Wearable Wireless Sensors to Monitor Aging Population

描述(由申请人提供)：Koronis Biomedical Technologies(KBT)建议开发一种低功率无线系统，用于连接微型可穿戴传感器，以便在家庭环境中连续自动收集数据。拟议的系统将是研究人员/临床医生的宝贵工具，并有可能为临床医生提供衰老过程中变化的早期诊断。人们迫切需要能够融入老年人日常生活的微创、非侵入性、可穿戴和经济高效的设备。针对与年龄有关的变化和进程的现有措施有一些局限性。例如，患者问卷要求参与者自我报告高度主观的信息。其他技术要求患者执行或遵守严格的测试程序。然而，其他技术只收集单点数据或需要侵入性程序。需要一种传感器技术，这种技术几乎不需要患者参与，并提供连续、实时的数据收集。这种传感器技术将为研究人员和临床医生提供有关衰老缓慢过程中生理参数的变化和变化速度的重要信息。这些数据还可用于理解和模拟与健康和年龄相关的事件/事件。在第二阶段，KBT将开发一个基于互联网的系统，使用一套连接到身体上的无线传感器来捕捉运动，以监控帕金森患者在家中的情况。这个基于互联网的系统将提供视频会议功能，使用支持网络的智能手机远程访问从传感器记录的数据，以及分析记录的数据的软件。 公共卫生相关性：该设备将支持详细的人类老龄化人口研究，这些研究支持众多研究领域。目前市场上还没有监控系统可以在参与者家中提供长期的多通道录音，并将数据传输到临床/研究中心。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Koronis Biomedical Technologies (KBT) proposes to develop a low-power wireless system for connecting miniature wearable sensors for continuous automatic data collection in a home setting. The proposed system will be a valuable tool for researchers/clinicians and has the potential to provide early diagnosis of changes in the aging process for clinicians. There is a significant need for minimally-invasive, non-intrusive, wearable, and cost-effective devices that can be integrated into the daily lives of the elderly. Existing measures for age-related changes and processes have a number of limitations. For example, patient questionnaires require the participant to self-report information that is highly subjective. Other technologies require the patient to perform or comply with rigid testing procedures. Yet other technologies only collect a single point of data or require invasive procedures. There is a need for sensor technology which requires little participation by the patient and provides continuous, real-time data collection. Such sensor technology would provide researchers and clinicians vital information as to the variations and rates of changes in physiological parameters during the slow progression of the aging process. This data could also be utilized in understanding and modeling health and age-related events/episodes. In this Phase II, KBT will develop an Internet based system to monitor Parkinson patients in their homes using a set of wireless sensors attached to the body to capture movement. This Internet based system will provide videoconferencing capability, remote access to data recorded from the sensors using a web-enabled smartphone, and software to analyze data recorded. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This device will support detailed human aging population studies, which support numerous research areas. There are currently no monitoring systems on the market that can provide long-term multi channel recordings in participants home and transfer data to the Clinic/Research Center.