NON-INTRUSIVE PATIENT GUIDANCE/TRACKING/MINDING SYSTEM

非侵入式患者指导/跟踪/思维系统

• 批准号: 6211442
• 负责人: RODERICK T HINMAN
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: TALKING LIGHTS, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-09-30 至 2002-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6211442
• 关键词: Alzheimer's disease; assistive device /technology; biomedical equipment development; chordate locomotion; clinical research; day care center; dementia; human subject; patient monitoring device; radio controlled electronic stimulator; visible light

The proposed innovation is an inexpensive Visible Light Minder System (VLMS) that provides tracking and minding information to dementia and Alzheimer's patients and their caregivers. The system makes it possible for individual lighting fixtures in a building to transmit their own unique code and signal so that the location of the user will be known from the light falling on his/her Personal Minder and Tracker (PM/T) sensor. The patient receives guidance and stimulation from the PM/T based on his/her location. Signals sent to the attendants station transmit the exact position of each patient and send intervention alerts when appropriate. This proposal seeks funding to demonstrate the VLMS concept by l) developing a transmitter capable of providing data to the PM/T via ambient light as well as a high quality PM/T that will give guidance messages to patients and communicate patient position and intervention alerts to caregivers and 2) testing and verifying the system with dementia and Alzheimer's patients and their caregivers. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: A new inexpensive technology for tracking and minding dementia and Alzheimer's patients will be developed, consisting of modified ballast transformers to modulate output of light fixtures and personal minder and tracker devices (PM/T) to supply guidance information to patients and location and warning information to caregivers. Commercial products will be the modified ballast transformers, the personal minder and tracker devices and the design of the information transfer system.

拟议的创新是一种廉价的可见光照相系统(VLMS)，它为痴呆症和阿尔茨海默氏症患者及其照顾者提供跟踪和照看信息。该系统使建筑物中的各个照明设备能够传输它们自己的唯一代码和信号，这样用户的位置就可以从投射到他/她的个人隐私和跟踪器(PM/T)传感器上的光线中获知。患者根据他/她的位置接受PM/T的指导和刺激。发送到值班员站的信号传输每个患者的确切位置，并在适当的时候发送干预警报。该提案寻求资金，以演示VLMS的概念)开发能够通过环境光向PM/T提供数据的发射器以及高质量PM/T，其将为患者提供指导信息，并向护理者传达患者位置和干预警报，以及2)在痴呆症和阿尔茨海默氏症患者及其护理者中测试和验证该系统。拟议的商业应用：将开发一种新的廉价技术，用于跟踪和照顾痴呆症和阿尔茨海默氏症患者，包括改装的镇流变压器，以调节灯具的输出，以及个人照顾者和跟踪器设备(PM/T)，为患者提供指导信息，向照顾者提供位置和警告信息。商业产品将包括改装的镇流变压器、个人看守和跟踪器装置以及信息传输系统的设计。

项目成果

ILLUMINATION-BASED LOCATOR ASSISTS ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS.

基于照明的定位器可以帮助阿尔茨海默病患者。

• 发表时间: 2004
• 期刊: IEEE pervasive computing
• 影响因子: 1.6
• 作者: Hinman,RoderickT;Avestruz,Al-Thaddeus;Lupton,ElmerC;Livshin,Gary;Rodriguez,JohnI;Leeb,StevenB;Clark,CorinneM;Horvath,KathyJ;Volicer,Ladislav
• 通讯作者: Volicer,Ladislav