FIELD OF DISCLOSURE
[0001] The present disclosure relates to healthcare. In particular, it pertains to diagnostic kits used in healthcare to determine various health parameters of a human.
BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE
[0002] Background description includes information that may be useful in understanding the present invention. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art or relevant to the presently claimed invention, or that any publication specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
[0003] As human population grows so does demand for adequate healthcare. With growth of economy comes increasing environmental pollution and accordingly increasing prevalence of diseases such as blood pressure, asthma, breathing problems etc. Diagnostic kits to monitor symptoms of many such parameters at home are increasingly being made available. For instance blood sugar monitoring kit and blood pressure monitoring devices are well-known. Using these kits, regular monitoring of vital signs is possible. It would be of advantage to have such kits provide suitable reports direct on a doctor’s computing device for further action by the doctor. Making such a kit cheap will enable it to be brought by lower income group people as well.
[0004] Systems exist for such data acquisition by various means, including wireless. Systems also exist for such acquisition for healthcare purposes. For instance U.S. Pat. No. 5,704,351 discloses a digital telemetry transmitter for transmitting eight channels of diagnostic quality electrocardiographic data that has input circuitry for receiving analog EKG signals originating at electrodes on the patient. The input circuitry includes a circuit for ascertaining the impedance of the electrode connection to the patient and to indicate an electrode fault. EKG signals from the input circuit are provided to a digital/analog converter for converting the analog signals into corresponding digital signals. However, the device proposed is neither adjustable nor adaptable to accept different inputs efficiently.
[0005] Hence there is a need in the art for a system that can accept a variety of inputs from a patient, such inputs comprising different health related data. Such data should be acceptable by the system either individually or simultaneously and be accessible at all-time to a medical practitioner (for instance a doctor) who may be remote from the patient. Further, the system should be able to process all incoming data efficiently so as to minimize any possibilities of error.
[0006] In some embodiments, the numerical parameters set forth in the written description and attached claims are approximations that can vary depending upon the desired properties sought to be obtained by a particular embodiment. In some embodiments, the numerical parameters should be construed in light of the number of reported significant digits and by applying ordinary rounding techniques. Notwithstanding that the numerical ranges and parameters setting forth the broad scope of some embodiments of the invention are approximations, the numerical values set forth in the specific examples are reported as precisely as practicable. The numerical values presented in some embodiments of the invention may contain certain errors necessarily resulting from the standard deviation found in their respective testing measurements.
[0007] 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.
[0008] The recitation of ranges of values herein is merely intended to serve as a shorthand method of referring individually to each separate value falling within the range. Unless otherwise indicated herein, each individual value is incorporated into the specification as if it were individually recited herein. All methods described herein can 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.
[0009] Groupings of alternative elements or embodiments of the invention disclosed herein are not to be construed as limitations. Each group member can be referred to and claimed individually or in any combination with other members of the group or other elements found herein. One or more members of a group can be included in, or deleted from, a group for reasons of convenience and/or patentability. When any such inclusion or deletion occurs, the specification is herein deemed to contain the group as modified thus fulfilling the written description of all groups used in the appended claims.
OBJECTS OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
[00010] Some of the objects of the present disclosure, which at least one embodiment herein satisfies are as listed herein below.
[00011] It is an object of the present disclosure to provide for a system that can accept multiple sensor data pertaining to physiological parameters of a person wherein the person can be remote from the system.
[00012] It is another object of the present disclosure to provide for a system that can provide multiple sensor data pertaining to physiological parameters of a person to another person wherein the other person can be remote from the system.
[00013] It is yet another object of the present disclosure to provide for a system that can accept multiple sensor data pertaining to physiological parameters of a person and provide them to another person wherein both the persons can be remote from the system / each other, in real-time and without any errors.
SUMMARY
[00014] The present disclosure relates to healthcare. In particular, it pertains to diagnostic kits used in healthcare to determine various health parameters of a human.
[00015] In an aspect present disclosure elaborates upon a remote diagnostic data acquisition and provisioning system. The system can include: one or more processors; a data acquisition unit to control the one or more processors to acquire diagnostic data from at least one sensor using any or a combination of wired and wireless means ; an amplifier circuit to control the one or more processors to amplify the data to generate a first data; a filter circuit to control the one or more processors to filter out any noise from the first data and output a second data; and an output unit to control the one or more processors to provision the second data using any or a combination of wired and wireless means to at least one device configured to output the second data, wherein any or a combination of the at least one sensor and the at least one device can be remote from the system.
