Lauren C Miller

US Patent:

20200352455, Nov 12, 2020

Filed:

Jul 28, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/941030

Inventors:

- Deerfield IL, US
- Glattpark(Opfikon), CH
Susan Meeks Pede - Encinitas CA, US
Lauren Nicole Miller Hayward - San Diego CA, US
Arthur Deptala - Santee CA, US
Jonas Dean Cochran - Santee CA, US

International Classification:

A61B 5/0245
A61B 5/1455
A61B 5/00
A61B 5/0205
A61B 5/0452
A61B 5/021

Abstract:

A handheld device measures all vital signs and some hemodynamic parameters from the human body and transmits measured information wirelessly to a web-based system, where the information can be analyzed by a clinician to help diagnose a patient. The system utilizes our discovery that bio-impedance signals used to determine vital signs and hemodynamic parameters can be measured over a conduction pathway extending from the patient's wrist to a location on their thoracic cavity, e.g. their chest or navel. The device's form factor can include re-usable electrode materials to reduce costs. Measurements made by the handheld device, which use the belly button as a ‘fiducial’ marker, facilitate consistent, daily measurements, thereby reducing positioning errors that reduce accuracy of standard impedance measurements. In this and other ways, the handheld device provides an effective tool for characterizing patients with chronic diseases, such as heart failure, renal disease, and hypertension.

US Patent:

20200352510, Nov 12, 2020

Filed:

May 8, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/870152

Inventors:

- Deerfield IL, US
- Glattpark (Opfikon), CH
Erik TANG - San Diego CA, US
Lauren Nicole Miller HAYWARD - La Jolla CA, US
Matthew BANET - San Diego CA, US
James McCANNA - Pleasanton CA, US

International Classification:

A61B 5/00
A61B 5/1455
A61B 5/04
A61B 5/024
A61B 5/0295
A61B 5/08
A61B 5/0402

Abstract:

A body-worn patch sensor for simultaneously measuring a blood pressure (BP), pulse oximetry (SpO2), and other vital signs and hemodynamic parameters from a patient featuring a sensing portion having a flexible housing that is worn entirely on the patient's chest and encloses a battery, wireless transmitter, and all the sensor's sensing and electronic components. It measures electrocardiogram (ECG), impedance plethysmogram (IPG), photoplethysmogram (PPG), and phonocardiogram (PCG) waveforms, and collectively processes these to determine the vital signs and hemodynamic parameters. The sensor that measures PPG waveforms also includes a heating element to increase perfusion of tissue on the chest.

US Patent:

20190183338, Jun 20, 2019

Filed:

Feb 18, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/278424

Inventors:

- San Diego CA, US
Marshal Singh DHILLON - San Diego CA, US
Susan Meeks PEDE - Encinitas CA, US
Lauren Nicole Miller HAYWARD - San Diego CA, US
Arthur DEPTALA - Santee CA, US
Jonas Dean COCHRAN - Santee CA, US

Assignee:

TOSENSE, INC. - San Diego CA

International Classification:

A61B 5/00
A61B 5/0408
A61B 5/0245
A61B 5/0472
A61B 5/022
A61B 5/08
A61B 5/024
A61B 5/1455
A61B 5/02
A61B 5/053
A61B 5/0205
A61B 5/0404
A61B 5/029
A61B 5/0452
A61B 5/0456

Abstract:

A handheld device measures all vital signs and some hemodynamic parameters from the human body and transmits measured information wirelessly to a web-based system, where the information can be analyzed by a clinician to help diagnose a patient. The system utilizes our discovery that bio-impedance signals used to determine vital signs and hemodynamic parameters can be measured over a conduction pathway extending from the patient's wrist to a location on their thoracic cavity, e.g. their chest or navel. The device's form factor can include re-usable electrode materials to reduce costs. Measurements made by the handheld device, which use the belly button as a ‘fiducial’ marker, facilitate consistent, daily measurements, thereby reducing positioning errors that reduce accuracy of standard impedance measurements. In this and other ways, the handheld device provides an effective tool for characterizing patients with chronic diseases, such as heart failure, renal disease, and hypertension.

US Patent:

20190159730, May 30, 2019

Filed:

Jan 28, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/259869

Inventors:

- San Diego CA, US
Marshal Singh DHILLON - San Diego CA, US
Susan Meeks PEDE - Encinitas CA, US
Lauren Nicole Miller HAYWARD - San Diego CA, US
Arthur DEPTALA - Santee CA, US
Jonas Dean COCHRAN - Santee CA, US

Assignee:

TOSENSE, INC. - San Diego CA

International Classification:

A61B 5/00
A61B 5/0245
A61B 5/1455
A61B 5/022
A61B 5/024
G01G 19/52
G01G 19/44
G01G 19/50
A61B 5/053
A61B 5/0205

Abstract:

A stand-on physiological sensor (e.g. floormat) measures vital signs and various hemodynamic parameters, including blood pressure and ECG waveforms. The sensor is similar in configuration to a common bathroom scale and includes electrodes that take electrical measurements from a patient's feet to generate bioimpedance waveforms, which are analyzed digitally to extract various other parameters, as well as a cuff-type blood pressure system that takes physical blood pressure measurements at one of the patient's feet. Blood pressure can also be calculated/derived from the bioimpedance waveforms. Measured parameters are transmitted wirelessly to facilitate remote monitoring of the patient for heart failure, chronic heart failure, end-stage renal disease, cardiac arrhythmias, and other degenerative diseases.

