TECHNICAL FIELD
[001] The present disclosure relates to health assessment in general. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a device for monitoring health parameters of an individual.
BACKGROUND
[002] Hospitals, health clinics, and pharmacies, in addition to having an active role in supplying medical supplies and pharmaceuticals, have actively promoted various health care screenings and wellness programs. Health care assessment kiosks in hospitals, physician's offices, businesses, and the like, in combination with the growing number of home diagnostic kits that are available have increased the efficiencies in health care delivery. These kiosks use conventional technology to measure essential health parameters like blood pressure, heart rate and so on. However, these measurement kiosks are relatively large, expensive and time consuming, and require trained personnel to operate the kiosks. In addition to the above, the conventional kiosks do not provide any meaningful measurements of the measured health related parameters. The kiosk does not include any tools that help see a trend in the parameters in a timeline. Further, these kiosks do not provide any recommendations to the users to undergo wellness programs for preventive health care.
[003] In most of the Indian rural areas, women are usually deprived of quality healthcare. There are lots of reasons like poverty, mal-nutrition, delayed health care services etc. which causes problems to pregnant ladies. In a survey it was found that in 2015, there were more than 45,000 deaths due to pregnancy and childbirth in the country. This accounts for 15% of such casualties worldwide. The lack of efficient and quality maternal health care services and skilled nursing facilities has led to India lost its millennium growth goal of dropping the maternal death rate by 3/4th. Most of the rural women are not educated and sometimes they are misguided. In this project, we have proposed an automatic diagnostic machine, which will help the rural areas’ pregnant women to be monitored automatically and their data will be stored on the cloud for future remedial steps by the government. Data of the particular pregnant women and reports of the doctors’ will be exchanged automatically.
[004] Therefore, there is a need for a device for monitoring health parameters of an individual that overcome the above-mentioned and other limitations of the existing solutions and utilize techniques, which are robust, accurate, fast, efficient, cost effective and simple. 2
OBJECTS OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
[005] Some of the objects of the present disclosure, which at least one embodiment herein satisfies are as listed herein below.
[006] It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a device for monitoring health parameters.
[007] It is another object of the present disclosure to provide a device for monitoring health parameters that enables a professional to monitor remote located user.
[008] It is another object of the present disclosure to provide a device for monitoring health parameters that enables remote located user to receive health parameters value on his/her computing device.
[009] It is another object of the present disclosure to provide a device for monitoring health parameters that is cost effective and easy to implement.
[0010] It is another object of the present disclosure to provide a device for monitoring health parameter that is internet of things (IoT) enabled and can be used for automatic monitoring of health parameters.
[0011] It is another object of the present disclosure to provide a device for monitoring health parameter that enables automatic monitoring of health parameters of pregnant women.
SUMMARY
[0012] The present disclosure relates to health assessment in general. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a device for monitoring health parameters of an individual.
[0013] A device for monitoring health parameters is disclosed. the disclosed device can include: a set of sensors configured to sense one or more health parameters of the first user and generate one or more first signals associated with each of the corresponding one or more health parameters; a control unit operatively coupled with the set of sensors, the control unit configured to: receive the amplified one or more first signals; retrieve value of the one or more parameters from each of the corresponding one or more first signals; store the retrieved value of parameter on a first database; and wherein the first database is operatively coupled to a second computing device to enable access for the second computing device to the values stored on the database.
[0014] In an embodiment, the set of sensors comprises temperature sensor, blood pressure sensor, ECG sensor, Pulse and heartbeat sensor, foetus heartbeat sensor and weight sensor. 3
[0015] In an embodiment, the one or more health parameters comprises temperature of the user, blood pressure of the user, ECG of the user, Pulse and heartbeat of the user, foetus heartbeat and weight of the user.
[0016] In an embodiment, the one or more amplifier operatively coupled with each of the set of sensors, the one or more amplifier configured to amplify the sensed one or more heath parameters and generate amplified one or more first signals.
