Electronic Skin Patch for Real Time Monitoring of Cardiac Activity and Personal Health Management

摘要

A novel wearable electronic skin patch sensor device configured for the real time acquisition, processing and communicating of cardiac activity and other types of biological information within a wired or wireless network is disclosed. A system level scheme for networking the sensor device with client devices that include intelligent personal health management appliances, cellular telephones, PDAs, portable computers, personal computers, RFID Tags and servers is disclosed. The sensor device and the system enable distributed processing, archival and correlation of the biological information with biometrics, gastronomic information, user profiles and health factors that include height, weight, blood pressure and physical activity facilitating real time personal health management at any time and any place.

主权项

1. A system having a sensor device, comprising:
a substrate with conductive adhesive material for communicating electrical signals and attaching to a body of a user; circuitry coupled to the substrate and acquiring electrical signals representing one or more biological parameters of the body; a processor coupled to the circuitry and the substrate, wherein the processor is programmed to generate processed information by processing the electrical signals representing the biological parameters including electrical signals received from a heart of the user; a memory coupled to the processor and configured for carriage on the body, the memory storing one or more of the electrical signals, the processed information and health information of the user, the health information selected from the group consisting of gastronomic information, dietary information, physical activity information, exercise information, allergy information, information of ingested food, information of ingested medication, user profile, and emergency response information; identification data stored in the memory, the identification data comprising device identification data for uniquely identifying the sensor device and user identification data for uniquely identifying the user; a transmitter coupled to the processor and transmitting the electrical signals and the processed information representing the biological parameters; a power source coupled to the substrate and controlled by the processor to deliver calibrated energy to the body in response to the processed information representing one or more biological parameters such that the energy has a level and intensity sufficient for application through a surface of the body and which is selected by the processor in response to the information sufficient to stimulate a selected heart activity; and, a mobile device in wireless communication with the transmitter, the mobile device having a processor programmed to initiate a query with the processor coupled to the circuitry and further having a display programmed to display a response to the query from the processor coupled to the circuitry, wherein the processor is further programmed to query the processor coupled to the circuitry and analyze the biological parameters including the electrical signals from the heart and the health information and, in response, render an electrocardiogram representative of the electrical signals and further generate and output a warning when the processed information includes data of an emergency health condition in the user, wherein the mobile device sends the biological parameters to a server.