INTRAVAGINAL MONITORING DEVICE AND NETWORK
Various types of intravaginal monitoring devices (IMD) along with various supporting medical and computing devices within a communication network service pluralities of femal reproductive systems An IMD alone or with assistance from one or more supporting systems assists in detection, monitoring, therapy delivery and efficacy evaluations of various types of physiologic conditions of the various femal reproductive systems Exemplary conditions include those related to pregnancy, premature birth, fertility, ovulation, diseases, infections, fluids, flora, pre-cancerous conditions, cancer, non-human animal estrus, etc Various types of IMDs include those with multiple sensors within a housing sized for at least partial insertion into a vaginal channel of a reproductive system In some IMDs, only a single sensor such as an optical imager might be found, while in others multiple such imagers and as temperature, pH, glucose, electrolyte, sonogram, magnetic resonance, pressure, ultrasound, microphone, etc, sensors can also be included.
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6 . A method used by a self-powered device that can be communicatively coupled with a computing device, the device sized for at least partial insertion into a female reproductive system via a vaginal channel, the method comprising:
capturing by a first sensor, when the device is at least partially inserted within the vaginal channel, first sensor data relating to the female reproductive system; capturing by a second sensor, when the device is at least partially inserted within the vaginal channel, second sensor data relating to a physiological parameter of a fetus within said female's womb; and wirelessly communicating the first sensor data and the second sensor data to the computing device.
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12 . A device that is sized for at least partial insertion into a female reproductive system via a vaginal channel, the device comprising: a housing; a first sensor disposed in the housing at a location that supports gathering of first sensor data from the female reproductive system; processing circuitry disposed in the housing that receives input; memory, disposed in the housing, that is coupled to the processing circuitry; the memory storing operating instructions to he carried out by the processing circuitry, the operating instructions defining at least two operating procedures, said operating procedures related to periodic pregnancy monitoring; and the processing circuitry selecting one of the at least two operating procedures based on the input.
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21 . A method associated with a female reproductive system, the method comprising: retrieving optical imager data related to a target area within the female reproductive system, the target area being accessible via a vaginal channel of the female reproductive system; performing an automated analysis of the optical imager data; and producing information based on the analysis, the information at least assisting in identifying a status for at least a portion of the female reproductive system.
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27 . A method used by a computing device that interacts with a monitoring device, the monitoring device having an optical imager that captures imager data from a female reproductive system via a vaginal channel, the method comprising: receiving a first portion of the imager data, the first portion of the imager data having been captured by the optical imager during a first imaging session; storing the first portion of the imager data; receiving a second portion of the imager data, the second portion of the imager data having been captured by the optical imager during a second imaging session; retrieving the first portion of the imager data from storage; comparing the first portion of the imager data with the second portion of the imager data; and producing, based at least in part on the comparison, status information relating to at least a portion of the female reproductive system.
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32 . The method of claim 27 , wherein the status information relates to a non-human animal estrus event.
33 . A method used by a server in a communication network, the communication network also having a plurality of sensor devices and a support computer, each of the plurality of sensor devices capturing sensor data via a vaginal channel of a female reproductive system, the method comprising: establishing communication with the plurality of sensor devices; receiving the sensor data captured by at least one of the plurality of sensor devices via the vaginal channel of the female reproductive system; generating display data based on the sensor data received; and delivering the display data to the support computer.
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35 . The method of claim 33 , wherein the server supports sales.
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38 . A method used by a server in a communication network to make a related data selection from a plurality of data, the communication network comprising a medical sensor device that captures sensor data via a vaginal channel of a female reproductive system, the method comprising: establishing communication with the medical sensor device; receiving the sensor data captured by the medical sensor device; and selecting the related data from the plurality of data, the selection being based at least in part on the sensor data received.
39 . The method of claim 38 , wherein the plurality of data comprises a plurality of advertisement data.
40 . The method of claim 38 , wherein the plurality of data comprises a plurality of data.
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64 . A method of decreasing insurer or governmental health system costs comprising: providing an intravaginal monitoring device capable of identifying an event during a pregnancy; determining whether or not a pregnant female is having a pre-mature birthing event; and treating said pregnant female to increase the gestation time of a being within the womb of said pregnant female.
65 . A telemedicine system comprising: a wireless, battery powered, intravaginal monitoring device having at least two cervical sensors, the two cervical sensors selected from the group consisting of a cervical dilation sensor and a cervical effacement sensor; and, an external wireless, battery powered, electronic smart patch having at least two sensors, the two sensors selected from the group consisting of a maternal contraction sensor and a fetal heart rate sensor; and an external communication device communicatively and wireless linked to the intravaginal monitoring device and the electronic smart patch.
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69 . The telemedicine system of claim 65 , further comprising a remote server, in which the external communication device is communicatively linked to the remote server, the remote server post processing data harvested by the cervical dilation sensor, cervical effacement sensor, maternal contraction sensor and fetal heart rate sensor to obtain post processed data, and the post processed data being communicated to a second communication device.
70 . The telemedicine system of claim 69 , in which the second communication device is a microprocessor controlled device comprising a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface presenting a graph, the graph selected from the group consisting of a cervical dilation graph, a cervical effacement graph, a fetal heart rate graph, and a maternal contraction rate graph.
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73 . A telemedicine system comprising a communication device, a server, and a plurality of wireless, self-powered intravaginal monitoring devices communicating data harvested from a plurality of females to said server, and said server communicating said data to said communication device.
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76 . The telemedicine system of claim 73 in which said females comprise females estrus.
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