[0017] In an embodiment, the device comprises a transceiver operatively coupled with the control unit to transmit the retrieved value of parameter in real time to the second computing device associated with the second user, wherein the second computing device is in pre-defined close proximity range of the device.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0018] In the figures, similar components and/or features may have the same reference label. Further, various components of the same type may be distinguished by following the reference label with a second label that distinguishes among the similar components. If only the first reference label is used in the specification, the description is applicable to any one of the similar components having the same first reference label irrespective of the second reference label.
[0019] FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary block diagram representation of a device for monitoring health parameters in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0020] The following is a detailed description of embodiments of the disclosure depicted in the accompanying drawings. The embodiments are in such detail as to clearly communicate the disclosure. However, the amount of detail offered is not intended to limit the anticipated variations of embodiments; on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims.
[0021] In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the present invention. It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that embodiments of the present invention may be practiced without some of these specific details.
[0022] Embodiments of the present invention include various steps, which will be described below. The steps may be performed by hardware components or may be embodied 4
in machine-executable instructions, which may be used to cause a general-purpose or special-purpose processor programmed with the instructions to perform the steps. Alternatively, steps may be performed by a combination of hardware, software, and firmware and/or by human operators.
[0023] Various methods described herein may be practiced by combining one or more machine-readable storage media containing the code according to the present invention with appropriate standard computer hardware to execute the code contained therein. An apparatus for practicing various embodiments of the present invention may involve one or more computers (or one or more processors within a single computer) and storage systems containing or having network access to computer program(s) coded in accordance with various methods described herein, and the method steps of the invention could be accomplished by modules, routines, subroutines, or subparts of a computer program product.
[0024] If the specification states a component or feature “may”, “can”, “could”, or “might” be included or have a characteristic, that particular component or feature is not required to be included or have the characteristic.
[0025] As used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, the meaning of “a,” “an,” and “the” includes plural reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Also, as used in the description herein, the meaning of “in” includes “in” and “on” unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
[0026] Exemplary embodiments will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments are shown. These exemplary embodiments are provided only for illustrative purposes and so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those of ordinary skill in the art. The invention disclosed may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Various modifications will be readily apparent to persons skilled in the art. The general principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments and applications without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Moreover, all statements herein reciting embodiments of the invention, as well as specific examples thereof, are intended to encompass both structural and functional equivalents thereof. Additionally, it is intended that such equivalents include both currently known equivalents as well as equivalents developed in the future (i.e., any elements developed that perform the same function, regardless of structure). Also, the terminology and phraseology used is for the purpose of describing exemplary embodiments and should not be considered limiting. Thus, the present invention is 5
to be accorded the widest scope encompassing numerous alternatives, modifications and equivalents consistent with the principles and features disclosed. For purpose of clarity, details relating to technical material that is known in the technical fields related to the invention have not been described in detail so as not to unnecessarily obscure the present invention.
[0027] Thus, for example, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that the diagrams, schematics, illustrations, and the like represent conceptual views or processes illustrating systems and methods embodying this invention. The functions of the various elements shown in the figures may be provided through the use of dedicated hardware as well as hardware capable of executing associated software. Similarly, any switches shown in the figures are conceptual only. Their function may be carried out through the operation of program logic, through dedicated logic, through the interaction of program control and dedicated logic, or even manually, the particular technique being selectable by the entity implementing this invention. Those of ordinary skill in the art further understand that the exemplary hardware, software, processes, methods, and/or operating systems described herein are for illustrative purposes and, thus, are not intended to be limited to any particular named element.
