US 12,471,806 B1
Medical device and method with improved biometric verification
Hani Kayyali, Shaker Heights, OH (US)
Assigned to Cleveland Medical Devices Inc., Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed by Cleveland Medical Devices Inc., Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed on May 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/666,012.
Application 18/666,012 is a continuation of application No. 17/862,761, filed on Jul. 12, 2022, granted, now 12,016,679.
Application 17/862,761 is a continuation of application No. 16/531,502, filed on Aug. 5, 2019, granted, now 11,419,525, issued on Aug. 23, 2022.
Application 16/531,502 is a continuation of application No. 15/910,068, filed on Mar. 2, 2018, granted, now 10,413,222, issued on Sep. 17, 2019.
Application 15/910,068 is a continuation of application No. 14/173,897, filed on Feb. 6, 2014, granted, now 9,943,252, issued on Apr. 17, 2018.
Application 14/173,897 is a continuation of application No. 12/228,461, filed on Aug. 13, 2008, granted, now 8,679,012, issued on Mar. 25, 2014.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/1172 (2016.01); A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); A61B 5/318 (2021.01); A61B 5/369 (2021.01); A61B 5/389 (2021.01); A61B 5/398 (2021.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 5/087 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/1172 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0002 (2013.01); A61B 5/0006 (2013.01); A61B 5/0022 (2013.01); A61B 5/0205 (2013.01); A61B 5/1455 (2013.01); A61B 5/14551 (2013.01); A61B 5/318 (2021.01); A61B 5/369 (2021.01); A61B 5/389 (2021.01); A61B 5/398 (2021.01); A61B 5/4806 (2013.01); A61B 5/4809 (2013.01); A61B 5/4815 (2013.01); A61B 5/6826 (2013.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 5/087 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A remote or home sleep diagnostic system comprising
a device and a database, the database remote from a test location, for an unattended sleep test, the system adapted for providing sleep test data from the database for analysis and diagnosing sleep apnea, the device further comprising a portable, wearable patient interface box with at least two sensors for measuring physiological parameters of a subject related to the subject's quality of sleep, at least two sensors being selected from the group consisting of an EEG sensor, an ECG or heart rate sensor, a pulse oximeter or blood oxygenation sensor, an air flow or ventilation sensor, a respiratory effort sensor, an EOG sensor, and an EMG sensor; and a processor;
wherein at least one of the at least two sensors is the ECG or the pulse oximeter, which also functions as a biometric sensor for comparing with a previous collected ECG or pulse oximeter biometric data of the subject and is adapted for obtaining biometric data to identify the subject and the portable, wearable interface box houses the processor having circuitry adapted to connect the at least two sensors to the processor to collect biometric data for identification of the subject being tested using the data from the at least one of the at least two sensors, and the collected data is uploaded from the portable, wearable patient interface box to the database to compare with the previous collected ECG or pulse oximeter biometric data from the subject and for further output in a form for analysis and diagnosis based on the collected data from the at least two sensors.