[00016] In another aspect, the at least one sensor can include any or a combination of a temperature sensor, an airflow sensor, a blood pressure sensor, a spirometer, an electromyography (EMG) sensor, an electrocardiography (ECG) sensor, a snore sensor, a body sugar sensor, a galvanic skin response sensor, a pulse oximeter, a fetal heart rate monitor, a weight sensor, a sphygmomanometer, an acoustic stethoscope, a digital stethoscope, and a digitizer.
[00017] In yet another aspect, the system can be configured using a micro-controller unit (MCU).
[00018] In an aspect, the at least one device can include any or a combination of a USB port, a printer, a mobile application, an audio device, a video device, an image capturing device, a server, a website, a storage device, and cloud.
[00019] In another aspect, the system can include a non-electrical signal conditioning circuit (SCC) that can include the amplifier circuit and the filter circuit.
[00020] In yet another aspect, the SCC can include a twin t notch filter to filter out the noise.
[00021] In an aspect, the wired means can include any or a combination of a local area network (LAN) and a wide area network (WAN).
[00022] In another aspect, the wireless means can include any or a combination of Internet, Zigbee, Near Field Communication (NFC) and Bluetooth.
[00023] In yet another aspect, the MCU can be a lolin Node MCU.
[00024] In an aspect present disclosure elaborates upon a method for remote diagnostic data acquisition and provisioning comprising the steps of: acquiring, using a sensor data acquisition unit and any or a combination of wired and wireless means, diagnostic data from at least one sensor; amplifying, using an amplifier circuit, the data to generate a first data; filtering out, using a filter circuit, any noise from the first data and output a second data; and provisioning, using an output unit and any or a combination of wired and wireless means, the second data to at least one device configured to output the second data.
[00025] Various objects, features, aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments, along with the accompanying drawing figures in which like numerals represent like features.
[00026] Within the scope of this application it is expressly envisaged that the various aspects, embodiments, examples and alternatives set out in the preceding paragraphs, in the claims and/or in the following description and drawings, and in particular the individual features thereof, may be taken independently or in any combination. Features described in connection with one embodiment are applicable to all embodiments, unless such features are incompatible.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[00027] The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the present disclosure, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the present disclosure. The diagrams are for illustration only, which thus is not a limitation of the present disclosure, and wherein:
[00028] FIG. 1 illustrates architecture of system proposed to illustrate its overall working in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
[00029] FIG. 2 illustrates functional units of system proposed in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
[00030] FIG. 3 illustrates different sensors and other components that can be configured for use with the proposed system in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
[00031] FIG. 4 illustrates a hardware for the proposed system in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
[00032] FIG. 5 illustrates a signal conditioning circuit of the proposed system in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
[00033] FIG. 6 illustrates working of the proposed system in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
[00034] FIG. 7 illustrates a method of working of system proposed in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[00035] 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.
[00036] 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.
[00037] 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 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.
[00038] 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 machine-readable medium may include, 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).
[00039] 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.
[00040] 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.
[00041] 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.
[00042] All publications herein are incorporated by reference to the same extent as if each individual publication or patent application were specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference. Where a definition or use of a term in an incorporated reference is inconsistent or contrary to the definition of that term provided herein, the definition of that term provided herein applies and the definition of that term in the reference does not apply.
[00043] In some embodiments, the numbers expressing quantities or dimensions of items, and so forth, used to describe and claim certain embodiments of the invention are to be understood as being modified in some instances by the term “about.” Accordingly, in some embodiments, the numerical parameters set forth in the written description and attached claims are approximations that can vary depending upon the desired properties sought to be obtained by a particular embodiment. In some embodiments, the numerical parameters should be construed in light of the number of reported significant digits and by applying ordinary rounding techniques. Notwithstanding that the numerical ranges and parameters setting forth the broad scope of some embodiments of the invention are approximations, the numerical values set forth in the specific examples are reported as precisely as practicable. The numerical values presented in some embodiments of the invention may contain certain errors necessarily resulting from the standard deviation found in their respective testing measurements.
