US 12,102,416 B2
Using data from a body worn sensor to modify monitored physiological data
Richard Gagliardo, Sammamish, WA (US); Jeffrey Jay Gilham, Sammamish, WA (US); and William Gregory Downs, Snoqualmie, WA (US)
Assigned to Spacelabs Healthcare L.L.C., Snoqualmie, WA (US)
Filed by Spacelabs Healthcare L.L.C., Snoqualmie, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/912,685.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/866,621, filed on Jun. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0405156 A1, Dec. 31, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/25 (2021.01)
CPC A61B 5/0205 (2013.01) [A61B 5/11 (2013.01); A61B 5/25 (2021.01); A61B 5/6801 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0214 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61B 2562/166 (2013.01); A61B 2562/227 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
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1. A sensor configured to monitor a motion of a person and to monitor a physiological parameter of the person, wherein the sensor is configured to communicate with a monitoring system and wherein the monitoring system is at least one of an electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring device, a respiration monitoring device, a SpO2 monitoring device, or a blood pressure monitoring device, the sensor comprising:
a lead wire comprising
a connecting wire having a first end and an opposing second end;
a connector plug attached to the first end, wherein the connector plug is configured to electrically connect the lead wire with said monitoring system;
a receptacle at the second end, wherein the receptacle is configured to attach to the person;
a first printed circuit board integrated into the receptacle comprising a motion detector, wherein the motion detector is configured to acquire positional and movement information of the person and transmit the positional and movement information over the connecting wire, wherein the first printed circuit board is configured as a slave to a master printed circuit board located in the monitoring system, wherein the master printed circuit board comprises a power source and physiological sensor configured to acquire physiological data of the person, wherein the physiological data comprises at least one of ECG data, respiration data, SpO2 data, or blood pressure data, wherein the first printed circuit board is configured to receive power from the master printed circuit board and compare said received power to a reference, and wherein the physiological sensor and motion detector are configured to communicate data asynchronously across the connecting wire.
 
9. An electrocardiogram monitoring system configured to monitor a motion of a person and to monitor electrical signals generated by the person's heart, comprising:
a monitoring device configured to receive data indicative of the electrical signals and data indicative of the motion of the person, wherein the monitoring device comprises at least two ports;
a first electrocardiogram lead wire having a first end with a connector configured to connect to either of the at least two ports and having a second end with a first receptacle, wherein the first receptacle is configured to attach to the person and wherein the first receptacle comprises an electrode and does not comprise a motion detector; and
a second lead wire having a first end with a connector configured to connect to either of the at least two ports and having a second end with a second receptacle, wherein the second receptacle is configured to attach to the person, wherein the second receptacle comprises a first printed circuit board integrated into the second receptacle comprising a motion detector configured to acquire positional and movement information of the person and transmit the positional and movement information over the second lead; and
a second printed circuit board integrated into the monitoring device comprising a physiological sensor and a power source, wherein the physiological sensor is configured to acquire physiological data of the person and transmit the physiological data over the first electrocardiogram lead wire, wherein the first printed circuit board is configured as a slave to the second printed circuit board, wherein the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board are connected via the second lead wire; wherein the first printed circuit board is configured to receive power from the second printed circuit board over the second lead wire and compare said received power to a reference, and wherein the physiological sensor, via the first electrocardiogram lead wire, and motion detector, via the second lead wire, are configured to asynchronously communicate data with the monitoring device.
 
20. A method for monitoring a motion of a person and electrical signals generated by the person's heart, comprising:
acquiring a monitoring device configured to receive data indicative of the electrical signals and data indicative of the motion of the person, wherein the monitoring device comprises at least two ports;
connecting a first electrocardiogram lead wire to either of the at least two ports, wherein the first electrocardiogram lead wire comprises a first end with a connector configured to connect to either of the at least two ports and a second end with a first receptacle, wherein the first receptacle is configured to attach to the person and wherein the first receptacle comprises an electrode and does not comprise a motion detector;
attaching the electrode of the first electrocardiogram lead wire to the person;
connecting a second lead wire to either of the at least two ports, wherein the second lead wire has a first end with a connector configured to connect to either of the at least two ports and a second end with a second receptacle, wherein the second receptacle is configured to attach to the person, wherein the second receptacle comprises an electrode and a first printed circuit board comprising a motion detector configured to acquire positional and movement information of the person and transmit the positional and movement information over the second lead wire, wherein a second printed circuit board positioned in the monitoring device comprises a power source and a physiological sensor configured to acquire physiological data of the person, wherein the first printed circuit board is configured as a slave to the second printed circuit board, wherein the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board are connected via the second lead wire, wherein the first printed circuit board is configured to receive power from the second printed circuit board over the second lead wire and compare said received power to a reference, and wherein the motion detector is configured to asynchronously communicate data with the monitoring device;
attaching the electrode of the second lead wire to the person;
activating the monitoring device; and
recording data indicative of the electrical signals and data indicative of the motion of the person.