SMART WEARABLES AND NON-WEARABLE DEVICES WITH EMBEDDED NFC (NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION), VITAL HEALTH SENSORS, ULTRA VIOLET GERMICIDAL IRRADIATION (UVGI) AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE/MOBILE/CLOUD BASED VIRTUAL ASSISTANT PLATFORM/TECHNOLOGIES
20210405689 · 2021-12-30
Inventors
Cpc classification
A61L2202/14
HUMAN NECESSITIES
H04W4/80
ELECTRICITY
Y02A90/10
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
G06F3/0488
PHYSICS
G16H50/20
PHYSICS
H04W4/90
ELECTRICITY
G06F1/1652
PHYSICS
A61L2209/111
HUMAN NECESSITIES
A61L2/24
HUMAN NECESSITIES
A61L2202/16
HUMAN NECESSITIES
A61B5/0205
HUMAN NECESSITIES
G16H50/80
PHYSICS
A61L2202/11
HUMAN NECESSITIES
International classification
A61L2/00
HUMAN NECESSITIES
A61L2/24
HUMAN NECESSITIES
G06F3/0488
PHYSICS
Abstract
A system with plurality of smart wearable and non-wearable having embedded NFC (Near Field Communication) tags, vital health sensors and UV-C germicidal irradiation sources; a computer mobile/cloud implemented platform with an artificial intelligence or machine learning powered virtual assistant; and a central cloud server is provided for prevention of spread of pathogens and for monitoring and/prediction of infection and timely intervention assistance for better health outcomes to the user, taking into account the underlying conditions of the user. The system includes a plurality of body wearables including, but not limited to, a hand glove, a footwear, a vest, a full body suit, a face mask, a footwear cover or a smart portables and at least one non-wearable portable smart device, and all of them with re-programmable NFC tags and UVGI source embedded within them, to dis-infect any surface the user desire, and to avoid touching any surfaces, and the same—each device of which having a plethora of various body health and viral monitoring sensors, embedded within them to transmit and upload data to mobile/cloud platform, to predict probability of infection and take necessary actions to provide better personalized health outcomes.
Claims
1. A multifunctional smart system for preventing pathogen spread and providing better health outcomes, comprising: a plurality of different smart wearables for different parts of a body of a user; at least one smart non-wearable flexible device; a computer implemented platform with an Artificial intelligence or Machine learning powered virtual assistant; and a central mobile or cloud platform server; wherein each of the plurality of different smart wearables and at least one smart non-wearable flexible device is further comprising: a plurality of different health monitoring sensors embedded to monitor real time body health condition of a wearer; a plurality of re-programmable NFC (near field communication) tags mounted within a body of the plurality of different smart wearables and at least one smart non-wearable flexible device; an Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) light source configured over an exterior surface of the plurality of smart wearables and within the interior surface of the at least one smart non-wearable flexible device; and an electronic control unit.
2. The multifunctional smart system of claim 1, wherein electronic control unit is further comprising a touch screen with a power switch, a printed circuit board having a microcontroller and a communication module, and a rechargeable batteries.
3. The multifunctional smart system of claim 1, wherein the microcontroller of the electronic control unit is configured to manage power consumption, collect data from the plurality of health monitoring sensors, determine risk or emergency situation, and uploads said data over the central mobile or cloud server platform.
4. The multifunctional smart system of claim 1, wherein the communication module is communicatively coupled with the microcontroller and configured for wirelessly transmission and storage of a treatment data and a sensory data over the central mobile or cloud server platform.
5. The multifunctional smart system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensors includes continuous glucose monitoring sensor (CGM) to monitor blood glucose level, motion sensor to continuously monitor flexibility of the user, body dietary and nutrition markers such as keton levels, insulin levels, and other vital sensor to monitor temperature, blood pressure, blood oxygen level and EKG.
6. The multifunctional smart system of claim 1, wherein the AI or Mobile or cloud computer implemented platform with an Artificial intelligence or Machine learning powered virtual assistant acquires treatment data and sensory data from the central cloud server, processes using an AI or ML and notifies a personal physician or family members of the user, in case of any medical emergency detected.