[00044] The recitation of ranges of values herein is merely intended to serve as a shorthand method of referring individually to each separate value falling within the range. Unless otherwise indicated herein, each individual value is incorporated into the specification as if it were individually recited herein.
[00045] Groupings of alternative elements or embodiments of the invention disclosed herein are not to be construed as limitations. Each group member can be referred to and claimed individually or in any combination with other members of the group or other elements found herein. One or more members of a group can be included in, or deleted from, a group for reasons of convenience and/or patentability. When any such inclusion or deletion occurs, the specification is herein deemed to contain the group as modified thus fulfilling the written description of all groups used in the appended claims.
[00046] 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 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.
[00047] 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.
[00048] 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.
[00049] All methods described herein can 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.
[00050] 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.
[00051] The present disclosure relates to healthcare. In particular, it pertains to diagnostic kits used in healthcare to determine various health parameters of a human.
[00052] In an aspect present disclosure elaborates upon a remote diagnostic data acquisition and provisioning system. The system can include: one or more processors; a data acquisition unit to control the one or more processors to acquire diagnostic data from at least one sensor using any or a combination of wired and wireless means ; an amplifier circuit to control the one or more processors to amplify the data to generate a first data; a filter circuit to control the one or more processors to filter out any noise from the first data and output a second data; and an output unit to control the one or more processors to provision the second data using any or a combination of wired and wireless means to at least one device configured to output the second data, wherein any or a combination of the at least one sensor and the at least one device can be remote from the system.
[00053] In another aspect, the at least one sensor can include any or a combination of a temperature sensor, an airflow sensor, a blood pressure sensor, a spirometer, an electromyography (EMG) sensor, an electrocardiography (ECG) sensor, a snore sensor, a body sugar sensor, a galvanic skin response sensor, a pulse oximeter, a fetal heart rate monitor, a weight sensor, a sphygmomanometer, an acoustic stethoscope, a digital stethoscope, and a digitizer.
[00054] In yet another aspect, the system can be configured using a micro-controller unit (MCU).
[00055] In an aspect, the at least one device can include any or a combination of a USB port, a printer, a mobile application, an audio device, a video device, an image capturing device, a server, a website, a storage device, and cloud.
[00056] In another aspect, the system can include a non-electrical signal conditioning circuit (SCC) that can include the amplifier circuit and the filter circuit.
[00057] In yet another aspect, the SCC can include a twin t notch filter to filter out the noise.
[00058] In an aspect, the wired means can include any or a combination of a local area network (LAN) and a wide area network (WAN).
[00059] In another aspect, the wireless means can include any or a combination of Internet, Zigbee, Near Field Communication (NFC) and Bluetooth.
[00060] In yet another aspect, the MCU can be a lolin Node MCU.
[00061] In an aspect present disclosure elaborates upon a method for remote diagnostic data acquisition and provisioning comprising the steps of: acquiring, using a sensor data acquisition unit and any or a combination of wired and wireless means, diagnostic data from at least one sensor; amplifying, using an amplifier circuit, the data to generate a first data; filtering out, using a filter circuit, any noise from the first data and output a second data; and provisioning, using an output unit and any or a combination of wired and wireless means, the second data to at least one device configured to output the second data.
[00062] The present disclosure relates to healthcare. In particular, it pertains to a remote diagnostic data acquisition system that can acquire diagnostic data from a remote patient.
[00063] In an aspect, proposed system enables acquisition of data pertaining to various parameters of a human/patient/person/first user (the terms being used interchangeably herein) wherein such parameters can be used for determination of any health related issue or issues concerning the first user.
[00064] As is well known, many diagnostic devices for healthcare exist. Typically, these devices measure various health parameters such as blood pressure (BP), body temperature, electrical activity of muscle tissue (using electromyography), electrical activity of the heart ( using electrocardiography) airflow, blood sugar ( using glucometer), quality of sleep ( using, for instance, a snore sensor), volume of air inspired and expired by the lungs ( using spirometer)m Countless Health care instruments of different companies are existing in the world which deliver large series of specification such as Blood pressure (BP), Body temperature, Electromyography (EMG) , Electrocardiography (ECG), Airflow, Glucometer sensor, Snore sensor, Spirometer, galvanic skin response sensing (measuring a change in the electrical resistance of the skin caused by emotional stress ) etc..
