| 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)] | 10 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 a first computer comprising a first wireless transceiver and the first processor;
b. a portable, wearable interface box adapted to be secured to a test subject at a first location and providing a single device for measuring and then wirelessly transferring sleep data from at least four sensors used for diagnosing sleep disorders,
the portable, wearable interface box comprising
i) an enclosure of a rigid material;
ii) a battery;
iii) one or more electrical components within the interface box for receiving electrical signals from the at least four sensors each having a signal, the one or more electrical components including a signal processing unit for receiving the electrical signals from the at least four sensors, the sensors which are attached to the subject or within the interface box that is secured to the subject, the sensors further which are hardwired to connect through at least one connector of the portable, wearable interface box and/or are built within the interface box, the signal processing unit including one or more input channels and further adapted for receiving and processing the sleep data from the one or more input channels;
iv) one of the at least four sensors for measuring and/or deriving airflow and/or snore;
v) a nonvolatile memory for storage of the sleep data from the one or more input channels; and
vi) a second wireless transceiver adapted for operating at frequencies above 2 GHz using a Bluetooth protocol and transmitting the sleep data collected with the portable, wearable interface box wirelessly to the first wireless transceiver of the cell phone or the first computer with the first software loaded;
c. the at least four 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 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 four sensors adapted
1) To be applied to the subject, a first and second of the at least four sensors adapted to be applied to a finger, arm and/or torso of the subject;
2) To measure or derive airflow or snore, respiratory effort, blood oxygenation and body position of the subject during testing; and
3) To be electrically hardwired and/or releasably connected to the portable, wearable 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 second computer, a second processor, and/or a monitor 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 the first computer, 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 first computer, with the at least one first wireless transceiver over cell towers to the second computer or the second processor for analysis;
f. the second software when executed by the second computer or the second processor configured to analyze 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 monitor or the second computer, configured to display both, in part, the sleep data and analyzed sleep data to allow for diagnosis of a sleep disorder and, if necessary, modify a sleep treatment of the subject.
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