7. The multifunctional smart system of claim 1, wherein the Artificial intelligence or Machine learning powered virtual assistant prepares a customized user specific questionnaire approved by a physicians for the user based on the predefined trigger by the personal physician or based on the real time sensory data.
8. The multifunctional smart system of claim 1, wherein the Artificial intelligence or Machine learning powered virtual assistant provides said questionnaire to the user and also stores over the central mobile or cloud server platform.
9. The multifunctional smart system of claim 1, wherein the user specific questionnaire includes ‘personalized’ questions which the personal physician may ask based on health condition including conditions underlying, of the user when consulted.
10. The multifunctional smart system of claim 1, wherein the AI or Mobile or cloud computer implemented platform further integrates third party health platforms and health devices though which the data is acquired or shared and user may answer the questions of the questionnaire.
11. The multifunctional smart system of claim 1, wherein the user may answer the questionnaire through mobile message, email, mobile audio or through any other integrated third party medical health devices.
12. The multifunctional smart system of claim 1, wherein the AI or Mobile or cloud computer implemented platform transmits the answer of the user to the personal physician over his or her personal smart device and also stores the answer of the user over the central cloud server.
13. The multifunctional smart system of claim 1, wherein the AI or Mobile or cloud computer implemented platform receives communique and instructions from the personal physician or family member and provides it to patient over his or her personal smart device and also stores the same for audit trail and accountability in a user account over the central cloud server.
14. The multifunctional smart system of claim 1, wherein the NFC tags are configurable and re-programmable and allows use of the same NFC tags for different purposes without touching surfaces, in different multifunctional smart wearables or to do a specific function in conjunction with a localize NFC readers.
15. The multifunctional smart system of claim 1, wherein the Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) light sources are configured to disinfect any surface that the wearer touches or gets in contact with or desires to disinfect.
16. The multifunctional smart system of claim 1 is further comprising of a proximity and a pressure sensor as a safety sensor which are configured to turn ON the UVGI light sources only when the wearer grabs or touches something with certain amount of pressure or close proximity.
17. The multifunctional smart system of claim 1, wherein the at least one smart non-wearable flexible device is made of a front wall, a base and a side wall connected through a flexible, bendable and foldable connection mechanism in same order.
18. The multifunctional smart system of claim 1, wherein the at least one smart non-wearable flexible device further includes a detachable side walls for additional usage scenarios.
19. The multifunctional smart system of claim 1, wherein at least one smart non-wearable flexible device further includes a display unit to display a vital health data of the user.
20. The multifunctional smart system of claim 1, wherein the at least one smart wearable or non-wearable flexible device further includes a charging port to connect and charge smartphones or any other smart user device.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0021] The foregoing summary, as well as the following detailed description of the invention, is better understood when read in conjunction with the appended drawings. For the purpose of illustrating the invention, exemplary constructions of the invention are shown in the drawings. However, the invention is not limited to the specific methods and structures disclosed herein. The description of a method step or a structure referenced by a numeral in a drawing is applicable to the description of that method step or structure shown by that same numeral in any subsequent drawing herein.
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[0038] The embodiment herein and the various features and advantageous details thereof are explained more fully with reference to the non-limiting embodiments and detailed in the following description. Descriptions of well-known components and processing techniques are omitted so as to not unnecessarily obscure the embodiments herein. The examples used herein are intended merely to facilitate an understanding of ways in which the method and embodiments herein may be practiced and to further enable those of skill in the art to practice the embodiments herein. Accordingly, the examples should not be construed as limiting the scope of the embodiments herein.
[0039] The disclosure of present invention provides a smart wearables and non-wearables for better health outcomes by preventing spread of infection from day-to-day activities, to facilitate early detection and prevention of potential infections, to work as a smart Personal Protective Equipment for the frontline healthcare and defense workers and their patients, to work as a digital key to open doors, operate smartphones, card exchange, disinfect any personal gadgets or devices etc. without touching anything, and to disinfect any surface, product or equipment using the smart wearables and non-wearable portable devices. According to one embodiment, the smart wearables of present invention includes all the body wearable such as, but not limited to, a hand gloves, a foot wear, a body wear i.e. a vest, a full body suit or any other portable means and also includes a non-wearable flexible smart devices. All the smart devices and wearables of present invention are embedded with: a plethora of health vital sensors to monitor real time body health condition of the wearer; a re-programmable NFC (near field communication) tags that allows wearer to do many things without having to touch any surface; an Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) light sources to disinfect any surface that wearer touches or desire to disinfect; and a celliant fabric as an inner layer where the skin comes in contact with the wearables, where the celliant fabric traps the body's infrared energy and cycles it back within the body to improve oxygenation and resolves minor aches and pains.