[0028] Embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a computer program product, which may include a machine-readable storage medium tangibly embodying thereon instructions, which may be used to program a computer (or other electronic devices) to perform a process. The term “machine-readable storage medium” or “computer-readable storage medium” includes, but is not limited to, fixed (hard) drives, magnetic tape, floppy diskettes, optical disks, compact disc read-only memories (CD-ROMs), and magneto-optical disks, semiconductor memories, such as ROMs, PROMs, random access memories (RAMs), programmable read-only memories (PROMs), erasable PROMs (EPROMs), electrically erasable PROMs (EEPROMs), flash memory, magnetic or optical cards, or other type of media/machine-readable medium suitable for storing electronic instructions (e.g., computer programming code, such as software or firmware).A machine-readable medium may include a non-transitory medium in which data may be stored and that does not include carrier waves and/or transitory electronic signals propagating wirelessly or over wired connections. Examples of a non-transitory medium may include, but are not limited to, a magnetic disk or tape, optical storage media such as compact disk (CD) or digital versatile disk (DVD), flash memory, memory or memory devices. A computer-program product may include code and/or machine-executable instructions that may represent a procedure, a function, a subprogram, a 6
program, a routine, a subroutine, a module, a software package, a class, or any combination of instructions, data structures, or program statements. A code segment may be coupled to another code segment or a hardware circuit by passing and/or receiving information, data, arguments, parameters, or memory contents. Information, arguments, parameters, data, etc. may be passed, forwarded, or transmitted via any suitable means including memory sharing, message passing, token passing, network transmission, etc.
[0029] Furthermore, embodiments may be implemented by hardware, software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description languages, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, firmware, middleware or microcode, the program code or code segments to perform the necessary tasks (e.g., a computer-program product) may be stored in a machine-readable medium. A processor(s) may perform the necessary tasks.
[0030] Systems depicted in some of the figures may be provided in various configurations. In some embodiments, the systems may be configured as a distributed system where one or more components of the system are distributed across one or more networks in a cloud computing system.
[0031] Each of the appended claims defines a separate invention, which for infringement purposes is recognized as including equivalents to the various elements or limitations specified in the claims. Depending on the context, all references below to the "invention" may in some cases refer to certain specific embodiments only. In other cases, it will be recognized that references to the "invention" will refer to subject matter recited in one or more, but not necessarily all, of the claims.
[0032] All methods described herein may be performed in any suitable order unless otherwise indicated herein or otherwise clearly contradicted by context. The use of any and all examples, or exemplary language (e.g., “such as”) provided with respect to certain embodiments herein is intended merely to better illuminate the invention and does not pose a limitation on the scope of the invention otherwise claimed. No language in the specification should be construed as indicating any non-claimed element essential to the practice of the invention.
[0033] Various terms as used herein are shown below. To the extent a term used in a claim is not defined below, it should be given the broadest definition persons in the pertinent art have given that term as reflected in printed publications and issued patents at the time of filing. 7
[0034] The present disclosure relates to health assessment in general. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a device for monitoring health parameters of an individual.
[0035] A device for monitoring health parameters is disclosed. the disclosed device can include: a set of sensors configured to sense one or more health parameters of the first user and generate one or more first signals associated with each of the corresponding one or more health parameters; a control unit operatively coupled with the set of sensors, the control unit configured to: receive the amplified one or more first signals; retrieve value of the one or more parameters from each of the corresponding one or more first signals; store the retrieved value of parameter on a first database; and wherein the first database is operatively coupled to a second computing device to enable access for the second computing device to the values stored on the database.
[0036] In an embodiment, the set of sensors comprises temperature sensor, blood pressure sensor, ECG sensor, Pulse and heartbeat sensor, foetus heartbeat sensor and weight sensor.
[0037] In an embodiment, the one or more health parameters comprises temperature of the user, blood pressure of the user, ECG of the user, Pulse and heartbeat of the user, foetus heartbeat and weight of the user.
[0038] In an embodiment, the one or more amplifier operatively coupled with each of the set of sensors, the one or more amplifier configured to amplify the sensed one or more heath parameters and generate amplified one or more first signals.