US Patent:

20190110699, Apr 18, 2019

Filed:

Apr 19, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/956850

Inventors:

- Skaneateles Falls NY, US
Matthew Banet - San Diego CA, US
Marshal Dhillon - San Diego CA, US
Lauren Nicole Miller Hayward - La Jolla CA, US

International Classification:

A61B 5/021
A61B 5/0285

Abstract:

A method for estimating blood pressure of a care recipient includes establishing a pre-maneuver reference value of blood pressure and a companion nonreference value of blood pressure, subjecting the care recipient to a maneuver, establishing a post-maneuver reference value of blood pressure and a companion post-manuever nonreference value of blood pressure, establishing an operational post-maneuver nonreference value of blood pressure, and adjusting the operational value as a function of the pre-maneuver and post-maneuver values. An associated apparatus includes a sensor, a processor and a memory which contains instructions. The instructions, when executed, cause the processor to estimate blood pressure as a function of a pre-maneuver reference value of blood pressure, a companion pre-maneuver nonreference value of blood pressure, a post-maneuver reference value of blood pressure, a companion post-manuever nonreference value of blood pressure, and an operational value of blood pressure based on information sensed by the sensor.

US Patent:

20190053705, Feb 21, 2019

Filed:

Oct 22, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/167351

Inventors:

- SAN DIEGO CA, US
Marshal Singh Dhillon - San Diego CA, US
Susan Meeks Pede - Encinitas CA, US
Lauren Nicole Miller Hayward - San Diego CA, US
Arthur Deptala - Santee CA, US
Jonas Dean Cochran - Santee CA, US

Assignee:

TOSENSE, INC. - SAN DIEGO CA

International Classification:

A61B 5/00
A61B 5/02
A61B 5/0205
A61B 5/1455
A61B 5/08
A61B 5/053
A61B 5/0472
A61B 5/0456
A61B 5/0452
A61B 5/0408
A61B 5/0404
A61B 5/029
A61B 5/0245
A61B 5/024
A61B 5/022
A61B 5/021

Abstract:

A handheld device measures all vital signs and some hemodynamic parameters from the human body and transmits measured information wirelessly to a web-based system, where the information can be analyzed by a clinician to help diagnose a patient. The system utilizes our discovery that bio-impedance signals used to determine vital signs and hemodynamic parameters can be measured over a conduction pathway extending from the patient's wrist to a location on their thoracic cavity, e.g. their chest or navel. The device's form factor can include re-usable electrode materials to reduce costs. Measurements made by the handheld device, which use the belly button as a ‘fiducial’ marker, facilitate consistent, daily measurements, thereby reducing positioning errors that reduce accuracy of standard impedance measurements. In this and other ways, the handheld device provides an effective tool for characterizing patients with chronic diseases, such as heart failure, renal disease, and hypertension.

US Patent:

20190046093, Feb 14, 2019

Filed:

Oct 8, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/154633

Inventors:

- San Diego CA, US
Marshal Singh DHILLON - San Diego CA, US
Susan Meeks PEDE - Encinitas CA, US
Lauren Nicole Miller HAYWARD - San Diego CA, US
Arthur DEPTALA - Santee CA, US
Jonas Dean COCHRAN - Santee CA, US

Assignee:

TOSENSE, INC. - San Diego CA

International Classification:

A61B 5/1455
A61B 5/0404
A61B 5/021
A61B 5/00
A61B 5/024
A61B 5/0245
A61B 5/053

Abstract:

A handheld device measures all vital signs and some hemodynamic parameters from the human body and transmits measured information wirelessly to a web-based system, where the information can be analyzed by a clinician to help diagnose a patient. The system utilizes our discovery that bio-impedance signals used to determine vital signs and hemodynamic parameters can be measured over a conduction pathway extending from the patient's wrist to a location on their thoracic cavity, e.g. their chest or navel. The device's form factor can include re-usable electrode materials to reduce costs. Measurements made by the handheld device, which use the belly button as a ‘fiducial’ marker, facilitate consistent, daily measurements, thereby reducing positioning errors that reduce accuracy of standard impedance measurements. In this and other ways, the handheld device provides an effective tool for characterizing patients with chronic diseases, such as heart failure, renal disease, and hypertension.

US Patent:

20170188828, Jul 6, 2017

Filed:

Jan 5, 2016

Appl. No.:

14/988691

Inventors:

- La Jolla CA, US
Marshal Singh Dhillon - San Diego CA, US
Susan Meeks Pede - Encinitas CA, US
Lauren Nicole Miller Hayward - San Diego CA, US
Arthur Deptala - Santee CA, US
Jonas Dean Cochran - Santee CA, US

International Classification:

A61B 5/00
A61B 5/024
A61B 5/0245
A61B 5/022
A61B 5/1455

Abstract:

A handheld device measures all vital signs and some hemodynamic parameters from the human body and transmits measured information wirelessly to a web-based system, where the information can be analyzed by a clinician to help diagnose a patient. The system utilizes our discovery that bio-impedance signals used to determine vital signs and hemodynamic parameters can be measured over a conduction pathway extending from the patient's wrist to a location on their thoracic cavity, e.g. their chest or navel. The device's form factor can include re-usable electrode materials to reduce costs. Measurements made by the handheld device, which use the belly button as a ‘fiducial’ marker, facilitate consistent, daily measurements, thereby reducing positioning errors that reduce accuracy of standard impedance measurements. In this and other ways, the handheld device provides an effective tool for characterizing patients with chronic diseases, such as heart failure, renal disease, and hypertension.