[00065] Patients put instruments having sensors designed to measure above and other parameters on pre-determined parts of their body, following medically known procedures when the response /outcome is provided by the instruments using various means, mostly by means of a display operatively connected to the instrument.
[00066] However, accuracy of such instruments is always suspect. Same measurement by instruments of two different brands can provide different results. Similarly, same instrument can provide multiple readings of the same parameter, even if taking within seconds of one another. If such erroneous readings are relied upon, serious consequences may result, particularly for serious maladies or emergency situations.
[00067] Proposed system provides for remote data acquisition (DAQ) by converting various health related data of a first user( patient ) remote from the proposed system such as those pertaining to temperature, pressure etc. using appropriate sensors to format(s) that can be processed using appropriate computing device(s). Data can then be displayed/provided as appropriate to a second user (for instance a medical practitioner attending to the patient). In an aspect, the second user as well can be remote from the proposed system and can get relevant data on an appropriate computing device. For instance, display of his mobile device.
[00068] FIG. 1 illustrates architecture of system proposed to illustrate its overall working in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
[00069] As illustrated in FIG.1, proposed system can be operatively connected to a computing device CD 1 (that can be associated with a first user /patient, the terms being used interchangeably herein), and to another computing device CD 2 associated with a second user /doctor (the terms being used interchangeably herein). Any or a combination of CD 1 and CD 2 can be connected to proposed system 100 using any wired or wireless means known in the art. For instance, CD 1 can be in a remote village while CD 2 can be at a hospital in a city. Both CD 1 and CD 2 can logon to Internet, go to a website, and start exchanging data as elaborated herein.
[00070] In another aspect, computing device CD 1 can acquire data from a plurality of sensors shown as S1, S2..Sn, and provide such data (termed as input data herein) to the proposed system. The various sensors can be configured on body of the first user /patient and provide body related data such as body temperature, blood sugar etc. In an exemplary embodiment, sensors S1, S2 etc. may not require computing device CD 1 to provide their data to the proposed system but can instead be in direct communication with it.
[00071] In another aspect, proposed system can in amplify and filter the input data as further elaborated to generate data shown as S1o,S2o…Sno in FIG. 1, termed as second data herein. The second data can be provided to computing device CD 2. In this manner, data regarding many physiological symptoms can be provided to CD 2 and second user/doctor associated with CD 2 can make use of the same to provide appropriate diagnostic and other medical aid as required.
[00072] In this manner, proposed remote diagnostic data acquisition and provisioning system can acquire at least one diagnostic data from at least one sensor and can provide such data after amplification and filtering to at least one device configured to output the diagnostic data. Any or a combination of the at least one sensor and the at least one device can be remote from proposed system and can be in operative communication with the proposed system using any or a combination of wired and wireless means. Diagnostic data can be provided in real-time to the at least one device. The at least one device can in turn be associated with a doctor /medical professional who can in this manner provide medical aid to different patients.
[00073] FIG. 2 illustrates functional units of system proposed in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
[00074] FIG. 2 illustrates various components of a proposed system 100. In an example, the system 100 may be implemented in a server. The system 100 may be in communication with one/more computing devices through a communication network to receive various inputs and generate outputs as further elaborated.
[00075] In an implementation, proposed system 100 as described herein may be implemented in a variety of types of computing device, including without limitation, a desktop computer system, a data entry terminal, a laptop computer, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, a handheld personal data assistant, a smartphone, a body-worn computing device incorporated into clothing, a computing device integrated into a vehicle (e.g., a car, a bicycle, etc.), a server, a cluster of servers, a server farm, etc.
[00076] In another aspect, relevant units as described further of the proposed system 100 can be configured to be operatively connected to a website, or to a mobile application that can be downloaded on a mobile device that can connect to Internet. In such fashion the proposed system can be available 24*7 to its various users. Any other manner of implementation of the proposed system or a part thereof is well within the scope of the present disclosure/invention.
[00077] In an aspect, proposed system 100 may include one or more processor(s) 202. The one or more processor(s) 202 may be implemented as one or more microprocessors, microcomputers, microcontrollers, digital signal processors, central processing units, logic circuitries, and/or any devices that manipulate data based on operational instructions. Among other capabilities, the one or more processor(s) 202 are configured to fetch and execute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory 204 of the system 100. The memory 204 may store one or more computer-readable instructions or routines, which may be fetched and executed to create or share the data units over a network service. The memory 204 may include any non-transitory storage device including, for example, volatile memory such as RAM, or non-volatile memory such as EPROM, flash memory, and the like.