[0040] According to one embodiment, the smart wearables and non-wearables of present invention might also work as an additional complementary smart PPE layer of protection for front line health care workers who are at constant risk from infections. The plethora of health or vital sign monitoring sensors of the smart wearables continuously monitors and reports the real time body health condition to hospital system and to the healthcare professionals, therefore provides better safety by early detection and prevention of the spread of the pathogens such as covid-19 which can be deciphered based on increase in body temperature and drop in blood oxygen levels.
[0041] According to one embodiment, the smart wearables of present invention is comprising of a sensors such as, but not limited to, a temperature sensor, a blood oxygenation sensor, a blood pressure or pulse detection sensor, an EKG and other popular sensors as the industry proliferates. The smart wearables and non-wearables of the present invention further includes an electronic control units having a communication module that collects the data from all these sensors, compares it with pre-defined limits and sends the warning or alert signal over the mobile applications to the person of concern to prevent the spread of an infection. Further, the electronic control unit of the smart wearables and non-wearables stores the data over the cloud to create a historic data set for the caregivers to deliver better outcomes.
[0042] According to one embodiment, the smart wearables and non-wearables of present invention further includes a safety sensors such as a proximity sensor and a pressure sensor that are configured to turn on the smart wearables and non-wearables only when the wearer grabs or touches something with certain amount of pressure, thereby protecting the wearer from any UV light exposure issues.
[0043] The re-programmable NFC chips and tags embedded within the smart wearables are configured to allow user to do many touch activities without having to touch any surface that might be contaminated by the infection like answering phones, opening or closing doors, sending social media messages, payment mechanism, etc. Further, the NFC tags are re-programmable and hence can be programmed to do specific functions in conjunction with the localized NFC readers.
[0044] According to one embodiment, the ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) light sources of different strength are provided within the smart wearables and non-wearables of present invention to disinfect the area coming in contact with the surface of the smart wearables. The UV-C radiation of the UVGI sources modifies the RNA/DNA and eliminates the ability of a pathogen to reproduce. The pathogen that can't reproduce are not infectious, and are therefore harmless. The effectiveness of UVGI derives from a band of UV-C radiation centered at a wavelength of 265 nm plus or minus 60 nm.
[0045] Furthermore, the smart wearables are any of the gloves, shoes, vest, full body suit, face mask, footwear cover or any smart portables and non-wearables having all the above mentioned features embedded within the wearables, including the Smart Glove, ensures that all the surface area of the touch area required to do any particular activity such as a hold, handshake, clasp, grab, etc., receives 100% UVGI radiation such that 100% of the users touches, are disinfected ensuring maximum EFFICIENCY and EFFICACY of the UVGI mechanism, providing best case safety scenarios for user environment.
[0046] The smart non-wearable portable devices are provided also with plethora of health monitoring sensors and plurality of UV-C light emitters which is provided to allow any user to easily carry the device without wearing on a body. The portable devices are not wearable over the body of the user as a smart PPE, however it is flexible and portable which allows any user to easily carry it in the purse or in a nurses pocket, as examples. The sensors configured within the body and/or walls of the device allows the user to bring the hand, wrist or any part of the body near the sensor to monitor the health of the user. Moreover, because of the flexible joints within the non-wearable device, it is capable of changing embodiment to form a structure such as container or a shed under which any object or other devices can be placed to dis-infect using the UV-C light emitting sensors present within the flexible smart device.
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[0049] The electronic control unit 6 of present invention is further comprising of a rechargeable batteries 14 to provide power for functioning of all the electronic components of the smart wearable 100. A wire 16 that connects the electronic components with the electronic control unit 6. According to one embodiment, a temperature sensor 18 and a blood pressure or pulse detection sensor 20 is configured within the electronic control unit to respectively monitor body temperature and a pulse rate of the wearer.
