| CPC A61B 5/0024 (2013.01) [A61B 5/087 (2013.01); A61B 5/14551 (2013.01); A61B 5/369 (2021.01); A61B 5/4806 (2013.01); A61B 5/6823 (2013.01); A61B 5/721 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A sleep diagnostic data acquisition system comprising:
a) a first software stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium and executable by a first processor, the software configured to be loaded on a cell phone or Personal Digital Assistant (“PDA”) comprising at least one first wireless transceiver and the first processor;
b) a portable, wearable patient interface box adapted to be secured to a subject at a first location and providing a single device for measuring and then wirelessly transferring sleep data from at least two sensors used for diagnosing sleep disorders, the portable, wearable patient interface box comprising:
i) an enclosure of a rigid material;
ii) a battery;
iii) one or more electrical components within the portable, wearable patient interface box for receiving electrical signals from the at least two sensors, the one or more electrical components include a signal processing unit for receiving the electrical signals from the sensors, the at least two sensors which are attached to the subject and/or within the portable, wearable patient interface box that is secured to the subject, the at least two sensors further which are hardwired to connect through at least one connector of the portable, wearable patient interface box and/or are built within the portable, wearable patient interface box, the signal processing unit configured for receiving and processing the sleep data from one or more input channels; and
iv) a second wireless transceiver or transmitter is adapted for operating at frequencies above 2 GHz and transmitting the sleep data collected with the portable, wearable patient interface box wirelessly to the at least one first wireless transceiver of the cell phone or PDA with the first software loaded;
c) the at least two sensors are selected from a group consisting of: accelerometer(s), pulse oximeter(s) including fingertip pulse oximeter(s) and those built into the portable, wearable patient interface box, RIP belt(s), respiratory effort belt(s), pressure sensor(s), microphone(s), strain gauge(s), pressure transducer(s), and transducer(s), the at least two sensors adapted:
i) to be applied to the subject, a first and a second of the at least two sensors of the portable, wearable patient interface box when the one or more of the sensors are built into the portable, wearable patient interface box are adapted to be applied to a finger, arm and/or torso of the subject;
ii) to measure or derive respiratory ventilation directly or indirectly, blood oxygenation and body position of the subject during testing; and
iii) to be releasably connected and/or electrically hardwired to or within the portable, wearable patient interface box adapted to be worn by the subject;
d) an at least second software stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium and executable by a computer or a second processor at one or more sites remote to the first location;
e) the first software, when executed by the first processor of the cell phone or PDA, configured to wirelessly receive and re-transmit the sleep data, or optionally send the sleep data further processed with the first processor of the cell phone or the PDA, with the at least one first wireless transceiver over cell towers to the computer or the second processor for analysis;
f) the second software when executed by the computer or the second processor configured to analyze, output and/or format the sleep data at the one or more sites remote from the first location where the sleep data was collected; and
g) the at least second software, when executed by the second processor or the computer, configured to display both, in part, the sleep data and/or analyzed sleep data to allow for diagnosis of a sleep disorder and, if necessary, provide a basis to modify a sleep treatment of the subject.
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