[00078] The system 100 may also include an interface(s) 206. The interface(s) 206 may include a variety of interfaces, for example, interfaces for data input and output devices, referred to as I/O devices, storage devices, and the like. The interface(s) 206 may facilitate communication of the system 100 with various devices coupled to the system 100. The interface(s) 206 may also provide a communication pathway for one or more components of the system 100. Examples of such components include, but are not limited to, loan risk propensity generator and database, as further described.
[00079] Components and units as above and further described may be implemented as a combination of hardware and programming (for example, programmable instructions) to implement their functionalities either themselves or using processor(s) 202. In examples described herein, such combinations of hardware and programming may be implemented in several different ways. For example, the programming for the processor(s) 202 may be processor executable instructions stored on a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium and the hardware for the processor(s) 202 may include a processing resource (for example, one or more processors), to execute such instructions. The system 100 may include the machine-readable storage medium storing the instructions and the processing resource to execute the instructions, or the machine-readable storage medium may be separate but accessible to system 100 and the processing resource. In other examples, the units as above and further described and/or processor(s) 202 may be implemented by electronic circuitry.
[00080] In an aspect, proposed system 100 can include sensor data acquisition unit 208, amplifier circuit 210, filter circuit 212 and output unit 214, amongst other units. These units are further elaborated.
Sensor Data Acquisition Unit 208
[00081] In an aspect unit 208 can control the one or more processors 202 of system 100 to acquire/gather various diagnostic data being generated by one/more sensors that may be configured on a patient’s body (such data shown as S1, S2…Sn in FIG.1, termed as first data herein), and provide the first data to other units of the proposed system as further elaborated.
[00082] In an exemplary embodiment, sensor data acquisition unit 208 can gather/acquire data from the various sensors such as temperature sensor, airflow sensor, EMG sensor, BP sensor and spirometer sensor. Outputs of one/more of these sensors can be provided as input to a signal conditioning circuit (SCC) that can include amplifier circuit 210 and filter circuit 212.
[00083] In this manner unit 208 can acquire diagnostic data from at least one sensor. The at least one sensor can be remote from the proposed system 100 and be in operative communication with the proposed system 100/unit 208 using any or a combination of wired and wireless means. Such means can be enabled using an appropriate computing device (such as CD 1 in FIG. 1) that can receive the various diagnostic data (that may belong to a first user/patient).or the diagnostic data can be received direct by the proposed system itself either by means of wired connections or wirelessly, by appropriate configuration of the sensors as well as acquisition unit 208. All such embodiments and their combinations /alterations are fully a part of the present disclosure.
[00084] In another aspect, unit 208 can control the one or more processors 202 of system 100 to perform different functions of unit 208as elaborated above. In an exemplary embodiment, unit 208 can include one or more processors dedicatedly used to perform functionalities of unit 208as elaborated.
Amplifier Circuit 210
[00085] In an aspect circuit 210 can control the one or more processors 202 of system 100 to magnify /amplify signals (first data) being provided to it by unit 208 as elaborated above.
[00086] In another aspect, circuit 210 can control the one or more processors 202 of system 100 to perform different functions of circuit 210 as elaborated above. In an exemplary embodiment, circuit 210 can include one or more processors dedicatedly used to perform functionalities of circuit 210 as elaborated.
[00087] In an exemplary embodiment, amplifier circuit 210 can be used to magnify a signal/signals received. In an exemplary embodiment, circuit 210 can use integrated circuit(IC) 741 that consists of two inputs and two outputs with inverting and non-inverting terminals.
[00088] IC 741 is used in several electrical and electronic circuits. Its main objective is to reinforce AC and DC signals and perform mathematical operations. Applications include usage in filters, comparators, pulse generators, oscillator etc. used in several electrical and electronics circuit. The main drive is to reinforce AC & DC signals and used in the mathematical operations. Applications involve in filters, comparators, pulse generator, oscillators etc.
[00089] In an exemplary embodiment, Amplifier Pout< Pin, Buffer Pout =Pin and Attenuator Pout