IP Library Granted Patent US 11,998,342
Granted Patent B2
US 11,998,342 · App. 18/054,363 · Granted Jun 4, 2024

Methods and systems for processing data via an executable file on a monitor to reduce the dimensionality of the data and encrypting the data being transmitted over the wireless network

Inventors: Steven Szabados (Sausalito, CA); Yuriko Tamura (San Mateo, CA); Xixi Wang (South San Francisco, CA); George Mathew (Berkeley, CA)
Assignee: iRhythm Technologies, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,998,342
App. No.
18/054,363
Granted
Jun 4, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Some embodiments include processing data via an executable file on a monitor to reduce the dimensionality of the data being transmitted over the wireless network. The output of the executable file also encrypts the data before being transmitted wireless to a remote server. The remote server receives the transmitted data and makes likelihood inferences based on the recorded data.

Claims (34)

1. A monitor comprising:

a first sensor positioned to detect a first set of continuous physiological signals of a user while the monitor is engaged to the user;

a hardware processor configured to process the first set of continuous physiological signals to extract one or more features of the user; and

a second sensor positioned to detect a second set of continuous physiological signals of the user in response to the one or more features meeting a threshold value;

wherein the hardware processor is configured to process the second set of continuous physiological signals through an encoder to generate data output; and

wherein an external computing system is configured to determine or infer a physiological event of the user by processing the data output or a signal derived from the data output through a decoder or a machine learning model.

2. The monitor of claim 1 , wherein the physiological event comprises at least one of: hypertension, depression, congestive heart failure, sleep apnea.

3. The monitor of claim 1 , wherein the monitor is a wearable patch.

4. The monitor of claim 1 , wherein the monitor is a patch that is applied on the chest of the user.

5. The monitor of claim 1 , wherein the monitor is a wearable watch.

6. The monitor of claim 1 , wherein the data output of the encoder is an encrypted output, and wherein the external computing system is configured to processes the encrypted output through the decoder or the machine learning model.

7. The monitor of claim 1 , wherein the first set of continuous physiological signals comprise Photoplethysmography (PPG) data.

8. The monitor of claim 1 , wherein the second set of continuous physiological signals comprise electrocardiogram (ECG) data.

9. The monitor of claim 1 , wherein the first set of continuous physiological signals comprise electrocardiogram (ECG) data and the second set of continuous physiological signals comprise Photoplethysmography (PPG) data.

10. The monitor of claim 1 , wherein the encoder is configured to compress the second set of continuous physiological signals to obtain compressed data, and wherein the decoder or the machine learning model is configured to decompress the compressed data.

11. A monitor comprising:

a sensor configured to detect a first set of signals of a patient when engaged with a body of the patient;

a signal processor configured to process the first set of signals to extract one or more derived signals; and

a second sensor positioned to detect a second set of signals of the patient based on the one or more derived signals;

wherein the signal processor is further configured to process the second set of signals through a portion of a first machine learning network to generate a first output, wherein the signal processor is local to the monitor; and

wherein a computing system is configured to process the first output or a signal derived from the first output through a portion of a second machine learning network, wherein the computing system is external to the monitor.

12. The monitor of claim 11 , wherein the portion of the first machine learning network comprises a subset of the first machine learning network.

13. The monitor of claim 11 , wherein the portion of the first machine learning network comprises the first machine learning network.

14. The monitor of claim 11 , wherein the monitor includes a transmitter configured to transmit the first output to the computing system.

15. The monitor of claim 11 , wherein a dimensionality of the first output is smaller than a dimensionality of the second set of signals detected by the second sensor.

16. A monitor comprising:

a sensor positioned to detect a first set of physiological signals of a user while the monitor is engaged to the user;

a hardware processor configured to process the first set of physiological signals to extract one or more features of the user; and

a second sensor positioned to detect a second set of physiological signals of the user in response to the one or more features meeting a condition;

wherein an external computing system is configured to determine or infer a physiological characteristic of the user by processing the second set of physiological signals or a signal derived from the second set of physiological signals through a subset of layers of a neural network.

17. The monitor of claim 16 , wherein the physiological characteristic comprises a likelihood of an occurrence of arrhythmia during a time period prior to when the first set of physiological signals were detected.

18. The monitor of claim 16 , wherein the physiological characteristic comprises a likelihood of an occurrence of arrhythmia during a time period subsequent to when the first set of physiological signals were detected.

19. The monitor of claim 16 , wherein the physiological characteristic comprises at least one of: a heart abnormality, a heart failure, a prognostic prediction, sleep apnea, hypertension, or blood pressure.

20. The monitor of claim 16 , wherein the condition comprises one or more features meeting a threshold or elapsing of a time period.

Assignments (2)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2024
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: IRHYTHM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 066767/0250 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2024
From: IRHYTHM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 066189/0322 →
Continuity (7)
Continuation 17856391 · Jul 1, 2022
Continuation 17651773 · Feb 18, 2022
Continuation 17397075 · Aug 9, 2021
Continuation 17174145 · Feb 11, 2021
Provisional Application 63090951 · Oct 13, 2020
Provisional Application 62975626 · Feb 12, 2020
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