System for collecting and utilizing health data
A system for collecting and utilizing health data can include collecting data relative to a patient's health and aggregating the data with other sources of data to define a database. The patient data can be collected using an electronic device, such as a smart contact lens or smart contact lens container. The data within the database can be manipulated, organized, or otherwise processed to determine trends, relationships, and other characteristics of the database. The characteristics of the database can be correlated to predict a health condition of the patient, generate a healthcare recommendation, or a combination thereof.
1 . A method of health monitoring, the method being carried out by a processor, the method comprising:
determining, by an optical spectral sensor, biomarker characteristics of a user based analysis of a contact lens worn by the user;
the processor collecting current health data of the user, the current health data of the user comprising the biomarker characteristics of the user received from the optical spectral sensor;
the processor receiving archived health data of the user from a database;
the processor aggregating the current health data with the archived health data;
the processor analyzing the aggregated health data; and
the processor correlating the aggregated health data to generate a recommendation,
in the correlating, the processor using information that indicates correlation between aggregated biomarker characteristics and aggregated contact lens preferences, to determine a contact lens to be recommended for the user, in accordance with the biomarker characteristics of the user; and
the processor notifying the user of the recommendation of the contact lens determined by the processor, wherein:
the information that indicates correlation between the aggregated biomarker characteristics and the aggregated contact lens preferences is a predictor generated by performing machine learning of a contact lens preference of each of a plurality of users that is stored in the database;
the optical spectral sensor comprises a light source and a light receiver incorporated into a contact lens container; and
the optical spectral sensor is configured to measure a light transmittance through a solution containing biomarkers within the contact lens container using the light source and the light receiver.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the recommendation includes recommending at least one of a medical examination and a physician.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the current user health data includes at least one of age, gender, weight, height, and place of domicile.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing the aggregated health data comprises at least one of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data mining.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the contact lens is a smart contact lens; and
collecting current user health data comprises using the smart contact lens.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the smart contact lens is configured to wirelessly communicate with another electronic device.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the contact lens container is a smart contact lens container; and
collecting current user health data includes using the smart contact lens container.
8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the smart contact lens container is configured to wirelessly communicate with another electronic device.