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[0057] The smart wearables of the system works as a data input unit which includes plurality of different vital health data sensors to monitor the vital body data of the user in real time. Each smart wearable of present invention further includes an electronic circuit or unit having a processor and a communication module to transmit the data from sensors to the cloud server of the system which works as a data storage unit 920 of present system. According to one embodiment, the data storage unit or a cloud server 920 is a centralized server to store the data from the data inputs 910 in real time. The centralized cloud server of present invention is any third party cloud server.
[0058] According to one embodiment, the present mobile/cloud server 920 is capable of being accessed by the AI powered mobile/cloud/computer implemented platform with PSA 930 for data acquisition, data interrogation and manipulation. The computer implemented platform acquires said real time sensory data from the cloud server 920, processes said data using machine learning algorithms and artificial intelligence of present computer implemented platform 930 and provides real time dashboard of said data over the platform for the wearer and the person of concern of the wearer.
[0059] According to one embodiment, the AI/Mobile/Cloud/computer implemented platform, based on analysis of real time vital sensor data and the users personal health data, especially related to any underlying conditions, using the AI and machine learning algorithms, alerts the wearer as well as medical/healthcare persons of concern and family members, in case any situation arises such as increase of any vital body data from a threshold normal limit, such as steady drop in blood oxygen levels or when high probability of viral infection is detected in the body of the wearer which is determined by the AI powered SVA assistant using the real time sensory data. This threshold data limit is set by the system for doctor approval and/or by the doctor or personal physician for the said wearer. According to one embodiment, when such high probability is detected or when wearer himself wants to consult his medical personnel, he may raise the request over the platform by accessing it through smart user device of the wearer. Based on the request by the wearer or when detected high probability, the AI powered platform of present invention automatically notifies the medical personal while the Smart Virtual Assistant (SVA) of the wearer present within the system and activates the patients specific pre-determined questionnaire for the patient to answer at the convenience of his home, and convenience of devices/etc.
[0060] The answers are automatically collected and notified to the personalized physician/nurse, thereby providing for a mechanism for the 1.sup.st interactions. i.e. questions of answers that typically a nurse asks before the physician gets involved, to be conducted painlessly and at the patients convenience at home or anywhere they are. This early screening, provides for a positive timely intervention that has the potential to prevent deadly consequences. The physician/nurse, with this set of answers and corollary data, can determine the next course of actions for the said patient, and surely provide for better TIMELY for better preventive health outcomes. Each patient's specific questions based on the existing conditions that the wearer currently has and the questions are also approved by the wearer's doctor such that its relevant personalized medicine, may be provided for better TIMELY ‘personalized’ outcomes or timely emergency preventive steps may be taken to prevent the wearer from suffering from deadly viral infection complications. The AI/mobile/cloud/computer implemented platform with smart virtual assistant of present invention alerts the wearer and all the concern persons by vibrating the smart device of the user or via sound, text or message notification over the smart device of the user. The computer implemented platform 930 of present invention is further capable of being interfaced with the third party healthcare devices or platforms such as Amazon Alexa, Google fitbit, and Apple Health—watch EMR (Electronic Medical Record) systems etc.
[0061] According to one embodiment, the AI/Mobile/Cloud/computer implemented platform 930 with PSA of present invention further behaves as a smart assistant for the wearer or user, where the platform 930 analyzes vital sensory data of the user continuously, and based on pre-determined set conditions, launches a screen interactive questionnaire for the user in which the user is asked to answer specific questions that generally a personal physician would ask when interviewing the wearer for the first time. The AI and the machine learning algorithms, based on the analyzed vital body data as well as past medical history of the user, prepares a questionnaire for the wearer.
[0062] This questionnaire is originally available in the mobile/cloud server and the AI and/or ML powered platform of present invention chooses the standard care questions that makes sense for the specific patient, which is also personalized to the said patients existing conditions, and make it available for the patient and his physician to approve and to use. According to one embodiment, the prepared questions by the AI/ML powered smart virtual assistant of the platform are further edited and finalized and confirmed by the personal physician such that it's uniquely tailored to the specific patient with the triggers set by the physician to enable these Q&A again specific to the wearer (For example—if the patient is diabetic and know for high blood pressure—the doctor sets the trigger as 3 continuous days of 90/160 where the system triggers the Q&A and get the answers quickly to the physician so point of care with immediate intervention can lead to better patient outcomes.
