IP Library Granted Patent US 12,178,576
Granted Patent B2
US 12,178,576 · App. 17/991,298 · Granted Dec 31, 2024

Early detection of neurodegenerative disease

Inventor: Newton Howard (Providence, RI)
A61B5/162A61B5/165A61B5/167A61B5/24
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Patent No.
US 12,178,576
App. No.
17/991,298
Granted
Dec 31, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present systems and methods may provide a non-invasive system to measure and integrate behavioral and cognitive features enabling early detection and progression tracking of degenerative disease. For example, a method of detecting neurodegenerative disease may comprise measuring functioning of at least one of the motor system, cognitive function, and brain activity of a subject during everyday life and analyzing the gathered at least one motor system data, cognitive function data, and brain activity data of the subject.

Claims (32)

1. A method for detection of neurodegenerative disease comprising:

measuring functioning of a motor system, including measuring functioning of upper limb and shoulder movement, cognitive function, including measuring cognitive function during combined physical motion and speech, and brain activity of a subject during everyday life, wherein measuring functioning of the motor system comprises:

placing a wearable body sensor system on the subject, the wearable body sensor system adapted to measure movements and object interaction of the subject in everyday living situations, the wearable body sensor system comprising at least one of an integrated clothing sensing system, an inertial measurement unit, an optical marker tracking system, and a hydrocele geodesic sensor net, and gathering movement data with the wearable body sensor system, wherein measuring functioning of the cognitive function comprises:

gathering cognitive function data comprising everyday speech data gathered using an audio capture device;

and determining, at a computer system comprising a processor, memory accessible by the processor, and computer program instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor, the presence of an abnormal condition based on the gathered at least one motor system data, cognitive function data, and brain activity data of the subject, wherein analyzing the gathered motor system data comprises:

analyzing the gathered movement data to differentiate between movement conditions using wavelet analysis, and generating information indicating movement conditions, wherein analyzing the gathered cognitive function data comprises:

analyzing the gathered speech data for motor and non-motor correlations related to severity of the neurodegenerative disease data, including determining inability to control voice tone based on jitter of the speech data and determining lack of normal voice modulation based on shimmer of the speech data, and generating information indicating severity of the neurodegenerative disease and measured motor and non-motor aspects;

and wherein analyzing the gathered brain activity comprises:

analyzing gathered neural oscillation detection data related to severity of the neurodegenerative disease, including determining spindles in the gathered neural oscillation detection data based on a frequency spectrum of the neural oscillation detection data, and generating information indicating severity of the neurodegenerative disease;

and outputting, from the computer system, information indicating severity of the neurodegenerative disease based on the generated information.

2. A computer program product for detection of neurodegenerative disease, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer, to cause the computer to perform a method comprising:

receiving data measuring functioning of at least one of a motor system, cognitive function, and brain activity of a subject during everyday life, wherein measuring functioning of the motor system comprises:

placing a wearable body sensor system on the subject, the wearable body sensor system adapted to measure movements and object interaction of the subject in everyday living situations, the wearable body sensor system comprising at least two sensor systems selected from a group comprising at least one of an integrated clothing sensing system, an inertial measurement unit, an optical marker tracking system, and a hydrocele geodesic sensor net, and gathering movement data with the wearable body sensor system, wherein measuring functioning of the cognitive function comprises:

gathering cognitive function data comprising everyday speech data gathered using an audio capture device;

and determining the presence of an abnormal condition based on the gathered at least one motor system data, cognitive function data, and brain activity data of the subject, wherein analyzing the gathered motor system data comprises:

analyzing the gathered movement data to differentiate between movement conditions using wavelet analysis, and generating information indicating movement conditions, wherein analyzing the gathered cognitive function data comprises:

analyzing the gathered speech data for motor and non-motor correlations related to severity of the neurodegenerative disease data, including determining inability to control voice tone based on jitter of the speech data and determining lack of normal voice modulation based on shimmer of the speech data, and generating information indicating severity of the neurodegenerative disease and measured motor and non-motor aspects, and wherein analyzing the gathered brain activity comprises:

analyzing gathered neural oscillation detection data related to severity of the neurodegenerative disease, including determining spindles in the gathered neural oscillation detection data based on a frequency spectrum of the neural oscillation detection data, and generating information indicating severity of the neurodegenerative disease;

and outputting information indicating severity of the neurodegenerative disease based on the generated information.

3. A system for detection of neurodegenerative disease, the system comprising:

at least one of a wearable body sensor system, apparatus for gathering everyday speech data, apparatus for neural oscillation detection, and an electro-encephalogram apparatus;

a processor;

memory accessible by the processor;

computer program instructions stored m the memory and executable by the processor to perform:

receiving data measuring functioning of at least one of the motor system, cognitive function, and brain activity of a subject during everyday life, wherein measuring functioning of the motor system comprises:

placing a wearable body sensor system on the subject, the wearable body sensor system adapted to measure movements and object interaction of the subject in everyday living situations, the wearable body sensor system comprising at least two sensor systems selected from a group comprising at least one of an integrated clothing sensing system, an inertial measurement unit, an optical marker tracking system, and a hydrocele geodesic sensor net, and gathering movement data with the wearable body sensor system, wherein measuring functioning of the cognitive function comprises:

gathering cognitive function data comprising everyday speech data gathered using an audio capture device;

and determining the presence of an abnormal condition based on the gathered at least one motor system data, cognitive function data, and brain activity data of the subject, wherein analyzing the gathered motor system data comprises:

analyzing the gathered movement data to differentiate between movement conditions using wavelet analysis, and generating information indicating movement conditions, wherein analyzing the gathered cognitive function data comprises:

analyzing the gathered speech data for motor and non-motor correlations related to severity of the neurodegenerative disease data, including determining inability to control voice tone based on jitter of the speech data and determining lack of normal voice modulation based on shimmer of the speech data, and generating information indicating severity of the neurodegenerative disease and measured motor and non-motor aspects, and wherein analyzing the gathered brain activity comprises:

analyzing the gathered neural oscillation detection data related to severity of the neurodegenerative disease, including determining spindles in the gathered neural oscillation detection data based on a frequency spectrum of the neural oscillation detection data, and generating information indicating severity of the neurodegenerative disease;

and outputting information indicating severity of the neurodegenerative disease based on the generated information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2025
From: HOWARD, NEWTON
To: GENESIS INTELLIGENCE, LLC
Reel/Frame 072702/0249 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 16584654 · Sep 26, 2019
Continuation In Part 15431283 · Feb 13, 2017
Provisional Application 62831575 · Apr 9, 2019
Provisional Application 62294435 · Feb 12, 2016
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