Apparatus and System for Predictive Health Monitoring

a technology of predictive health monitoring and apparatus, applied in the field of health monitoring, can solve the problems of increased infectious disease deaths, individuals whose immune systems are compromised, and asthmatics are particularly susceptible to respiratory infections

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-10-09
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This approach allows for the early detection of respiratory infections before symptoms appear, facilitating timely intervention and reducing the spread of infections within populations.

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Asthmatics are particularly susceptible to respiratory infections.
Moreover, deaths from infectious disease have been increasing.
Individuals whose immune systems are compromised are particularly susceptible.
However, because of travel, meetings, conventions, and the many other ways individuals come into contact with large numbers of people, infections still occur.
Secondary Prevention can be very effective in protecting individuals from the adverse effects of infectious disease, but most therapeutic treatments are not optimally effective if they are not started during the early stages of an infectious disease.
Furthermore, detecting infections in their very early stages has been difficult due to the fact that physical symptoms are often not yet apparent.

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[0016]The present invention provides an apparatus and system for monitoring individuals and / or populations to predict impending changes in respiratory health and provide alerts and / or reports of those changes. The inventors have determined that respiratory infections can be detected by changes in BMT before other symptoms become discernable. An abnormal elevation in BMT is a near-universal and early indication of infection. It is a precursor to symptoms, thus leading infection symptoms and speeding intervention. Early detection of a respiratory infection permits an earlier response, which typically results in a better outcome. Not all changes in BMT, however, indicate respiratory infection, as cyclical physiological changes, stimulated by certain hormones released into the blood stream, increase and decrease basal metabolism which results in a BMT that cycles up and down.

[0017]Basal metabolism is the level of metabolism needed for maintenance of life when an individual is at digest...

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An apparatus and system are provided for monitoring an individual, a group or a community of individuals for respiratory infections. Predictive health data, such as waking peak expiratory flow rate (“WPF”) and basal metabolic temperature (“BMT”) are measured and charted to provide an indication of early stage respiratory infection. Data may be collected for target populations and reported to health agencies for use in combating the spread of infection. An apparatus is provided which can simultaneously measure WPF and BMT and other health-condition-related values and automatically transmit readings to a data collection and analysis program on a remote computer.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a divisional of patent application Ser. No. 10 / 599,344 filed on Sep. 26, 2006, which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 to PCT International Application No. PCT / US2005 / 010041 filed on Mar. 24, 2005.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention is related to health monitoring, and more particularly to an apparatus and system for monitoring individuals and / or populations to predict impending changes in respiratory health and provide alerts to those changes.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Many individuals are susceptible to respiratory infections including bronchitis and pneumonia. In the United States alone, ordinary pneumonia killed 62 thousand people in 1999. Asthmatics are particularly susceptible to respiratory infections. 17 million people are known to have asthma in the United States.[0004]Infectious disease is the third leading cause of death in the United States. Moreover, deaths from infectious disease ha...

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Patent Type & AuthorityApplications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F19/00A61B5/097A61B5/01A61B5/08A61B5/00A61B5/087A61B5/09
CPCG06F19/3487A61B5/01A61B5/097A61B5/0803A61B5/0008A61B5/0871A61B5/145A61B5/14539G16H15/00G16H50/80A61B5/09A61B10/0051G16H40/67
InventorBEISWENGER, JOHN L.TAUALOFAI, JODY L.
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