[0039] In an embodiment, the device comprises a transceiver operatively coupled with the control unit to transmit the retrieved value of parameter in real time to the second computing device associated with the second user, wherein the second computing device is in pre-defined close proximity range of the device
[0040] FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary block diagram representation of a device for monitoring health parameters in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0041] In an embodiment, a device for monitoring heath parameters of an individual can include plurality of sensors 102-1, 102-2, 102-3, 102-4, 102-5, 102-6 (collectively referred to as sensors 102 and individually referred to as sensor 102 hereinafter).
[0042] In an embodiment, the device can include a plurality of amplifiers 104-1, 104-2, 104-3, 104-4, 104-5 (collectively referred to as amplifiers 104 and individually referred to as amplifier 104 hereinafter) operatively coupled with respective sensor 102. 8
[0043] In an embodiment, the sensors 102 can be used to sense various health related parameters of a first user 114-1. In an embodiment, the sensors 102 can include but not limited to temperature sensor, blood pressure sensor, ECG sensor, pulse-heartbeat sensor, foetus heartbeat sensor, weight sensor.
[0044] In an embodiment, the sensors 102 can sense the parameters and generate a corresponding one or more first signals for each of the parameter sensed. The generated one or more signals can be amplified using corresponding amplifier 104. Further, the amplified one or more first signals can be transmitted to control unit 106.
[0045] In an embodiment, the control unit 106 can be operatively coupled with the amplifiers 104 and sensors 102 respectively. The control unit 106 receive the one or more first signals and can be used to extract value of one or more parameters from each of the corresponding one or more first signals received.
[0046] Further, the extracted values can be stored on a first database (not shown). Also, the extracted values can be displayed by a display unit 108.
[0047] As illustrated, in a network implementation, the control unit 106 can be communicatively coupled with plurality of computing devices 112-1 and 112-2 (collectively referred to as computing devices 112 and individually referred to as computing device 112 hereinafter) through network 110.
[0048] In an embodiment, the control unit106 can interact with users 114-1 and 114-2 (collectively referred to as users 114, and individually referred to as user 114 hereinafter), through the computing devices 112 or through applications residing on the computing devices 112. In an implementation, the control unit 106 can be access by applications residing on any operating system, including but not limited to, AndroidTM, iOSTM, and the like. Examples of the computing devices 112 can include, but are not limited to, a portable computer, a personal digital assistant, a handheld device, and a workstation. In a preferred embodiment, the computing devices 112 are mobile phones of the respective users 114. Further, computing devices 112 can also be any or a combination of a hardware or a software that can monitor health parameters of a patient, a pregnant lady, a medical institution or a remote located medical clinic and the like. Similarly, users 114 can include a professional user, a medical professional, a doctor, a super-speciality hospital and the like.
[0049] The network 110 can be a wireless network, a wired network or a combination thereof that can be implemented as one of the different types of networks, such as Intranet, Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), Internet, and the like. Further, the network 104 can either be a dedicated network or a shared network. The shared network can 9
represent an association of the different types of networks that can use variety of protocols, for example, Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), and the like.
[0050] In an embodiment, the device can comprise a transceiver (not shown) operatively coupled with the control unit 106. The transceiver can be used to transmit the extracted values of the one or more parameters to any or a combination of the first computing device 112-1 associated with a first user and second computing device 112-2 associated with the second user 114-2.
[0051] In an embodiment, the first user 114-1 can include a patient, a pregnant lady, a medical institution or a remote located medical clinic and the like. In an embodiment, the second user 114-2 can include a professional user, a medical professional, a doctor, a super-speciality hospital and the like.
[0052] It would be appreciated by the person skilled in the art that the device can be used by medical professionals such as doctor to check vital health parameters of a remote located patient accurately in real-time with minimum delay.
[0053] Thus, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that the diagrams, schematics, illustrations, and the like represent conceptual views or processes illustrating systems and methods embodying this invention. The functions of the various elements shown in the figures may be provided through the use of dedicated hardware as well as hardware capable of executing associated software. Similarly, any switches shown in the figures are conceptual only. Their function may be carried out through the operation of program logic, through dedicated logic, through the interaction of program control and dedicated logic, or even manually, the particular technique being selectable by the entity implementing this invention. Those of ordinary skill in the art further understand that the exemplary hardware, software, processes, methods, and/or operating systems described herein are for illustrative purposes and, thus, are not intended to be limited to any particular named.
