US 12,230,384 B2
Medical tool aiding diagnosed psychosis patients in detecting auditory psychosis symptoms associated with psychosis
Sean Andrew Kidd, Toronto (CA); Amos Adler, Toronto (CA); Hesamaldin Nekouei, Richmond Hill (CA); and Linda Kaleis, Newmarket (CA)
Assigned to Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto (CA); and Memotext Corporation, Toronto (CA)
Filed by Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto (CA); and Memotext Corporation, Toronto (CA)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/363,529.
Application 18/363,529 is a continuation of application No. 17/819,603, filed on Aug. 12, 2022, granted, now 11,763,929.
Application 17/819,603 is a continuation of application No. 16/777,633, filed on Jan. 30, 2020, abandoned.
Application 16/777,633 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/109,394, filed on Aug. 22, 2018, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2023/0377718 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G16H 20/70 (2018.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/16 (2006.01); A61M 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC G16H 20/70 (2018.01) [A61B 5/0022 (2013.01); A61B 5/165 (2013.01); A61B 5/746 (2013.01); A61M 21/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/4803 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0204 (2013.01); A61M 2021/0027 (2013.01); A61M 2205/18 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3375 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient device for aiding psychosis patients with auditory psychosis symptoms, the patient device comprising:
a microphone;
a memory;
a non-audio input device; and
a processor configured to:
monitor for a non-audio input to the non-audio input device of the patient device by a patient, wherein the non-audio input is a deliberate, overt activation action by the patient that represents an affirmative, unambiguous indication that the patient is hearing sounds potentially symptomatic of psychosis, wherein the deliberate, overt activation action by the patient that represents an affirmative, unambiguous indication that the patient is hearing sounds potentially symptomatic of psychosis launches a listening application;
after launching the listening application:
monitor external ambient sounds, as obtained by the microphone, and store information associated with the external ambient sounds in the memory;
test the external ambient sounds against a threshold based on the information associated with the external ambient sounds in the memory; and
responsive to both (i) the deliberate, overt activation action by the patient that represents the affirmative, unambiguous indication that the patient is hearing sounds potentially symptomatic of psychosis and (ii) determining that the external ambient sounds fail to satisfy the threshold based on the information associated with the external ambient sounds in the memory, transmit an alert indicating that the patient may be experiencing auditory psychosis symptoms.