[0063] According to one embodiment, the smart wearable platform of present invention is also capable to execute voice enabled Q&A session via system integrated third party platforms of choice of user, such as, via Apple Siri on the phone, or via Amazon Alexa or using Google home assistant. The computer implemented platform 930 with PSA of present invention allows user to answer said question by many different ways using the smart user device in which the present computer implemented platform is installed or by using any other synced third party healthcare device with the platform 930 interfaced. The system allows user to submit the answers of the questions raised by the platform 930 via text or voice on the smart phone with the platform installed or through any other interfaced third party devices such as Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri, Google Assistant etc.
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[0065] Further, according to present embodiment, the virtual assistant 1040 of the system 1000 further stores said data and questionnaire over the cloud server 1050 for the personal physician 1060 and the family members or loved ones 1070 to access it through their personal smart devices. According to one embodiment, the wearable smart devices is any smart device of present system 1000 worn on any part of the body of the wearer 1010. According to one embodiment, the third party data gadgets 1030 integrated with present system 1000 is any of the healthcare or smart device such as smart wearable devices (smart watches, bands etc.) or any other healthcare device such as Amazon Alexa, Google Health, etc.
[0066] According to one embodiment, apart from the wearable devices, the present system further includes a flexible and compact smart non-wearable device also having a plurality sensors present within them to monitor the body condition of the user, however these devices requires user to manually bring any body part new the sensor configured within the device so that the device may monitor respective sensory data.
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[0068] According to present embodiment, the portable smart non-wearable device 1100 is made of a front wall 1110, a base, a back wall 1120 connected in the same order using a flexible connection mechanism which allows the angle between them to be changed to form shapes. Further, at least one side wall (1130 & 1140) flexibly attached at each side. According to one embodiment, the side walls (1130 & 1140) are removably coupled using a fastening members. According to present embodiment, all the walls are configured at right angle with the base creating a container shape having a cavity where any other object of smaller size may get placed.
[0069] According to one embodiment, the inner surface of both the front wall 1110 and back wall 1120 includes plurality of UV-C light sensors 1150 configured to emit ultra-violet lights of various strengths and frequency over the products or an object placed within the device 1100 to dis-infect the surface of said product. According to one embodiment, the device 1100 further includes plurality of various sensors configured within the walls of the device 1100. According to present embodiment, a temperature monitoring sensor 1160 is configured at the inner surface of the front wall 1110 which is configured to allow user to check the real time body temperature of the user by bringing any body part of the user near the temperature sensor 1160.
[0070] According to one embodiment, the device 1100 further includes a control unit having a communication unit to send the data monitored by the sensor over the server of the system which the user may access and check using a smartphone or any other smart device of the user. Moreover, the flexible smart device 1100 includes other sensors such as blood oxygen monitoring sensor 1170, pulse monitoring sensor etc. to allow user to check his vital body data.
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[0072] According to present embodiment, the UV-C light sources present at the inner wall will emit the ultra-violet light over the product placed beneath the sheet to dis-infect. According to one embodiment, the device further includes a battery module present within the base 1270 along with the control unit for functioning of all the electronic components of the device. According to one embodiment, a display unit is configured at the outer surface of the front wall 1210 which displays the vital sensory data when the user checks using the sensors configured within the device.
[0073] According to present embodiment, the non-wearable flexible device further include a charging port 1280 which is configured to allow user to charge their smart phone or any other small smart user device. According to one embodiment, the non-wearable device further includes a manual press button 1290 to ON or OFF the non-wearable device.
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[0075] The foregoing description of the specific embodiments will so fully reveal the general nature of the embodiments herein that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily modify and/or adapt for various applications such specific embodiments without departing from the generic concept, and, therefore, such adaptations and modifications should and are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalents of the disclosed embodiments. It is to be understood that the phraseology or terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation. Therefore, while the embodiments herein have been described in terms of preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that the embodiments herein can be practiced with modification within the spirit and scope of the embodiments as described herein.