[0054] While embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described, it will be clear that the invention is not limited to these embodiments only. Numerous modifications, changes, variations, substitutions, and equivalents will be apparent to those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, as described in the claim.
[0055] In the foregoing description, numerous details are set forth. It will be apparent, however, to one of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of this disclosure, that the 10
present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form, rather than in detail, to avoid obscuring the present invention.
[0056] As used herein, and unless the context dictates otherwise, the term "coupled to" is intended to include both direct coupling (in which two elements that are coupled to each other contact each other)and indirect coupling (in which at least one additional element is located between the two elements). Therefore, the terms "coupled to" and "coupled with" are used synonymously. Within the context of this document terms "coupled to" and "coupled with" are also used euphemistically to mean “communicatively coupled with” over a network, where two or more devices are able to exchange data with each other over the network, possibly via one or more intermediary device.
[0057] It should be apparent to those skilled in the art that many more modifications besides those already described are possible without departing from the inventive concepts herein. The inventive subject matter, therefore, is not to be restricted except in the spirit of the appended claims. Moreover, in interpreting both the specification and the claims, all terms should be interpreted in the broadest possible manner consistent with the context. In particular, the terms “comprises” and “comprising” should be interpreted as referring to elements, components, or steps in a non-exclusive manner, indicating that the referenced elements, components, or steps may be present, or utilized, or combined with other elements, components, or steps that are not expressly referenced. Where the specification claims refers to at least one of something selected from the group consisting of A, B, C …. and N, the text should be interpreted as requiring only one element from the group, not A plus N, or B plus N, etc.
[0058] While the foregoing describes various embodiments of the invention, other and further embodiments of the invention may be devised without departing from the basic scope thereof. The scope of the invention is determined by the claims that follow. The invention is not limited to the described embodiments, versions or examples, which are included to enable a person having ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention when combined with information and knowledge available to the person having ordinary skill in the art.
ADVANTAGES OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
[0059] The present disclosure provides a device for monitoring health parameters.
[0060] The present disclosure provides a device for monitoring health parameters that enables a professional to monitor remote located user. 11
[0061] The present disclosure provides a device for monitoring health parameters that enables remote located user to receive health parameters value on his/her computing device.
[0062] The present disclosure provides a device for monitoring health parameters that is cost effective and easy to implement.
[0063] The present disclosure provides a device for monitoring health parameter that is internet of things (IoT) enabled and can be used for automatic monitoring of health parameters.
[0064] The present disclosure provides a device for monitoring health parameter that enables automatic monitoring of health parameters of pregnant women.

We Claim:
1. A device for monitoring health parameters, said device comprising:
a set of sensors configured to sense one or more health parameters of first user and generate one or more first signals associated with each of the corresponding one or more health parameters;
a control unit operatively coupled with the set of sensors, the control unit configured to:
receive the amplified one or more first signals;
retrieve value of the one or more parameters from each of the corresponding one or more first signals;
store the retrieved value of parameter on a first database; and
wherein said first database is operatively coupled to a second computing device to enable access for the second computing device to the values stored on the database.
2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the set of sensors comprises temperature sensor, blood pressure sensor, ECG sensor, Pulse and heartbeat sensor, foetus heartbeat sensor and weight sensor.
3. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more health parameters comprises temperature of the user, blood pressure of the user, ECG of the user, Pulse and heartbeat of the user, foetus heartbeat and weight of the user.
4. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more amplifier operatively coupled with each of the set of sensors, the one or more amplifier configured to amplify the sensed one or more heath parameters and generate amplified one or more first signals.
5. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the device comprises a transceiver operatively coupled with the control unit to transmit the retrieved value of parameter in real time to the second computing device associated with the second user, wherein the second computing device is in pre-defined close proximity range of said device.