HEALTH MONITORING AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE
Devices, systems, and methods for reconfigurable and/or updatable lightweight electronic devices or systems are disclosed. Via use of such a device, system, or method, various capabilities for a user are provided, simplified, secured, and/or made more convenient. The system may interact with various other devices or systems, including those that are cloud-based or communicate through the cloud, and may utilize various local sensors, in order to provide one or more of improved access, monitoring, user diagnostics, and so forth.
1 . A device for being attached to a user or the user's clothing, the device having a length, a width, and a thickness, the device comprising:
electronic circuitry, a first power source, and a display; and
a thickness of 2″ or less, wherein the circuitry has a thickness of 25% or less of the thickness of the device, or 25%-50% of the thickness of the device, or 75% or less of the thickness of the device,
wherein the device communicates with and receives data from one or more medical devices, and
wherein the device has a functionality that changes depending upon the one or more medical devices with which the device communicates.
2 . The device of claim 1 that has a width of 1½″ or less, or 1″ or less or ¾″ or less.
3 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry has a length that is 50% or less of the length of the device, or 80% or less of the length of the device.
4 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry has a width of 90% or less of the width of the device, or between 50% and 80% of the width of the device, or between 80% and 100% the width of the device.
5 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the display has a length that is 50% or less of the length of the device, or 80% or less of the length of the device.
6 . The device of claim 1 that monitors one or more physical conditions of the user.
7 . The device of claim 1 that analyzes a plurality of the one or more physical conditions of the user to determine a health attribute of the user.
8 . The device of claim 1 that includes one or more ports, wherein each of the one or more ports can be connected to a sensor, and the device receives information from at least one sensor.
9 . The device of claim 8 that has a plurality of ports.
10 . The device of claim 9 that has a plurality of sensors, wherein each of the plurality of sensors is connected to a port.
11 . The device of claim 10 that has a plurality of operating modes, wherein the operating mode of the device changes depending upon one or more of the sensors attached to the device.
12 . The device of claim 1 , wherein data is received by the device from the one or more medical devices through a connection comprising at least one of an optical fiber connection, a tip and sleeve (TS) connection, a tip, ring, and sleeve (TRS) connection, a tip, ring, ring, and sleeve (TRRS) connection, a serial peripheral interface bus (SPI) connection, a universal serial bus (USB) connection, an RS-232 serial connection, an Ethernet connection, a FireWire connection, or combinations thereof.
13 . The device of claim 1 that transmits at least some of the data received from the one or more medical devices.
14 . The device of claim 13 , wherein the data received and transmitted includes:
a. at least one of a battery charge level, a temperature, a barometric pressure, a code relating to an accessory for the medical device, a data validity measurement, an elapsed time since a previous reading by the medical device, a test result parameter, a signal-to-noise parameter, a quality of service (QOS) parameter;
b. at least one of a user's: heart rate, blood oxygen level, perspiration, electrical resistance on the skin, movement, blood pressure, fall or sudden impact, calories used, calories consumed, body temperature; and
c. at least one of ambient air temperature, time, day, and location.
15 . The device of claim 1 that communicates simultaneously with a plurality of medical devices.
16 . The device of claim 1 that also communicates with an intermediary device, or a central server.
17 . The device of claim 1 that receives data from an apparatus implanted in a user of the device.
18 . The device of claim 1 that analyzes the user's health information to identify a condition for the user, and that alerts the user or a health care professional when the user condition satisfies a predetermined threshold condition.
19 . The device of claim 1 that analyzes one or more medications taken by the user and determines whether the user is in compliance with a prescribed medical treatment.
20 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more medical devices comprise one or more of: a blood glucose meter; a pacemaker; a blood pressure monitor; an insulin pump; a pulse oximeter; a Holter monitor; an electrocardiograman electroencephalograph; a blood alcohol monitor; an alcohol breathalyzer; an alcohol ignition interlock; a respiration monitor; an accelerometer; a skin galvanometer; a thermometer; a patient geolocation device; a scale; an intravenous flow regulator; a patient height measuring device; a biochip assay device; a monitor for biological agents; a hazardous chemical agent monitor; an ionizing radiation sensor; a sphygmomanometer; a loop recorder; a spirometer; an event monitor; a prothrombin time (PT) meter; an international normalized ratio (INR) meter; a tremor sensor; or a defibrillator.