 12 via a
`connection 32. Manual system 36 may include, e.g., a
`keyboard 30, a mouse 26, a pen-type device 28, and may
`also employ a separate monitor (not shown). Of course, the
`user may also view information on monitor 40 or on a screen
`41 of WWD 12. In many embodiments, the stylus-based
`system employed by many current PDA’s, such as the
`Palm® , may be preferred for such manual data input.
`Data may also be input via entry on a computer 37. This
`data may then be synchronized to WD 12 in known
`fashion. Alternatively, computer 37, or another computer
`(see computer 37' in FIG. 4) may be used to connect to a
`server using the wired internet. This use may be particularly
`advantageous when entering a large amount of data, such as
`a patient’s medical history. As noted above, in this way the
`patient may be afforded a more convenient environment in
`which to manipulate data to supplement the data input to the
`W W D.
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`It will be clear to one of skill in the art given this teaching
`that cable 32, as well as cables 34 and 44, may be replaced
`with wireless circuitry to communicate signals wirelessly.
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